Health
Unit: Social and Consumer Health
Section: Government Agencies
Activity: Non-Profit Agencies
Name:
Purpose of the
organization?
American
Red Cross
Services offered?
Source
of income?
“… to prevent and
The ARC provides
Donations, in some
alleviate human
Shelter, food, health cases it receives
suffering wherever it and mental health
government money
may be found. Its
services to families and because the
purpose is to protect communities after
government has a
life and health and to disaster strikes.
contract with the Red
ensure respect for
Cross to carry out
the human being.”
some of the relief
https://www.redcross
efforts.
.org/about-us/whowe-are/mission-andvalues.html
American
Cancer
Society
March of
Dimes
American
Heart
Association
American
Diabetes
Association
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Accomplishments,
areas of focus or
activities?
Respond to an average
of more than 62,000
disasters every year.
2018: Hurricane
Florence, Hurricane
Michael, California
Wildfires
https://www.redcross.o
rg/about-us/ourwork/disasterrelief.html
American
Lung
Association
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Agency of
your choice
(one not on
this sheet)
Which of these organizations listed in the activity you would consider supporting financially
or with your time and why?
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