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The Red Cross is encouraging you to join them in writing a letter to a soldier this Christmas. Their annual "Holiday Mail for Heroes" campaign is underway.
The Red Cross is asking you to help with their recovery effort from Superstorm Sandy. Spokeswoman Megan Mrozek says this is going to be one of their biggest recovery efforts they've had in several years.
Red Cross volunteers from St. Cloud are in Louisiana helping victims of Hurricane Isaac. Spokeswoman Carry Carlson-Guest says Dick and Judy Pike are driving one of the Emergency Response Vehicles.
Imagine turning on the faucet and having no water. Or going to the grocery store and finding the shelves completely empty. These scenarios are what the American Red Cross face nearly every day during the summer.
Battling the fire at the Verso Paper Mill in Sartell has been a massive undertaking, with at least 14 fire departments, and several other agencies involved. It has been the Central Minnesota Red Cross's job to feed all those people.