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This morning the day after an F-4 Tornado destroyed a town and took lives in Oklahoma. Look every closely at a message of truth and food for thought. If you can help in the rescue relief in Oklahoma in contact with American Red Cross of Yakima...

The Yakima office of the American Red Cross is hoping people will take time this holiday season to write a letter to a member of the military serving overseas. Lisa Rhinehart, the executive director of the Yakima Red Cross office says it is called Holiday Mail for Heroes...

The American Red Cross is looking for blood donors after thousands of blood drives on the East Coast had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. Lisa Rhinehart, Executive Director of the Yakima chapter of the Red Cross tells KIT news they will be holding a number of blood drives next week and will be open on Thanksgiving Day...

As of 5pm on Aug. 20th, Kittitas County Emergency Management has completed approximately 90% of damage assessments from the Taylor Bridge Fire. Assessment teams have confirmed 51 houses or cabins completely lost, 6 houses or cabins with partial damage, and 26 additional properties with other structure loss...

The Better Business Bureau of eastern Washington is warning about scammers trying to trick people who want to give to help with recovery efforts in the Taylor Bridge fire near Cle Elum.  The BBB's Chelsea Dannon says scammers have set up websites hoping to gain donations or financial information from web surfers...

If you are looking to help and donate in this great cause, here is the information that can help you: The Holiday Inn in Ellensburg at 1620 Canyon Road is currently taking material donations for all fire victims on behalf of American Red Cross...

The Yakima office of the American Red Cross needs donors. The blood supply has reached emergency levels, with 50,000 fewer donations than expected in June. This shortfall leaves the Red Cross with half the readily available blood products on hand now than this time last year...

It's almost summer and you are getting busy. The officials at the American Red Cross are hoping you'll take some time this summer to give the gift of life. Red Cross officials say the community blood supply has dropped to critically low levels for blood types O positive, O negative, B negative and A negative...

During Spring Break season 2012, the American Red Cross Blood Donor Centers across the Pacific Northwest Region will have drawings through Monday, April 2, 2012, for all presenting blood and platelet donors*. Daily winners throughout the campaign will receive a $50 Apple gift card and there will be one Grand Prize of a new iPad 3*...