preserving the efforts of effective communication and providing accurate information that have been the framework for every successful operation. This information is intended to help our inbound volunteers as well as our community. Here, you can find updated references, training informaiton, shelter locations or contact us regarding damage to your home or neighborhood. As we enter hurricane season 2010 let us always be mindful that  the best way to survive a natural disaster is to prepare yourself before hand. Remember, be Red Cross Ready. Build a kit! Make a plan! Be informed!
Mid Florida Region Polk/Highlands County Chapter

For more than 125 years the American Red Cross has been providing relief to those affected by disaster. From daylight to twilight we are simply neighbors helping our neighbors, or even stragers helping strangers. Amazingly though, every Red Cross volunteer's desire remains the same. Each of us are compelled by our compassion in hopes that somehow we can touch a single human being's life
in their darkest hour and restore hope for a better future.This website is dedicated to