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|Organization=American Red Cross | |Organization=American Red Cross | ||
|Description=American Red Cross | |Description='''The American National Red Cross'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2007 |title=Congressional Charter of the American Red Cross |url=http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240124_charter.pdf |access-date=November 11, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713021140/http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240124_charter.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. [[Clara Barton]] founded the organization in 1881 after initially learning of the Red Cross from the country of Switzerland. Barton resigned in 1904 with Mabel Thorp Boardman taking control soon after. It is the designated US affiliate of the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] and the United States movement to the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]]. | ||
The organization is involved with and responsible for the aftercare of notable disasters, such as the sinking of the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912, World War I, the [[Spanish flu|Spanish flu pandemic]] of 1918, World War II, [[Hurricane Katrina disaster relief|Hurricane Katrina]], and the [[2023 Hawaii wildfires|Maui wildfires of 2023]]. | |||
The American Red Cross offers services and development programs such as blood donations, plasma and tissue services, and additional research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What We Do {{!}} Red Cross {{!}} Disaster Relief, Emergency Management |url=http://www.redcross.org/what-we-do |access-date=September 18, 2015 |website=American Red Cross |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719122054/http://www.redcross.org/what-we-do |url-status=live }}</ref> It has also had a long-standing relationship with the US military, providing emergency and non-emergency services, including family communications and recreation. | |||
|Website=http://www.redcross.org/ | |||
|Wikipedia=American Red Cross | |Wikipedia=American Red Cross | ||
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