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Before you hit the pool or fire up the grill this summer, you might want to double-check a few things. The Red Cross said it sees a huge increase in certain emergencies during the summer every year, meaning safety at lakes or rivers or even swimming at a pool is a must. Sign up for our Newsletters "A lot of times, we don't think about when we are going out we need to be prepared for an accident to happen," said Brittney Rochell, with the Red...

Few donors have returned to blood centers in wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what it means for Kansas hospitals Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-Journal © Courtesy/Community Blood Center The Community Blood Center hopes to drive more donors to return back after announcing a blood emergency Wednesday. Eastern Kansas and western Missouri are facing a "blood emergency," the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City announced Wednesday. That Kansas City, Mo.-based nonprofit organization asked the public to donate blood to help replenish its supply, which it said was only s...

Red Cross offers thanks, encouragement to volunteers American Red Cross volunteers Sean and Kristen Flanagan speak with a woman who lost her home in a wildfire last year in Gates, Ore. (Photo by Scott Dalton/American Red Cross) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Red Cross is using National Volunteer Week, which started on Sunday, as an opportunity to thank thousands of Oklahomans who volunteer and also to encourage others to help neighbors in times of tragedy. Red Cross volunteers serve in lots of different ways: • Blood donor ambassadors help to check people in during blood drives. • Volunteer dri...

The Shawnee News-Star With temperatures set below zero for a few more days the American Red Cross has steps to help prevent frozen pipes and how to thaw them safely. “With a few more days of cold weather frozen water pipes can become a real problem and it is putting many homeowners at risk of damage to their home with burst pipes and flooding ,” said Brittney Rochell, regional communications director of the American Red Cross of Kansas and Oklahoma. “The main thing to prevent water pipes from freezing is to keep them warm and we have easy tips do that along with how to safely thaw any f...