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Every eight minutes, donations help someone affected by disaster. Visit redcross.org to learn more. 231002-11 12/19 This year, the Red Cross responded daily to the needs of people displaced by crises like floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and fires. Thanks to generous supporters, our disaster workforce—90% volunteers—helped hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. Over 354,000 relief items distributed Over 1.1 million meals and snacks served with partners Made over 92,000 contacts to support health, mental health, spiritual care and disability needs Provided over 79,000 overnight shelter stays with partners Our Home Fire Campaign helps keep families safe from the nation’s most common disaster. Over 152,000 escape plans made Over 173,000 homes made safer Over 420,000 free smoke alarms installed 2019 Disaster Response Figures reflect $10,000 and above Red Cross disaster response operations from January 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019. Financial assistance figure also includes home fire responses. Home Fire Campaign statistics are from January 1, 2019 to October 31, 2019. Distributed financial assistance to nearly 376,000 individuals to cover urgent needs Sent over 320 million severe weather alerts through our free mobile apps
