What Your Ticket Purchase Supports
The Red Cross has a long and respected history of helping people in their time of need and this could not continue without your support. As donors and volunteers you have enabled the Canadian Red Cross to provide vital aid to many areas of the world. In Canada, your support has helped us build community capacity in the area of disaster response, brought hot meals and transportation services to the elderly and infirm, and provided training to hundreds of thousands of people in first aid and violence and abuse prevention.
The Red Cross has been there for Canadians for over 100 years. With your continued trust and support we will be able to expand our programs and services to improve the lives of vulnerable people for the next 100 years.
Our work would not be possible without the generosity of our donors and the commitment and dedication of our volunteers and staff.
Disaster Volunteers Respond in Ontario
Red Cross volunteers had a busy year responding to disasters across the province ranging from house fires and floods to a tornado in Midland, Ontario.
The tornado touched down on June 23, knocking down power lines, destroying homes and bringing severe damage to a trailer park. Red Cross volunteers assisted those in need with comfort kits containing personal items, cots and blankets.
George Whebell was one of the Red Cross volunteers who assisted in this emergency. The first clients he visited had lost their home and nothing was salvageable. “Even in the face of this terrible loss, they told me they felt comforted because the Red Cross was there.”
A few months later on September 24, a fire ripped through a high–rise apartment building in downtown Toronto, leaving 1,200 residents homeless. Red Cross volunteers opened two shelters, provided blankets and personal hygiene kits, and distributed Walmart gift cards for the purchase of children’s clothing.
Volunteers were at the scene around the clock for two weeks, giving more than 1,900 hours of their time to help those affected by the fire.
For more information visit www.redcross.ca