More than 100 American Red Cross disaster volunteers continue to support victims of late December’s Marshall Fire, Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in history. The blaze torched more than 6,000 acres, forced the evacuation of some 35,000 people, and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes.
The fast-moving Marshall Fire is the latest example of an extreme weather event prompting thousands of people to flee their homes and seek help, this time months after the regular wildfire season ended. While the exact cause of the blaze is unknown, experts report climate change played a key role. Record warmth and extreme drought, intensified by climate change, created ideal conditions for the devastating blaze which was further fueled by violent winds gusting to more than 100 mph.
Red Cross Response
The Red Cross has also provided financial assistance to almost 1,600 people impacted by the fire
The Red Cross has distributed hundreds of relief items and provided more than 1,500 individual care contacts to help people with medical or disability needs, as well as emotional and spiritual support. The Red Cross is working very closely with the entire response community, government agencies, community groups, and others to coordinate emergency relief and recovery efforts.
The Red Cross has also provided financial assistance to almost 1,600 people impacted by the fire. This financial support is intended to be a bridge to cover emergency needs until survivors can access other resources, such as insurance, community services, or other forms of federal disaster assistance.
Helping hand
People can help others affected by disasters like fires and countless other crises by making a gift to Red Cross Disaster Relief. The gift is a commitment to helping people in need, and every single donation matters.
The gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small.
Corporations, Foundations, And Organizations Help
Donations from members of the ADGP and the Disaster Responder Program enables to prepare for disasters
The generous donations from members of the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and the Disaster Responder Program enable the American Red Cross to prepare communities for disasters big and small, respond whenever and wherever disasters occur, and help families during the recovery process.
ADGP $1 Million members
Amazon; American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Foundation; Anthem Foundation; Bank of America; Caterpillar Foundation; Costco Wholesale; Delta Air Lines; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation; FedEx; The Home Depot Foundation; Latter-day Saint Charities; Lilly Endowment Inc.; Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Microsoft Corp.; Nationwide Foundation; The Starbucks Foundation; State Farm; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Truist Foundation; VSP Global; Walmart and the Walmart Foundation; and Wells Fargo.
ADGP $500,000 members
Altria Group; Aon; Best Buy; Calmoseptine, Inc.; Capital One; Citi Foundation; The Clorox Company; Darden Foundation; Delta Dental Community Care Foundation; Edison International; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Foundation; Ford Motor Company Fund; Fox Corporation; General Motors; HCA Healthcare; International Paper; The J.M. Smucker Company; Johnson Controls Foundation; The Kroger Co. Foundation; LHC Group; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mastercard; Merck; Mondelēz International Foundation; New Balance Foundation; PayPal; PepsiCo Foundation; Salesforce; Southeastern Grocers Gives Foundation & Southeastern Grocers, home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie; Stanley Black & Decker; Target; The TJX Companies, Inc.; Toyota; United Airlines; UPS; USAA; Visa Foundation; The Walt Disney Company; and The Wawa Foundation.
Disaster Responder Program members
7-Eleven Cares Foundation; Adobe; Alliance Data; American Express; Ameriprise Financial, Inc.; Assurant; AT&T; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; Avangrid Foundation; Barclays; Big 5 Sporting Goods; CarMax; Choice Hotels International; Cisco Foundation; CNA Insurance; The Coca-Cola Company; CSX; The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation; Discover; Dollar General; Duke Energy; Equitable; FirstEnergy Foundation; Grainger; Harbor Freight Tools Foundation, LLC; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation; HP Foundation; Humble Bundle; Kaiser Permanente; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation; The Labcorp Charitable Foundation; Lenovo Foundation; Liberty Mutual Insurance; Marathon Petroleum Foundation, Inc.; Mattress Firm; McKesson; Neiman Marcus Group; NextEra Energy, Inc.; Northrop Grumman; Northwestern Mutual and the Northwestern Mutual Foundation; Old Dominion Freight Line; Pacific Life Foundation; Procter & Gamble; Prudential Financial; Raytheon Technologies; Reckitt; Rodan + Fields Prescription for Change Foundation; Ross Stores Foundation; Ryder System, Inc.; San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; Security Finance’s Lending Hand Foundation; ServiceNow, Inc.; Southwest Airlines; U-Haul International; and U.S. Bank Foundation.