Donations    Help Can't Wait   

               All American Red Cross relief is offered free of charge, a gift of the American people. Our local Red Cross receives no funding from state or federal governments. The American Red Cross requires local chapters to support local services with local donations; the national organization only helps fund services for major disasters in a region, like Hurricane Hugo. United Ways of Florence, Darlington, Hartsville, Dillon and Marion United Fund provide less than one third of the Pee Dee Chapter's cost of providing Red Cross services in our region. The difference, and overwhelming majority of our funds, comes from public donations. 

People like you - neighbors helping neighbors - is what it takes for the American Red Cross to make a difference in so many lives of Pee Dee area citizens.

The Pee Dee Chapter helps disaster victims, soldiers and their families, students, babies and families through our life-saving health and safety training and community education programs every day. More than 500 volunteers work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to meet the needs of residents in Florence, Darlington, Dillon and Marion Counties.

We're committed to helping our community in every way we can -- from collecting blood donations to helping local house fire victims with immediate shelter, food and clothing. Help requires money.  We need your help to offer classes, prepare for disasters, and give aid when it is needed.

                                    Support our Troops

                                    Support our Disaster Programs

                                    Support our Community Health & Safety Programs

       Please send donations (cash, check, money orders, Visa, MasterCard or 

       American Express) to our chapter

                        American Red Cross
                        Pee Dee Chapter
                        1601-A W. Lucas St.
                        Florence, SC 29501
 

               Or, you can donate using your Visa, Master Card or American Express donations 

               by phone: 

                1-800-273-3073  or  843-662-8121
 

               We can't accept gifts of food, clothing and house ware items.  If you have these
                items, other United Way agencies would be delighted to receive them.
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            The "Together We Prepare" program  

                provides community information and presentations 

                to neighborhood groups teaching them how to create

                a disaster plan, build a home disaster kit, 

                and get health & safety training needed to prepare them 

                and their families for disaster situations.

                The School Safety Program provides disaster, health, 

                and safety training in area schools, as well as participation

                in area district and school safety councils.

 The "Masters of Disaster" curriculum is an 

                                inter-disciplinary curriculum that teaches 

                                disaster preparedness as part of  math, science, 

                                health, art, & language arts classes.

                The Pee Dee Chapter provides functional training in  15 response areas. This includes:

Mass Care Sheltering & Feeding, 

Disaster Assessment, Logistics 

[warehousing, transportation / supply], 

Health & Mental Health, Welfare Inquiry,                  

Communications, Emergency Assistance to Families, 

Government Liaison, Fund Raising, Public Affairs, 

Staffing, Records & Reports, and 

Human Resources in Disaster. 

 

             

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