Published as part of my volunteer work as Public Information Officer at the Red Cross
American Red Cross of Orange County Receives Nonprofit of the Year Award
When California State Assemblymember Dr. Steven Choi presented the American Red Cross of Orange County the 2021 Nonprofit of the Year Award, he revealed how the vital work of the Red Cross had recently hit close to home.Dr. Choi, who represents the 68th Assembly District, noted, “I had to evacuate my house last year when a wildfire in Irvine threatened the Orchard Hills area where I live. I had to evacuate for three days and I would have been under your care; It would have been me in one of the shelters,” he acknowledged, if not for a daughter living nearby. “Every time we run into disaster, the first organization that pops up is the Red Cross.”
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