1. Service to the Armed Forces
American Red Cross
Service to the Armed Forces
Veterans

2. The American Red Cross is with our Military and their Families
For more than 130 years, the Red Cross has provided comfort and support to members of the U.S. military and we continue to serve, 24 hours a day, On over 30 installations around the world, including deployment sites In Iraq, Kuwait and Djibouti As well offices in communities across America
Red Cross was born on the battlefield (1863, Battle of Solferino)

3. Service to the Armed Forces Continuum of Care
The American Red Cross is there every step of the way for members of the military, veterans and their families.
ENLISTEE
VETERAN
Get to Know Us Before You Need Us
Assure military members and their families that help is always available
Information & Referral Services
Connect with community resources throughout career
Coping with Deployments
Prepare families to navigate the separations throughout their ilitary career
Global Service Delivery
All Red Cross services provided at home and at overseas installations
Emergency Services
Deliver verified messages during an emergency at home
Access to financial assistance and resources
Deployment Teams
In-Theater
Deliver emergency messages
Provide on the ground comfort and build morale
Military Hospital & Clinic Programs
Provide comfort and build morale
Enhance therapy programs
Reconnection Workshops
Build skills for successful reintegration at home, work and in communities
VA Hospital
Veteran Services
Provide information & Referral services
Assist with Veteran Appeals
Red Cross is always there for members of the military, veterans and their families from the moment they enlist and throughout their lives as veterans
The Red Cross has been with you since you joined the military, and will continue to support you.

4. Red Cross Supports You at Home
Red Cross programs and services in hometowns help ease the transition back home for veterans and their families.
When faced with needs, Red Cross continues to connect veterans and their families with community support
Call
Access the Hero Care Mobile App
Red Cross volunteers are with you in Veteran Administration (VA) Medical Centers
Military and Veteran Caregiver Network
Volunteer opportunities help veterans engage back into their community
Programs that promote resiliency
Red Cross welcomes you home, back to your family and community. We have support to help you.
As the Red Cross has done since you joined the military, they continue to be in your communities to help you connect with support and resources when needed. Contact your Red Cross at or the app can be downloaded by searching for American Red Cross in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for Android or by going to redcross.org/mobileapps.  
The Red Cross is with you in Veterans Administration (VA) medical facilities, providing you with care and comfort.
The American Red Cross Military and Veteran Caregiver Network is a peer to peer support for all military and veteran caregivers. It provides on line resources and networking opportunities led by peer mentors.
And Red Cross can help you get back involved in your community , for we and our community needs you. We encourage you to volunteer to support your fellow military ,veterans and their families in your community.
Red Cross programs are designed to support your resiliency, from connecting you with resources, helping you get involved back in your community, provide job skills training such as CPR/FA, Nurses and Dental assistance training, to Reconnection Workshops.

5. Reconnection Workshops
For Adults:
Communicating Clearly
Relating to Children
Identifying Depression
Exploring Stress and Trauma
Working Through Anger
Coping with Deployments
For Children:
Roger That! Communication Counts
Operation 10-4 Confident Coping
Available locally
Free of charge
Reconnection workshops are one – 1 ½ hour workshops, small group (3-12 participants) that focus on a reintegration skill, such as Communicating Clearly, Relating to Children, Identifying depression, Working through Anger, as well as 2 workshops for children - Roger That! Communication Counts and Operation 10-4 Confident Coping - broken into 2 age groups – 8-12 years and years. These workshops were designed to help children and teens learn effective coping and communication skills what are essential when a parent or other family member is deployed and/or has returned from deployment.
These workshops are provided by specially trained mental health professionals and are free of charge.
Red Cross can offer these workshops where ever they are needed near military installations, in communities across America….and continue to be available to you and your family for as long as they are needed.
We could, for example, arrange a workshop on location for your organization, or here at the Chapter office.

6. Mind Body workshops
Mind-Body Workshops are meant to help participants develop healthy techniques to:
Understand “good” stress
Manage unhealthy or chronic stress
Connect their bodies with their minds
Practice living mindfully rather than on autopilot
Learn easy-to-use ways to improve whole-body health in any setting
Facilitated by specially trained mental health professionals
Free of charge
Introduces participants to a variety of techniques, such as breathing and movement, journaling, guided imagery, art / drawing, meditation, etc.

7. Become involved Service to Armed Forces Volunteer Opportunities
Military Medical Facility Programs
VA programs
Opportunities to support our military and veteran community in a variety of ways… such as in the hospitals and clinics, as caseworkers, in outreach and education, DAT, etc.

10. Thank You For Your Service! What questions do you have?
Thank you for letting me join you today, and thank you for your service.