13 Facts About American Red Cross

1.

American Red Cross, known as The American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,574
2.

American Red Cross's was determined to bring the organization to America.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,575
3.

The decision to use the State Department to distribute funds, rather than sending them directly to the Italian Red Cross, was indicative of the organization's shift away from the International Red Cross movement and towards US interests.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,576
4.

American Red Cross forces worked with the ARC to open railroads to distribute humanitarian supplies to Managua, Granada, Leon, and other key cities.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,577
5.

American Red Cross in the war was a quasi-state organization and a non-governmental organization, as it was not officially part of the United States Government.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,578
6.

Power of the American Red Cross was recognized by the Government which began to see "the value of overseas aid as a tool of statecraft".

FactSnippet No. 1,258,579
7.

The American Red Cross was increasingly being used as an arm of the state to facilitate the realization of American foreign policy objects.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,580
8.

Principally, the American Red Cross enhanced America's image abroad while disseminating American practices and values throughout Europe.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,581

Popular products

9.

Wilson believed that food was the "real thing" to combat Bolshevism and ordered the American Red Cross to distribute food and material relief to Bolshevik opponents in the Russian civil war.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,582
10.

The American Red Cross, therefore, served the dual functions of assisting the realization of United States foreign policy objectives and promoting international humanitarianism.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,583
11.

American Red Cross ERUs specialize in providing emergency relief supplies and IT and Telecommunications for American Red Cross response operations.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,584
12.

American Red Cross' position was that it had licensed its name to first aid kit makers in an effort to encourage readiness for disasters and that license revenues supported humanitarian work.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,585
13.

In October 2014, independent public interest news broadcasters NPR and ProPublica published investigative reports on the Red Cross's handling of US East Coast Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, citing internal Red Cross documents and interviews with former Red Cross and government officials.

FactSnippet No. 1,258,586