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We can’t control the storms in life. We can control how we prepare and respond, and the people of the American Red Cross can help. They can also help us rebuild for the future, as clouds give way to sunshine. Red Cross volunteers turn compassion into action. They form a dynamic team that empowers our community to deal with crises. Throughout Alaska, Red Cross workers offer the tools, training and foresight to cope with any emergency that may

come their way. Whether it’s a single house fire in Anchorage or an international tragedy that leaves thousands homeless, we respond with food, shelter and care. We also help prepare for emergencies with training and clear action plans. We open lines of communication between U.S. military members overseas and their families. We relieve the suffering of people in urgent need throughout the world.

You Can Make a Difference

MissionThe American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in

the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

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March is Red Cross Month

March was first proclaimed as Red Cross Month 70 years ago by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since 1943, every president, including President Obama, has designated March as Red Cross Month. The American Red Cross is synonymous with helping people, and has been doing so for more than 130 years.

March is Red Cross Month and the American Red Cross recognizes our Everyday Heroes who help their community by giving of themselves - the volunteers, class takers and financial supporters who help us assist those in need.

March is also a great time to become part of the Red Cross by doing such things as developing a preparedness plan for the household, becoming a volunteer, or taking a Red Cross class.

We thank those whose generosity enables us to continue our work, and encourage everyone to become an Everyday Hero during Red Cross Month by helping their neighbors.

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Cliff Tollferson could not believe how quickly water filled the basement in the East Talkeetna home he shared with his wife, Sheryl. Within just a few hours in September 2012, the water level inside went from 2 feet of water to 4 feet of water. Sewage began to bubble out of sinks, toilets, tubs, and the washing machine.

The Susitna river was flooding Talkeetna. Beyond the basement, Alaska State Troopers warned the Tollfersons that floodwaters were approaching the house. Like many others in Talkeetna that day, the Tollfersons were forced to evacuate their home. “We grabbed the important paperwork, our pets, and we left immediately,” recalls Sheryl. “We were just shocked. I had no idea where we could go.”

Local authorities let the Tollfersons know that the American Red Cross of Alaska had a shelter set up safely away from floodwaters, and would welcome them. As Sheryl put it, “Suddenly we had a place to stay. The Red Cross offered us real relief.”When floodwaters receded and the Tollfersons were able to get back to their devastated home, Red Cross volunteers Mark and Angie were right there with a plan to help. “They acted as our personal representatives. That was what we really needed, that hand holding,” remembers Sheryl. Red Cross gave the Tollfersons (and other families affected by the floods) Clean-up Kits to help them restore their homes, full of items like brooms, mops, workgloves.

Tolferson Family Story

Red Cross also gave them a pre-loaded client assistance card for use on food, clothing, and other essential items that were lost when their home was destroyed.

The local Red Cross office in Mat-Su, led by Bill Morrow, checked in with Cliff and Sheryl regularly to make sure they were recovering well from the disaster. When Sheryl mentioned that she and Cliff needed to purchase stackable shelves to store items from off the floor, Bill helped source free shelving so the Tollfersons didn’t need to spend money on them.

“There was no red tape with the Red Cross. Red Cross was truly there when we needed them.” Sheryl Tollferson

“They acted as our personal representatives. That was what we really

needed, that hand holding.”

A Hand to Hold

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Across the Country

When disaster strikes, Red Cross workers are ready to provide a place to sleep, warm meals, clothing, counseling and hope. They offer families who have lost their homes and belongings immediate support and guidance for a speedy recovery.

People at the Red Cross respond to disasters, from home fires to hurricanes, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at no cost to those in need. On average, the Red Cross of Alaska responds to a disaster every 40 hours. Our chapters form a nationwide network

Bringing Relief, Offering Hope

“Everyone in the community expects Red Cross volunteers to show up in a crisis. It’s all about mutual trust.” —Betty R.

that works together to respond to larger relief efforts. With your help, we respond to nearly 70,000 disasters across the country every year.

We’re there for you 24/7, either in person or online. Finding an open Red Cross shelter is easy through a free smartphone application. Our Safe and Well website is a secure way to let your loved ones know where and how you are during an emergency. You can let friends and family know you are safe through both Facebook and Twitter.

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Around the World

As part of the world’s largest humanitarian network, we assist during disasters around the world. We support global health campaigns to eradicate life threatening diseases like malaria and measles. We reconnect families separated by disaster and armed conflict. We also educate people about how international humanitarian law, humanitarian principles and the rules of war work.

The American Red Cross works with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners to build safer, more

resilient communities. Local Red Cross volunteers in 187 countries teach their neighbors how to be better prepared and reduce their vulnerability.

With your help, we’ve been able to provide help and hope to people from Haiti to Japan to Uganda. We’ve been able to teach homeowners how to reconstruct their destroyed homes in ways that will better weather future disasters. In the past decade, we have helped vaccinate 1 billion children against measles, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Serving Worldwide

“I’m part of a global family. Wherever I serve, people who see my Red Cross emblem know I’m there to help them, no matter their religion,

race or creed.” —Basheer R.

Near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a family looks out the window of their new home, built with Red Cross support.

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American Red Cross of Alaska Disaster Services

Each year, the American Red Cross of Alaska responds immediately to more than 200 disasters. The majority of these emergencies is made up of house or apartment fires, but can include disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, hazardous materials spills, and other natural and man-made disaster situations statewide.

Disaster-trained Red Cross volunteers and staff are ready with 24-hour emergency assistance to meet the needs of people in our community affected by disaster. Through a strong network of generous donors, nearly 1,500 volunteers and outstanding community partners, American Red Cross is always there in times of need to offer Alaskans care, comfort and hope.

Bringing Relief, Offering Hope

Assistance to families who have been displaced from their homes is provided free of charge and includes food, clothing, shelter, replacement medications, Disaster Health Services and Mental Health Counseling. Red Cross may also be able to assist families with recovery needs such as bedding, linens and connections to long-term housing.

Grainger Industrial Supply is a national partner of the American Red Cross. Grainger is generously contributing $3 million to Volunteer Connection, the national Red Cross unified volunteer management system.

On the ground here in Alaska, local Grainger also donates $15,000 annually to the American Red Cross of Alaska through The Grainger Foundation. Grainger’s passionate team donates more than money. Grainger employees are trained Ready When The Time Comes disaster workers. This means that during a large-scale Alaska disaster, employees are granted time to put their expert Red Cross volunteer trainings into action, deploying where needed to assist with sheltering, logistics, and casework. In an instance of a catastrophic event in Alaska, Grainger would be able to continue its own business as usual, but rotate out its staff to also assist Red Cross for 3 days at a time, preventing volunteer fatigue.

With a warehouse in Anchorage with what seems to be an unlimited supply of items in stock and quick access to much more, the Alaska Red Cross chapter naturally calls on Grainger in a pinch. When the Kuskokwim River ice jams caused massive flooding in the village of Crooked Creek in the spring of 2011, Red Cross called on Grainger to put together emergency clean-up kits. Grainger chose and assembled kits of brooms, mops, gloves, garbage bags, and other items that would help families restore their homes.

In anticipation of the devastation of the 2012 Fall Storms, Grainger assembled 112 kits for Red Cross to distribute to Mat-Su and Seward families with flooded homes.

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Partner in Disaster

With a large percent of Alaska residents living off the road system, partnerships with experts in Alaska transportation and logistics are integral for Red Cross to serve the entire state.

Era Alaska is a generous Red Cross partner. Serving more than 100 communities in Alaska, volunteer caseworkers rely on Era’s cargo services to ship essential replacement items to families in remote areas affected by home fires or other disasters. Prices on goods are often cheaper in hubs like Fairbanks and Anchorage so clients living in smaller villages will sometimes have a family member or friend shop for items where Red Cross assistance dollars will go further. Era Alaska will ship at no cost to either the family affected by disaster or to Red Cross.

Era Alaska also helps Red Cross fulfill outreach on the BP Alaska Ready project, which aims to train every Alaska village to take care of itself before, during, and after a disaster. Era Alaska donates flights to volunteer Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Instructors so they may travel to remote villages and give residents the skills to sustain themselves during events like 2011’s Bering Sea Winter Storm.

One way we are able to serve Alaskans so well is our trained network of volunteers across the state. The other is having regional offices with Red Cross staff. Era Alaska helps Red Cross fulfill its mission by donating flights to Red Cross staff

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members connect for key meetings or projects, and for volunteer leads to fly to the site of remote disasters.

As if that weren’t enough generosity or help, Era also donates flights for heroes living outside of Anchorage to be present and honored at Real Heroes Breakfast, Red Cross’ largest Alaska fundraiser. These heroes lend their story to help raise funds for Red Cross disaster programs every year.

When Era Alaska donates flights and cargo space to Red Cross, it means that your financial contribution to Red Cross goes even further to helping a neighbor recover from a disaster.

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A Six Month Glance

The number of cases that Red Cross volunteers and staff open varies significantly from month to month, take a look at the last six months of American Red Cross of Alaska responses:

August 2012 Individuals Assisted: 14 Direct Financial Assistance: $5,572

September 2012Individuals Assisted: 110* Direct Financial Assistance: $27,234*Fall Storms/Flooding began in late September

October 2012Direct Client Assistance: $33,204 Volunteers In-Action: 39 all from within the state

November 2012: Individuals Assisted: 132 Direct Financial Assistance: $33,329*Totals include Gastineau Fire assistance

December 2012:Individuals Assisted: 52 Direct Financial Assistance: $15,643

January 2013:Individuals assisted: 79 Direct Financial Assistance: $28,750*Totals include Eureka Fire assistance

In 2012, American Red Cross of Alaska assisted 690 individuals affected by disaster and direct financial assistance totaled $196,351.

Major Disaster Responses in Alaska

The Red Cross of Alaska responded to a series of severe storms that impacted the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Prince William Sound, Southcentral and Interior Alaska. Governor Sean Parnell declared a State of Disaster for September 15 through 30, 2012 encompassing heavily populated areas of the state including the Municipality of Anchorage, Matanuska Susitna Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Denali Borough and more.

Before a formal declaration was made, Red Cross volunteers were already attending to the immediate needs of the residents affected by flooding, high

winds and heavy rain. Five Red Cross shelters were opened in the span of 4 days for those who had evacuated their homes.

As waters receded, assessments of the damages were taken from Seward all the way north to Sunshine. Red Cross continued to shelter affected families and hand out meals from Emergency Response Vehicles. Clean-up kits containing mops, brooms, gloves and other useful supplies were handed out in neighborhoods to help 112 flood victims begin to restore their homes before winter arrived.

2012 Fall Storms Disaster Response

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Major Disaster Responses in Alaska

A major fire consumed the Gastineau Apartment building in downtown Juneau on November 5, 2012. Residents of the building were evacuated and the Capital City Fire/Rescue notified the local Red Cross Disaster Action Team of the situation: nearly 50 people were displaced and faced the imminent reality that the building would be completely destroyed and condemned by morning. Red Cross Volunteers quickly arrived at the scene of the fire to assist victims who had not been sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation, while another group of volunteers hurried to set up a shelter at Centennial Hall with cots, blankets, and comfort supplies. Due to the intense blaze, downtown Juneau was without power so volunteers set up the shelter and provided client casework by lantern light through the night.

A true outpouring of community support followed, with hotels extending an offer for displaced residents to stay in their rooms instead of at the group shelter. Neighboring communities and Alaskans statewide donated to Red Cross to assist with disaster relief efforts conducted by the Southeast Disaster Action Team.

Individuals Assisted: 42 Direct Financial Assistance: $16,470

Gastineau Apartment Fire, Juneau

January 3, 2013 was a devastating morning for residents of a 24-unit Eureka Street apartment complex in Anchorage. A fire engulfed the midtown building just moments after all residents safely evacuated. Red Cross joined first responders on the scene to help victims cope with the shock of losing their homes and belongings, handing out comfort items at a nearby church until accommodations were arranged.

Red Cross volunteers were quick to open a shelter for displaced residents at the Spenard Rec Center, where victims would rest safely until being placed in long term accommodations. The Salvation Army provided meals for shelter residents and volunteers for the two days and one night that the shelter was open.

Individuals assisted: 30 Direct Financial Assistance: $13,098

Eureka Street Apartment Fire, Anchorage

Just one week after the devastating Eureka Street fire, another apartment complex fire broke out in Anchorage on January 9, 2013. The Richardson Vista apartment complex in Government Hill contained 21 units that housed 40 people. Red Cross volunteers were on scene helping families cope with their loss and were prepared to open a shelter for those displaced. Thanks to Salvation Army, their McKinnell House had enough space to shelter those who had no alternate accommodations with family or friends. American Red Cross of Alaska provided assistance to 8 families from the complex, which was declared uninhabitable.

Richardson Vista Fire, Anchorage

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Supporting Military Families

American Red Cross workers relay urgent messages between U.S. service members and their families through our global communication and support network. They also offer courses and materials that help our nation’s military families cope while they are separated and adjust to the transition once they are reunited at home. Our workers in both the U.S. and conflict zones are uniquely equipped to link active and retired service members and their families. They verify and relay Emergency Communication Messages to deployed service members. We meet wounded troops as they arrive home and visit them in the hospital to ensure they have the resources they need. In addition, we partner with Military OneSource, providing social services, emergency travel, financial assistance and mental health support for U.S. troops and their families.

Service to the Armed Forces

Emergency Communication Message

Most often, support to military families takes form as an Emergency Communication Message. Red Cross case workers are notified by family of service members indicating an immediate issue from the joyful news of a birth to sad news about an illness; our overseas workers deliver critical news in person and lend a human touch as families deal with emergencies.

Red Cross will verify the emergency and obtain specific information to be sent, often times getting a doctor’s recommendation for whether or not the service member’s presence is necessary. Red Cross then sends the message to the service member’s Command.

A birth notification is sent to a deployed serviceman when his baby is born, usually requesting a call to the hospital to speak to the child’s mother, when possible. The decision to grant leave, the kind of leave and travel authority comes from the Command, not the Red Cross.

24/7 toll-free number for Emergency Communications: 1-877-272-7337

Over the past five years, American Red Cross of Alaska has averaged 2200 ECM’s per year.

**Callers must provide the service member’s name, rank, social security number, date of birth, current unit and the unit’s address. This information is necessary to positively identify the correct service member and a unit’s current location.

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Who is an authorized ECM recipient? 1. Anyone on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces2. Activated (state/federal ) member of the Guard or Reserve, to include 2-wk annual training3. Mobile SAF staff located overseas4. DOD civilians and family members residing with them, stationed OCONUS5. Military retiree and retiree’s spouse or widower6. Cadet or Midshipman of the service academies7. ROTC cadets on training orders8. Merchant seamen on US Naval Ships (USNS)9. An immediate family member or dependent of a person in the above categories

American Red Cross of Alaska is proud to partner with the Delta Society to bring pet therapy to the military hospital. Delta Society provides comfort to our service members, veterans and families to help them cope with challenges, and to manage and improve their lives with the assistance of animals.

Pet Therapy

When wounded service members return to the location from which they deployed, they are not always returning home. For many Alaska service members, home, family and friends are thousands of miles away. The Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) is in place for those very reasons; they are returning to the base that they had deployed from many months prior.

Warrior Transition Unit Assistance

American Red Cross of Alaska has teamed with Wells Fargo to welcome returning service members with a basic comfort kit, which includes toiletries, washcloths, towels and other basic comfort items to support the Wounded Warriors and help make the transition easier. These basic necessities get returning members of our military through the first, very difficult, few hours back on base until they have a chance to organize themselves and get out on their own.

American Red Cross volunteers trained in Pet Therapy stop by to visit these men and women, offering what Red Cross gives best: comfort and hope.

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Helping Those in Need

Bruce Whelan brings homemade cookies to the scene of a fire. As a Disaster Action Team Captain at the American Red Cross of Alaska, he brings the sweet treats along with hope to those affected by home fires in Anchorage. Bruce has a full time job at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, but in the last decade discovered a new passion for helping those in need. “Nothing has been more fulfilling than helping someone who really needs it,” says Bruce.

Bruce first volunteered for Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina. “It was such a terrible disaster. I felt like I had to do something to help.” A few weeks later, Bruce was helping at a Red Cross shelter in the heart of Mississippi. Seeing American Red Cross volunteers give hope to hurricane victims whose lives were turned upside down renewed Bruce’s faith in human nature. After returning home, Bruce was reinvigorated by this life changing experience and began to respond to local disaster call outs like home fires.

At any time of the day or night, Bruce may receive a call from the Anchorage

Volunteer in Action

Fire Department with a request for Red Cross assistance. Sometimes in late hours of the night, Bruce will appear on-scene in a Red Cross vest offering emotional support, temporary housing and a client assistance card loaded with emergency money for food or clothing. “We are there to be a steadying hand and help disaster victims get back on their feet again,” says Bruce.

In spring 2012, Bruce was called to a fire in the Mountain View neighborhood. When he and volunteers arrived, a woman yelled, “Oh my goodness! It’s the Red Cross!” and threw her arms around him. “That was better than a paycheck,” recalls Bruce. “The rewards of volunteering for Red Cross are enormous. To make such a difference in a person’s life is why I do this.”

Bruce is humble about the way he gives his time and warm heart as a volunteer. “It isn’t me, Bruce, responding to a crisis. It’s really the American Red Cross responding, and they are representing the

community, doing all they can do to help someone who has lost everything. As volunteers, we wear nametags, but sometimes I would rather be anonymous so I could say, ‘This is the community stepping up, not Bruce.’”

“Nothing has been more fulfilling than

helping someone who really needs it.”

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Education and Preparing for Tomorrow

Red Cross instructors train people every day in community, workplace and interactive online courses. You can get certified in First Aid, CPR/AED, swimming and water safety skills, lifeguard training, care giving or babysitting—even take a Pet First Aid class. Our S.O.S. by American Red Cross app puts first aid and CPR information at your fingertips. These training programs, and consistent collaboration with community leaders, empowers our community to activate immediately.

You may also want to take the opportunity to become a certified instructor, workplace responder or

Preparedness, Health and Safety

professional rescuer. We offer training at basic and professional levels for many of these courses. Take a look at our full list—many offered online—at redcross.org/training.

In addition to preparing to respond, communities can prepare to recover. Through the Red Cross, your neighborhood can acquire the physical, social and economic tools to prepare for a disaster’s impact and adapt to the changes any emergency brings. Our training and preparedness programs teach and empower communities to plan and adjust, building long-term resilience and self-reliance.

“I’m really glad that my Red Cross training helped me help someone in trouble. If you’ve been lucky in life, it’s all the more reason to help

others.”

This young woman learns CPR from a Red Cross instructor in Fairfax, Virginia.

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It’s easy to get involved. You can make all the difference. Here’s how:

Ask.If you need emergency help, or would like to know how to help, please contact your local chapter.

Volunteer.You have multiple opportunities to volunteer and add value to your community—join a Disaster Action Team, help organize an event, or instruct a course.

Prepare.Take an American Red Cross class to learn lifesaving skills.

Partner. Companies and organizations are an integral part of everything we do to provide, support and prepare our community.

Give.With your financial donations, you can transform lives, including your own.

If you’d like to learn more about helping humanitarian efforts down the street, across the country and around the world, pop in and see us. We’re right around the corner almost everywhere in the world.

Or visit us online:

Red Cross Website

Red Cross Blog

Flickr Photo Stream

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

Cross the Globe Podcast

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flickr.com/photos/americanredcross

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Give Back to Humanity

Red Cross volunteers touch lives every day. They are as diverse as the people receiving Red Cross services. It takes all kinds of people to make this organization work—different ages, different backgrounds and different skills. There are a variety of things to do, and you can navigate your own volunteer path to spend your time serving in ways you enjoy.

Become a Red Cross volunteer and help people who are facing an emergency. You may find your own life changed in the process.

Disaster Response—Help people affected by disasters ranging from home fires to hurricanes by providing food, shelter, essential relief supplies and comfort and hope.

Preparedness Education—Teach families, people in classrooms, organizations and corporations how to Be Red Cross Ready for disasters and emergencies by taking simple steps to get prepared.

Service to the Armed Forces—Connect families and veterans with resources in response to emergencies, train military families in coping and resiliency skills, and supply recreational and therapeutic support in military and VA health care facilities.

Health and Safety Training—Teach vital lifesaving skills such as those in First Aid/CPR/AED, babysitting, water safety and pet first aid courses.

International Humanitarian Services—Coordinate fundraising for measles vaccines, educate youth about the Geneva Conventions and provide international tracing and messaging for loved ones separated by armed conflict.

Fundraising—Make it financially possible for the Red Cross to deliver its lifesaving services. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission.

Find out how you can become a local Red Cross volunteer at www.redcross.org/ak/anchorage/volunteer.

Become a Red Cross Volunteer

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Funding a Red Cross Need

In the dark morning hours of January 3, 2013, a devastating fire burned an apartment building in midtown Anchorage. Before Red Cross volunteers had even reached the scene, Rebecca Romine of ASRC Energy Services called the American Red Cross to ask, “How can we help?”

The offices of ASRC Energy Services overlook the Eureka Street 24-unit building that blazed before the sun rose. Employees beginning their workdays looked at their windows, concerned about how to help families who were obviously suddenly homeless. Since displaced families were being tended to by first responders and Red Cross volunteers, ASRC Energy Services organized an immediate weeklong campaign to raise funds with everyone in their midtown building, to contribute to the fire victims’ immediate aid.

With the largest private workforce in Alaska, ASRC Energy Services is passionate and committed to building a safer and stronger state. Their support for the American Red Cross of Alaska comes from common goals for preparedness and safety in our communities.

ASRC Energy Services searches for ways to keep employees engaged and connected to the Red Cross. Red Cross volunteers give periodic trainings to staff, and ASRC Energy Services employees volunteer on the Red Cross Board of Directors. The

company runs a workplace giving campaign where employees can choose to designate donations directly from their paycheck to the American Red Cross. ASRC Energy Services also makes annual financial contributions to support disaster relief, and its parent company ASRC has sponsored group trainings in Barrow.

Another way ASRC Energy Services supports the Red Cross is its invitation to their annual Family Safety Day. This is an event that President and CEO Jeff Kinneeveauk started to help ASRC Energy Services employees make safety more than just a workday requirement, but a 24-hour commitment to keeping everyone safe at all time. “We love being a part of Family Safety Day,” says Red Cross Disaster Services Director Kelley McGuirk. “ASRC Energy Services’ commitment to safety and trainings rivals ours! We love working together to give face-to-face preparedness tips and training information to parents and children, building a stronger and safer Alaska.”

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Who doesn’t love taking advantage of all the beauty an Alaska summer has to offer? Thanks to the generosity of Major Marine Tours, enjoying glaciers and wildlife up close also means supporting the American Red Cross of Alaska.

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We are excited to announce a Red Cross summer cruise on Saturday, June 15th, 2013 thanks to

another generous donation by Major Marine Tours. To join us, please call 907-646-5401.

Since 2011, Major Marine Tours has donated the use of their friendly crew and vessel to the Red Cross for fundraisers for local disaster relief. We have set sail with guests on the waters out of Seward and Whittier to view calving glaciers, whales, otters, sea lions, puffins and more.

“It isn’t just the use of the boat and expert crew that Major Marine generously donates,” says American Red Cross of Alaska Director of Development Katie Bender. “They donate the ticket sales of our guests back to Red Cross. For the last two summers, this has meant more than $35,000 for Alaska disaster relief.”

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Download our mobile app to make your family’s plan or visit redcross.org/prepare today

Make a Plan.

Who has the game plan in your family?In an emergency, every second counts – that’s why it’s crucial to identify a meeting place in case your family is separated during a disaster. Designate a meeting place in your neighborhood and one outside of the neighborhood in case you have to evacuate. Establish the right emergency plan for your family – we’ll show you how.

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Download our mobile app to make your family’s plan or visit redcross.org/prepare today

Make a Plan.