Kaitlyn Hendrickson Period 3.  Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross  Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881  She heard of the International Red Cross.

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Kaitlyn Hendrickson Period 3

 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross  Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881  She heard of the International Red Cross Movement ◦ Visited Europe after Civil War  Campaigned for an American Red Cross society  Wanted ratification of the Geneva Convention ◦ Protected the war-injured

 Began teaching when most teachers were men  Risk her life to help soldiers in the Civil War  She headed the Red Cross for 23 years  Conducted first disaster relief efforts  Aided U.S. military during Spanish- American War  Campaigned for peacetime relief work

 Provided first aid and public nursing programs  Membership grew from 17,000 to 20 million  Public contributed $400 million  Staffed hospitals and ambulance companies  Recruited 20,000 nurses to serve military  Nurses also helped with influenza epidemic

 Focused on service to veterans  Enhanced programs in safety training  Helped educate about accident prevention  Helped with home care for sick  Provided relief when natural disasters struck ◦ Mississippi River floods ◦ Severe droughts

 Provide services to U.S. military and Allies  Enrolled 104,000 nurses for military service  Prepared 27 million packages for POWs  Shipped 300,000 tons of supplies overseas  Initiated a national blood program ◦ Collected 13.3 billion pints of blood

 Introduced first nationwide civilian blood program ◦ Now supplies 50 percent of blood in the U.S.  Expanded role in biomedical research  Became involved with human tissue distribution  Continued service in Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf wars  Expanded services ◦ Civil defense ◦ CPR/AED training ◦ HIV/AIDS education ◦ Emotional support to disaster victims

 Camp - provided comfort items  Canteen - provided food and snacks at ports  Home - provided aid to families of those in military  Hospital - recruited medical staff for military ◦ Also provided medical and psychiatric help to veterans  Hospital and Recreation Corps - provided personal services ◦ Writing letters, reading, tutoring, shopping  Motor - provided transportation to hospitals ◦ During Spanish influenza outbreak of 1918

 Prison-like camps for blacks after Mississippi Floods ◦ Routinely beaten ◦ Any food left from whites was all they got  Opposed national testing of blood for HIV ◦ Based on financial cost ◦ Resulted in the spread HIV during its outbreak  Raised $50 million for San Francisco earthquake ◦ Only $10 million gave out to victims

 Raised $543 million  Promised all funds would go to victims and families  Only 35 percent went to victims  Money went to other Red Cross organizations  President of organization at that time was Healy ◦ Forced to resign after controversy

 Proud history of commitment to youth  Goal is to develop new youth programs  Involve young people in serving the community  First known youth activity ◦ Put on a play to raise money ◦ Helped go to victims of flooding