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The American Red Cross serves as a lifeline to the United States Armed Forces throught its Service to Armed Forces program. SAF is uniquely equipped to provide an exclusive worldwide communication and support network that serves as a link between active and retired military service members and their families, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
In addition, the Chapters provide an economic safety net for low-income military family members who do not qualify for government welfare benefits and has partnered with Military OneSource and Military Home Front to provide social services, emergency travel, financial assistance and mental health support for returning troops, National Guard and Reservists. Your American Red Cross Mid-Florida Region:
- helped 3,558 military families
- collected more than 7,000 holiday cards for active military members and veterans during the 2008 Red Cross "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program
*All figures are from fiscal year 2009, July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
Patrick Air Force Base
The Red Cross also provides services to the armed forces community in clinics, medical centers on military installations around the world and at VA hospitals. In Brevard County, Red Cross volunteers with the Space Coast Chapter routinely work at Patrick Air Force Base providing service to the armed forces. This includes 14 trained caseworkers. The Red Cross assists in verifications on all applications for compassionate leave. Other volunteers support the base pharmacy and clinic. the largest transitional housing project for homeless veterans in Florida. The Space Coast Chapter also provides lifesaving training at the state’s largest transitional housing project for homeless veterans.
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