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American Red Cross And Gate City Bank Joins Forces for Quilt Drive

American Red Cross Minnesota and Dakotas Region and Gate City Bank are calling on all quilt makers far and wide this holiday season.

November 1, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — American Red Cross Minnesota and Dakotas Region and Gate City Bank are calling on all quilt makers far and wide this holiday season. They’re trying to collect 150 new quilts either handmade or bought, to share with veterans in VA homes, hospitals and homes. They should be made out of preferably new and quality material and…

Local volunteers help people recover from Hurricane Ian in Florida

October 3, 2022

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FLORIDA (KVRR) – Five volunteers from eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota are in Florida helping people recuperate after Hurricane Ian. “This is an absolutely catastrophic event. We at the Red Cross are kind of comparing it to Harvey or Katrina which is just unfathomable,” Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross Kevin Mehrer said….

Fargo-Moorhead Red Cross volunteers heading east to help with tornado relief

December 13, 2021

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KENTUCKY (KVRR) – Seventeen Red Cross volunteers from Minnesota and The Dakotas, including three from Fargo-Moorhead, are heading to Kentucky to help with tornado relief. They will run eight shelters in Kentucky. Many of the volunteers are in the Mayfield area which has been hit hard by storms. The Executive Director of the local Red Cross chapter says he was…

Local Red Cross sends supplies and volunteers South

The organization has sent 4 volunteers from the F-M area along with one disaster response vehicle loaded with supplies and food to help victims of the hurricane.

August 30, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. –The Eastern North Dakota & Northwestern Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross has deployed a number of volunteers to help with relief efforts for Hurricane Ida. The vehicle will go from door to door in neighborhoods or can be set up at local shelters in the affected states . The red cross has also sent 19 volunteers and…