On November 6, Fritz Coleman will present 20th Annual Comedy Night benefiting the Red Cross Glendale Crescenta Valley chapter

More than 100 people sampled wines from around the world and participated in an auction conducted by NBC4 weatherman Fritz Coleman at the Fifth Annual Wine Tasting event in June. All proceeds benefit Red Cross disaster relief efforts.

The Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter’s Youth Group had already scheduled their fundraising car wash when Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake on March 11, and the group’s leadership quickly decided to designate half of their proceeds for relief to Japan’s earthquake victims.

On August 24, disaster volunteers Anita Preizler and Kathie Riedel were called out to assist at a house fire at Salem and Pacific in Glendale, which left nine people temporarily homeless. Anita knows first-hand how to help people on the road to recovery, having survived a house fire.

The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network is quadrupling its emergency activities in Pakistan in response to the country’s worst flooding in more than 80 years. As a part of this effort, the American Red Cross is providing $1 million to help Pakistani families meet their most critical needs.

It’s a sobering fact, but disaster strikes every day in the United States. Not just once, either—the American Red Cross responds to about 200 disasters every day, amounting to some 70,000 in a year. This number encompasses house fires, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes and other crises, and in order to meet the needs of everyone [...]