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Red Cross Romance: Two Local Platelet Donors Are Saving Lives and Falling In Love
Connected by their commitment to save lives, Cindy Guendert and Jerry Tacinelli’s love story started at the Red Cross Donation Center in Farmington. More than a year later, they’re writing their next chapter. “Mom always said that you should go someplace and do something that you enjoy doing and you might just meet somebody there,” Guendert said. “I didn’t...
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Couple Forms Red Cross Romance
A Connecticut couple met and fell in love thanks to their generosity of donating blood platelets to the Red Cross.
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Red Cross Helping 22 People After Danbury Fire
The American Red Cross is assisting 22 people after a fire in Danbury on Saturday. Five families, including 16 adults and six children, are receiving assistance through the Red Cross after the fire on Rowan Street. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items a resident might…
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Red Cross Helping Those Affected in Gulf Coast
Red Cross regional executive talks about helping people that will be affected by hurricane Laura.
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CT Red Cross Volunteers Being Deployed to Texas and California
Connecticut Red Cross volunteers are being deployed to Texas and California to help in wildfire relief efforts and ahead of the impact of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura. Volunteers will be deployed physically and virtually, the American Red Cross said in a statement. The company said they’ve been able to adapt a lot of positions that were previously in-person...
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Red Cross Deployments to Help People in Texas and California
Connecticut Red Cross volunteers are being deployed to Texas and California to help in wildfire relief efforts and ahead of the impact of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura.
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Plasma Donations Running Low as FDA Considers Use for COVID Cases
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly nearing a decision to issue an emergency use authorization to use convalescent plasma for treating coronavirus patients. Unfortunately, the supply of plasma is running low.
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The Red Cross Responds In The Wake of Tropical Storm Isaias
When disaster strikes, the American Red Cross is among the first to respond. As soon as Tropical Storm Iasias passed, the Red Cross in Connecticut hit the ground running. So far they’ve provided 25 families whose homes became unlivable after the storm with immediate assistance – and their work is far from over yet. “Right now the Red Cross is…
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American Red Cross Helping More Than 20 Families
The American Red Cross is helping more than 70 people were not able to stay in their homes after Tropical Storm Isaias.
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Red Cross Experience Shortage, Seeks Volunteers
Red Cross needs local volunteers due to COVID-19
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A Special Snow Monster Visit for A Big Birthday
JJ Figueroa is a long time participant at our NBC Connecticut blood drives with the American Red Cross. He is well known by donors as the sweet little boy who hands out life saver candies to all who donate because to him, they are saving his life. Born with CVID, or common variable immunodeficiency, JJ has trouble fighting off infections…
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Local Red Cross Volunteers Respond In The Wake of Cristobal
We’re only eight days into the Atlantic Hurricane Season and it’s off to a very active start. Cristobal has already made the record books as the earliest third named storm of a season and it could continue to make history as it tracks north. The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal are moving away from the Gulf coast after bringing...
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Local Volunteers Help Cristobal Recovery Efforts
Our local Connecticut Red Cross volunteers deployed to Houston over the weekend in preparation for Cristobal’s landfall and are currently assessing the damage in Louisiana and moving volunteers and supplies to the hardest hit areas as needed
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State Police and Red Cross Host Blood Drive Today
State police and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden Monday. Gov. Ned Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal stopped by the blood drive at noon to promote the importance of donating blood during the coronavirus pandemic. The blood drive continues through 6 p.m. The Red Cross is…
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What Is Plasma? How to Donate Convalescent Plasma for Coronavirus Patients
Plasma is precious for people sick with COVID-19. The liquid portion of blood taken from survivors of the disease may be rich in antibodies that doctors hope can speed up recovery for the sickest patients.
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Blood Supply ‘At Risk of Collapse' as Coronavirus Outbreak Halts Donations
The American Red Cross and blood banks across the nation are putting out an urgent call for donors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spreads and events and businesses close, donations are dropping, dangerously in some areas.
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NBC & Telemundo Connecticut Winter Blood Drive
Start the New Year with a lifesaving resolution by donating blood at the NBC Connecticut/ Telemundo Connecticut Blood Drive on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center in Farmington! The American Red Cross will hold the blood drive from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Blood Donation Center located at 209 Farmington Ave, Farmington,…
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‘Heroic': Worcester Firefighter Dies Saving Fellow Responders During Blaze
A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.
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‘Heroic': Worcester, Mass. Firefighter Dies Saving Fellow Responders During Blaze
A Worcester, Massachusetts fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew responded to report of a trapped baby during a raging fire at an apartment building.