Red Cross Youth Heroes: Village Leadership Academy Students
We want to introduce you to some middle school students who embarked on a mission to change the name of Douglas Park in North Lawndale. They're this year's Red Cross Youth Heroes.
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We want to introduce you to some middle school students who embarked on a mission to change the name of Douglas Park in North Lawndale. They're this year's Red Cross Youth Heroes.
Joshua Hoyt has dedicated his life to helping immigrants become U.S. citizens, and he's now mentoring those following in his footsteps. He's this year's Global Citizenship Hero.
Compassion and selflessness; two words that describe every one of this year's Red Cross Heroes. As a mentor for nonprofit Friends of the Children, Phalon Carpenter works tirelessly every day to help kids facing high levels of adversity, and her work didn't stop during the pandemic. She's this year's Education Hero.
Kyla Davis, of Skokie, didn't hesitate to help a woman she saw screaming for help in a parking lot. For her actions, she's receiving the Red Cross Lifesaving Hero Award.
Tanya is being recognized for her dedication and passion toward helping her community, and her long-time activism.
Take a look back at the history of the Red Cross Hero Awards, honoring local heroes making a difference.
A group of nurses from Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, affectionately known as 'The Old Dolls,' are 2021 Red Cross Heroes.
Most blood banks in the U.S. are in need of donors, since the pandemic has shut down many of their drives.
This time of year, we often see an increase in home fires, mostly because of people using alternative heat sources such as space heaters.
After a massive extra alarm fire started by a man frying chicken, 26 Richton Park families are now homeless.
More than 5,000 people impacted by fires in Chicago and Northern Illinois have been helped by the Red Cross.
The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago was helping multiple families Wednesday after an entire wall of bricks collapsed to the ground at an apartment building in Franklin Park.
With the number of weather disasters happening and the pandemic, the American Red Cross has deployed hundreds of volunteers and more are still needed.
Emergency crews used ladders to reach the second-story window to remove the eight residents.
Mainframe Comic Con is morphing into a telethon style charity event, bringing celebrities and comic book fans together, and it's all online.
The Red Cross is asking the public to donate blood in case there's a shortage during a coronavirus outbreak.
The American Red Cross will give you a smoke alarm and install it for free.
Donors of all blood types especially types O positive and O negative are urged to make an appointment to give blood.
A fire started inside a home in the Longwood Manor neighborhood around midnight.
Donations can be made to organizations including the World Wide Fund for Nature, Kangaroo Island Council and the Red Cross.
The Morales family is grateful for the help they received, after a fire last August destroyed their Logan Square home.
Red Cross volunteers don't just help after a disaster, they also work to prevent disasters.
Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago respond to three or four home fires every day.
