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With over 3,000 offices around the nation and on US military installations world wide, including ships at sea, there is someone available to assist you or your family 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Red Cross services include:

Emergency Communications

In the event of an emergency, critical accident, illness, or death in a service member's immediate family, the Red Cross should be called at once. The Red Cross is equipped to verify the situation and relay an emergency leave request, if necessary, to the proper military authorities. It is then up to the commanding officer to decide whether or not to grant leave.
Note: It is very important for the service member's family to have available the full name, rank, social security number, and military address of the service member when requesting Red Cross assistance. Without this information, there may be a delay in the message reaching the service member.

Health & Welfare Inquires

Regular communication between service members and their families is ordinarily no problem, but sometimes, there can be a long time with no word which can be worrisome. Through our worldwide communications network, we can communicate with the installation or ship where the service person is stationed. You'll get a report on his/her welfare to give you peace of mind. Also, the service member can request the same service related to family members back home.

Information, Referral, & Advocacy
The Red Cross can assist you with information about a variety of health and supportive services available from the military and other sources throughout Berks County.

Emergency Financial Assistance
The Red Cross can provide access, through the appropriate Military Aid Society, to an interest-free loan or grant for emergency travel due to death or illness of an immediate family member, funeral expenses, or other type of financial emergency.

These Red Cross services, and more are available to service members and their families 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Please call us at (610) 375-4383.