One of the Southern Nevada Red Cross volunteers, Maria Miranda, has won the Nellis Air Force Base “Certificate of Volunteer Excellence” Award. This is a really big deal!! This award can only be won once in a lifetime and is only given to one volunteer per year.
Maria works with Margie Manning at the Nellis office. She has been a Red Cross volunteer for 35 years!! Congrats Maria!
Wow! What an end to All Star Celebrity Apprentice. The last two contestants are standing and it’s Trace Adkins and Penn Jillette! Penn’s a great competitor, but we love Trace and the voice he’s given to disaster victims the last several weeks. All of us at the Red Cross are so proud of Trace and what he’s accomplished on behalf of our organization and all the people we serve. He’s represented the Red Cross with integrity and lots of heart and we’re cheering him on to the finish line.
We’re not just cheering him on, we’re ready to put our money where our mouth is-literally-and we hope you will too. This week’s task involved Trace and Penn developing custom ice cream flavors for the Walgreens Delish brand. Team Trace developed “Maple Macadamia Mash Up“, based on his favorite candy flavor-maple nut. (Team Trace also had to create a commercial for the ice cream, which featured Gary Busey busting a move because the ice cream is so good. I can’t wait to see the final product next week.)
If Trace’s flavor is the top seller this week, he’ll win an extra $100,000 for the Red Cross and disaster victims around the nation. That’s 10,000 meals for disaster victims or 20,000 blankets for people who stay in our shelters. That also means you don’t have to ask me twice to buy ice cream.
So get yourself down to a Walgreens or a Duane Reade store this week and pick up Maple Macadamia Mash Up. When you do, make sure you tweet some photos of yourself enjoying that creamy goodness. Not only will you help the Red Cross and propel Trace to the top of the boardroom, but you can also rest assured that, somewhere in America, Gary Busey is doing a happy dance. That should make everyone smile.
American Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern released a very comprehensive picture of the Red Cross response to date. Go to the link below to read it.
Every day, ordinary people make extraordinary contributions by putting their needs aside to help others in our community. The American Red Cross is honored to salute these unsung heroes. Your hero might be a lifeguard who saved a drowning child, an ordinary citizen who performed CPR when a stranger collapsed at a shopping mall, or who saved a neighbor’s beloved pets from a fire.
The awards are being held at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday, October 17, 2013, from 7:30am to 9:00am. Join us in celebrating the heroic and selfless acts that your fellow Southern Nevadans have performed over the last 12 months.
The awards are presented by the Southern Nevada Chapter of the American Red Cross and Caesar’s Entertainment, with generous support from 8 News NOW and their Community Pride Partners: NV Energy, Findlay Automotive Group, and Greenman, Goldberg, Raby & Martinez.
We’re looking for Hero nominees! Do you know someone who has done something extraordinary to help their community or another person? Go to the nomination form below to learn more, and nominate YOUR hero!
Go here to nominate a Hero or download this form
To become a sponsor for the Everyday Heroes Awards, download this form and send it to us.
See the link below for a report from our President and CEO, Gail McGovern
Our friends at Basch Construction will be hosting this springs 2013 Golf Tournament to benefit the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada.
On Friday, May 31, the exclusive Siena Golf Course will be the site of great golf, friends, and food! Drinks, food, play, swag and an after party are all included in your registration!
You can also have your business help to sponsor the tournament. See the attached documents for more information!
For details, call Kimberly at 702-314-4545
Recent events can affect different people in different ways. You, your family members, or your friends may be having a hard time processing their emotions.
Some tips for coping with the stress related to recent disaster events include:
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