Health and Safety
Military Services
International Services
Disaster Relief
Red Cross History
100
One pint of blood can save up to how many lives?
What is three!
100
One way the Red Cross helps the military is by providing them with a way to...
What is communicate with family.
100
How much funding was donated to Haiti by the Red Cross after the earthquake?
What is $295 million.
100
About how many disaster victims does the Red Cross help each year?
What is more than 67,000
100
Who started the American Red Cross?
What is Clara Barton.
200
What percentage of the nation's blood supply comes from the Red Cross?
What is about 40 percent.
200
What was the first war that the official American Red Cross aided?
What is the Spanish-American war
200
In 2010. the Red Cross helped prevent how many people from measles, AIDS/HIV, and malaria?
What is 63 million.
200
The authority to provide disaster services in America was granted in what year?
What is 1905
200
During which war did the American Red Cross get its start?
What is the Civil War
300
What percentage of the population is eligible to give blood?
What is 38!
300
During operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait/Iraq, how many emergency messages were sent home?
What is over 250,000.
300
True or False: The American Red Cross, paired with the Red Cresent, offers international family tracing after major global disasters?
What is true.
300
What is the core goal of disaster relief?
What is to enable families to resume daily life.
300
How many fundamental principles is the Red Cross led by?
What is seven
400
Who conducts blood drives in our area?
What is United Blood Services.
400
How much financial assistance was provided to the military and their families in 2008?
What is over 5.8 million dollars
400
How many national societies help make up the Red Cross international services?
What is 186
400
In 2010, how much funding was spent on providing food and shelter to disaster victims?
What is $13,212,000.
400
What month is Red Cross month?
What is March.
500
The process of donating specific blood components, such as red cells, plasma or platelets, is called...
What is apheresis.
500
During WWII, how many nurses were recruited and certified to assist the military?
What is 104,456
500
What are the three things the Red Cross can send to aid an area after a disaster?
What is people, goods, and money.
500
How many trained disaster workers are involved in the Red Cross?
What is over 90,000.
500
In what year did the Red Cross receive its first congressional charter?
What is 1900
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