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The Darien/Stamford Chapter offers many programs and services to benefit our
communities.
Disaster Services
Each year, the American Red Cross Darien/Stamford Chapter responds immediately to an average of 25 disasters per year, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters.
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Health & Safety Services
For more than a century, the American Red Cross has been saving lives with
health and safety education programs. Last year alone, nearly 7,000 people were
trained in our communities.
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Blood Services
The Darien/Stamford Chapter collects over 5,000 pints of blood from generous
donors who potentially save 15,000 lives at close to 90 blood drives.
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International Services
The American Red Cross works with a global network of Red Cross, Red Crescent and equivalent societies to restore hope and dignity to the world's vulnerable people. This International Red Cross movement brings emergency relief to disaster victims, and improves basic living conditions of those in chronically deprived areas of the world.
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Medical Transportation
Both communities have been providing free medical transportation for decades
years. Darien volunteer provide over 800 rides a year; Stamford staff drive
cancer patients to and from the Bennett Cancer Center.
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Youth Corps
Since the founding of the Junior Red Cross in 1917, youth and the Red Cross have been partners. Today, the involvement of young people with the Red Cross is more important than ever. Our goal is to provide young people with meaningful opportunities for education, training, and volunteer/community service so that they remain a part of the Red Cross family throughout their lives.
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and Stamford Youth Programs
Armed Forces Emergency Services
Today's American Red Cross is keeping pace with the changing military. Featuring the latest in computer and telecommunications technology, the American Red Cross Emergency Service Center delivers around-the-clock emergency communication services to active duty military personnel and to their families.
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Measles Initiative
Each year, a disease barely remembered by most Americans kills nearly one million children, a half million of those in Africa alone. This fact makes measles the single leading cause of vaccine-preventable death among children in Africa - more than AIDS, more than tuberculosis, and more than malnutrition. In a place where health conditions are extremely poor, living conditions are more than difficult, and access to health care is minimal, measles can be easily prevented with a simple vaccination.
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