September 8, 2017. Houston, Texas. Red Cross volunteer Katie Bossc gives lunch to Jessica Guzma from an Emergency Response Vehicle at an apartment complex in Houston, Texas, in which over 200 ground floor units had water damage from Hurricane Harvey. Photo by Chuck Haupt for the American Red Cross

September 6, 2017. Port Aransas, Texas. Red Cross volunteers, from left, Nurse Minnie, Mental Heath worker Julie and Nurse Carol go street to street in Port Aransas, which was hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Photo by Chuck Haupt for the American Red Cross.

September 2, 2017. Wharton, Texas. A Red Cross worker assesses damage and standing water levels in Wharton, Texas nine days after Hurricane Harvey made impact in Texas. Photo by Daniel Cima for the American Red Cross

Between October and December 2017, the Red Cross responded to six of the year’s largest and most complex disasters. This included back-to-back hurricanes — Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Thanks to the help of our partners and volunteers, the Red Cross was able to mobilize immediately to provide shelter, food, comfort and a path to recovery. Through it all, the Red Cross Eastern PA was able to send volunteers, emergency response vehicles, and critical aid to the hardest hit areas – with the help our generous partners.

• PJM Interconnection
• PPL Electric
• West Pharmaceuticals
• Air Products
• Toll Brothers
• Arkema
• Kessler Topaz Meltzer
• Penn Mutual
• SKF USA
• Tri State Toyota

With the support of our partners, the Red Cross provided more food, relief items and overnight shelter stays than in the past four years combined. The Red Cross mobilized 56,000 disaster workers — 92 percent volunteers — to provide help after 242 significant disasters such as wildfires, floods, tornadoes and other emergencies in 45 states and three territories. Altogether, Red Cross emergency response vehicles traveled 2.5 million miles to deliver food, relief supplies and support to communities affected by disasters. That’s the same as driving around Earth 103 times.

Thank you – as always – for your ongoing commitment to the Red Cross. We could not provide disaster relief without your help.