What I found interesting about this organization was the huge variety of activities it offers to the community: free medical care to those who don't have access to it (mainly the unemployed and immigrants), food & clothes for the needy, free lessons for those who want to learn CPR, free medical assistance in sporting and cultural events, among many other things. And the only way they keep the organization running healthy (in financial terms) is through little government and community support. That, to me, is incredible.
Actually, M. Couberc also mentioned an annual collection of money, in which workers (a.k.a. volunteers) of the Red Cross go out to the streets with little cans. My French professor told me that this should occur in the next couple of weekend, so I hope I get to witness it!
In general, the Red Cross workers were retired people who are there to help others. See a pattern here?
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