American Red Cross services to the U.S. military include emergency communications,financial assistance,counseling,as well as information and referral. Services of the local Red Cross chapter and the military-based Red Cross unit are available to active service members; veterans:and reserve,National Guard or other community-based military personnel.
The American Red Cross Movement started more than a century ago in the battlefields when Clara Barton voluntarily tended to fallen soldiers during the Civil War. Today, we continue to provide services to the military by trained volunteers. Our Morgan County chapter has continued to provide this service since it was chartered in August, 1917. 
If you would like to send a gift to a service member, the American Red Cross has opened a secure website www.4troops.com There are four gifts available, including three kinds of candy or a "United We Stand" t-shirt. The cost is $25, with $10 going to help the Armed Forces Emergency Services Program. The American Red Cross is not funded by the government and depends on donations from the American people. Visit this site to help a service member as well as your American Red Cross.
What is Operation Enduring Response?
OPERATION ENDURING RESPONSE is a national letter writing campaign, sponsored by the Red Cross, connecting America's school children with the United States military fighting in the war against terrorism. Children write letters on the 11th of every month. The letters are then delivered in bulk by the Red Cross to the men and women fighting overseas. Thousands of letters have already been delivered from hundreds of schools in over 38 states.
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