When you give or raise $1,000 for the American Red Cross, your money touches the lives of families in many different ways. Here are just a few ways $1,000 can help your community:

• $1,000 will provide 571 comfort kits full of toiletries for disaster victims who have lost their homes.
• $1,000 will provide 198 blankets or 37 cots for disaster victims who must spend the night in a shelter.
• $1,000 will provide clean up kits for 56 families who have flood or storm damage to their homes.
• $1,000 will provide groceries for up to 20 disaster victims.
• $1,000 will provide shoes and clothing for two families of four who lost their home to a fire or natural disaster.
• $1,000 will provide bedding supplies and linens for four families of four who lost their home to a fire or natural disaster.
• $1,000 will provide roof repairs for two storm damaged homes.
• $1,000 will provide 11, 750 free disaster preparedness brochures for your community so local citizens can learn how to create a family disaster plan or build a disaster supply kit.
• $1,000 will provide the "Masters of Disaster" disaster preparedness course for 28 elementary or middle school classrooms so children understand how to stay safe during an emergency.

Donate today! Help the Red Cross prevent, prepare and respond to emergencies.