I give blood the the American Red Cross every few months.  I'm type O- so they really need it!  I just wish they'd pay me instead of taking it for free.  They do a lot of good humanitarian work, so I don't mind.
I like the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has been around since 1881!  It was established by a woman, Clara Barton, who was its first president.
Really, Is the American Red Cross Affiliated to the ICRC in Geneva?
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
The movement consists of several distinct organizations that are legally independent from each other, but are united within the movement through common basic principles, objectives, symbols, statutes and governing organisations. The movement's parts are:
. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, said just before Anthony's death, "A few days ago someone said to me that every woman should stand with bared head before Susan B. Anthony. 'Yes,' I answered, 'and every man as well.' ... For ages he has been trying to carry the burden of life's responsibilities alone... Just now it is new and strange and men cannot comprehend what it would mean but the change is not far away."
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