Red Cross volunteer saves lives with blood donations, disaster response

One in every of them was Randy Miller, a Crimson Cross volunteer, who responded to a catastrophe the night time earlier than her donation.

“When I discovered the Crimson Cross, I knew it was the precise place for me,” stated Miller. She stated the quarter-hour it took for her to donate could be the quietest quarter-hour of her week.

“I used to be out 4 instances up to now 5 days supporting folks after fires in Philadelphia,” she stated.

On Tuesday night time, the Crimson Cross volunteer helped three households who misplaced all the pieces in a fireplace on the 4900 block of Chestnut Avenue. It is one thing she does virtually each day with the Crimson Cross Catastrophe Motion Group.

“You can volunteer throughout a pandemic and make a distinction may be very private to me,” she stated.

Mill has spent her profession as a psychiatric nurse. She’s battled the frontlines of the pandemic in hospitals. And 6 months in the past, she started volunteering with the Crimson Cross to assist folks on the streets too.

“I am 67 and I feel folks do not understand that you could be on the market at this age and make an enormous distinction,” she stated.

All the time searching for methods to assist, she heard of the 2nd annual 6abc Philly Blood Drive and joined the 150 individuals who registered to donate.

After she leaves, likelihood is, she’ll be referred to as out for an additional emergency.

“To take a seat again and be previous isn’t in my DNA, and I encourage extra folks to present the Crimson Cross a name,” she stated.