The Samaritan Women Clothing & Item Drive! Help provide necessities to human trafficking survivors! This holiday season, the UMBC American Red Cross Club is collecting various kinds of item donations to provide to The Samaritan Women, a social service organization that provides care to human trafficking survivors and strives to end domestic sex trafficking.

We will be collecting these items from Sunday, November 8th, 2015 through Sunday, December 6th, 2015.

Just look out for the RED GIFT-WRAPPED BOX marked "UMBC Red Cross Club: The Samaritan Women Drive" in COMMONS NEAR CIC DESK! (COMMONS MAIN DESK)

Some of the donations needed (attached is the official full list of items):
  • Bandaids
  • Batteries
  • Dish soap
  • Deodorant
  • Feminine pads; tampons
  • Hand sanitizer
  • K-cups
  • Kleenex
  • Paper towels
  • Toilet paper
  • T-shirts, sweatpants
  • Tennis shoes
  • International/US phone cards
  • Gift cards - Target, Walmart, Pizza, Subway
To read more about this organization, visit http://thesamaritanwomen.org/

Help the UMBC American Red Cross Club give back this holiday season!
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Anyone interested can contact us on our website: http://umbcredcross.weebly.com/
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http://umbcredcross.weebly.com/

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The Carnival will be located next to Clyde's in Columbia, across from the Columbia Mall. 
10221 Wincopin Circle Columbia, MD
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Blood types are genetically based, meaning that there are common blood types in specific ethnic groups. Read this article and encourage your ALL of your friends to donate blood, to ensure a diverse blood supply!

Check out this article for more!
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Look out for the donation boxes that say RED CROSS in Residential Dorms, Apartments, and across campus throughout the rest of the semester!

Some of the items that we will be collecting are:
  • stamps
  • stationary
  • shampoos, body wash
  • deodorants
  • gloves, hats, scarves
  • hairbrushes
  • CD players or other working electronics
A full list of items is attached.

Anything helps! Let's all take this holiday season to work together and show our gratitude for these great men and women who have served our country!
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This article is a great resource to understand Ebola's impact in West Africa and how the disease is not the only problem; food is scarce as well. So many are in quarantine and trucks are have a hard time delivering food to all parts of the area. The sick have to resort to finding food for themselves, which puts others in danger also. However, that is their only option. Looking at third-world countries, we learn to appreciate the United States and all the precautions the government and healthcare facilities are taking to prevent spread as well as deaths due to this terrible disease.
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