USAG Okinawa has volunteer opportunities for everyone, Gleason said. To name a few, ... the USO and American Red Cross are also active in the community; ...

Food, friends, fun and Okinawa are the ties that bind the Okinawa Woman’s Club. ... Last year’s donation to the Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Andrew was $400.

The Red Cross noted that it responds to 70,000 disasters a year, mostly apartment and house fires. Of the $311 million raised for Sandy victims, $310 million has been spent on disaster relief to ...

The number of people donating blood has dropped 40% over the last two decades, according to the Red Cross. Severe winter weather and illnesses could make an already bad situation even worse, it says.