Local Red Cross Representative: Destruction In Joplin 'Unbelievable'
A representative of the local Red Cross chapter is returning from tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri today. And the devastation has even amazed those for whom disasters are routine.
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A representative of the local Red Cross chapter is returning from tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri today. And the devastation has even amazed those for whom disasters are routine.
Red Cross workers at blood banks across the Delaware Valley hit the picket line this morning after talks broke down late last night.
Negotiations continue today between The Red Cross Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region and the union representing workers who collect blood for the agency. The current contract expires this weekend.
Health professionals who staff Red Cross blood banks in our area are threatening to go on strike, if they don't have a contract by May 24th.
Nearly two dozen people were displaced after a fire swept through an apartment building in Northeast Philadelphia early Monday morning.
Burlington County fire officials say it took nearly two hours to control a stubborn three-alarm fire at the "B" building of the Fox Meadow apartment complex along Clover Path near Route 73.
"Just in the last three days we've had two very generous corporate donations," a local Red Cross spokesman told KYW Newsradio on Tuesday.
The Red Ball takes place March 5th at the Please Touch Museum and will benefit the Red Cross House, which shelters those in need.
