Chapter News

September-8-2010

Day of Caring

On Thursday, September 2nd; eight United Way volunteers participated in the annual "Day of Caring" by working at the American Red Cross-Black Hills Area Chapter (ARC.)&

August-31-2010

Hermosa Wild Land Fire

Several wild land fires occurred on Friday, August 27th; the largest being 2 miles west of Hermosa. At approximately 1700 hours, the American Red Cross-Black Hills Area Chapter (ARC) was

April-27-2010

Two Day Wildfire Training Exercise Planned for the Black Hills

At 8am on Friday, April 30th, Red Cross volunteers from all across the Black Hills will convene at Red Cross offices to take part in a two day training exercise designed to prepare the organization

April-26-2010

Black Hills Not Immune to Severe Weather

As widespread, severe weather on Friday and Saturday caused several tornadoes across the South, including Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, the American Red Cross is on sc

Who We Are

The Black Hills Area Chapter of the American Red Cross Serves 19 Counties in Western South Dakota covering an area of almost 38,000 square miles.

We serve 4 of the top 10 lowest income per capita counties in the nation.

We cover rough, remote terrrain to help get our community through disasters.

77% of families served had a combined income of $15,000 or less and 76% of those did not have insurance to replace their home or contents.�

Counties Served

Pennington, Meade, Lawrence, Butte, Harding, Perkins, Corson, Dewey, Ziebach, Haakon, Jones, Tripp, Mellette, Todd, Jackson, Bennett, Shannon, Fall River and Custer

Board of Directors

Chairperson: Julie Larson - Youth and Family Services

Vice Chairman: Ivy Allard - American Red Cross Volunteer

Secretary: Debra Watson - Watson Law Offices

Treasurer: Michelle Pahl - Wells Fargo Bank

Jan Albright - Retired

Lee Alley - Lee Alley Real Estate

Nick Carlson - Rapid City Fire Department

Kathie Grant - Emergency Manager for Meade County

Kim Johnson - Regional Health

Chuck Loomis - Black Hills Power

Nathan Prillwitz - Knology

Jim Shaw - Small Business Administration

Robin Stambaugh - Retired

Staff

Executive Director: Richard Smith

Director of Health and Safety and Disaster Services: Russ Korzeniewski

Regional Development Coordinator: Michele Lewis

Accounting Coordinator: Anna Stuard

Service to Armed Forces Coordinator: Chris Spanier

Administrative Assistant: Robin Bult