The American Red Cross Kansas and Oklahoma Region serves the more than 6 million people living across Kansas and Oklahoma. The Region provides vital services to the area 365 days a year—from responding to home fires in local neighborhoods, helping our military service members, veterans and families, teaching first aid and CPR to community groups and helping maintain the blood supply by hosting blood drives across the region. We’re able to provide these services thanks to a corps of more than 3,000 dedicated volunteers and the generosity of our donors. The American Red Cross puts these donations to good use. The Red Cross is not a government agency and relies on donations of time, money and blood to do its work. An average of 90 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. How do we do it? By practicing what we preach: preparedness. We train our volunteers. We plan ahead for the types of disasters that strike in our community. And we train individuals, businesses and community groups so they too, can be prepared.