The American Red Cross has a unique role in serving as the safety net for the American people in their hour of greatest need. Although the American Red Cross is not a government agency, its authority to provide disaster relief was formalized in 1905, when Congress chartered the Red Cross to "carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply that system in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing those calamities."
As a partner of a network of 186 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter was founded in 1916 as a chartered unit of the American National Red Cross and serves the 3.5 million people of Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties.
Though no major hurricanes hit the United States, the Red Cross remained busy throughout 2009. Nationally they responded...
The Red Cross’s National Celebrity Cabinet works to encourage people to donate their time, money and blood year round...
The Red Cross’ mission is to provide relief, aid and support during someone’s most dire time. For more than a hundre...
Many times people decide to donate to charity because they want to help someone less fortunate than themselves. Few peop...
In response to the soldiers need for warm clothing, the Red Cross formed a unit of volunteers called the Production Corp...
See for yourself what people are saying about donating their vehicles to the Red Cross through Charity Dispatch...


Change a life today! Donate your car to the Red Cross car donation charity, and not only will you get a great tax deduction, but you'll make the world a brighter place.