Red Cross funds

It's hard to imagine a world without heroes. At the American Red Cross, we work with heroes every day. They're the backbone of every hometown and represent the essence of our organization. Heroes touch our lives daily, making us feel safe, making us feel proud.

For the next four weeks in the month of March, 100 "heroes" in the Heart of Texas Area jurisdiction will be embarking on what seems like a monumental task: raising $1,000 each to benefit the life-saving work of the Heart of Texas Area Chapter. Their hard work and humanitarian spirit will enable our chapter to continue to provide warmth and comfort to disaster victims, transmit important messages to our military members serving overseas and help us train our community to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. They will truly be Heroes for the American Red Cross.

Our heroes are incredibly inventive in the ways they choose to raise money. You will see them at barbecue events, via e-mails and letters, phone calls, banks, car dealerships and local community events. If you come into contact with a hero in the coming weeks, please thank him or her for a commitment to our community, and be as generous as you can in support of the work of the Red Cross.

We couldn't keep our promise to help our neighbors without your precious gifts of time, money and blood. Please support our Heroes for the American Red Cross this March.

Sandra Gage CEO, Heroes for the American Red Cross