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American Red Cross
American humanitarian organization
The American National Red Cross[5] is a nonprofithumanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.
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Clara Barton founded the organization in 1881 after initially learning of the Red Cross from the country of Switzerland. It is the designated US affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The organization has provided services after many notable disasters, including the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, World War II, Hurricane Katrina, and the Maui wildfires of 2023.
It also provides blood banking services.[6]
History and organization
See also: American Red Cross National Headquarters