FOR THE RED CROSS, THE VISIT BY POPE FRANCIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER EVENT

PHILADELPHIA >> Even with more than 1,000 volunteers coming from around the country and a bevy of activity humming with tons of charts and maps posted on the walls, the papal visit this weekend is just another ordinary operation for the American Red Cross.

“Originally, the pope’s visit outside of Philadlephia was going to be quite narrow,” Renee Cardwell Hughes, CEO of the American Red Cross Eastern Pennsylvania chapter, said. “The job always started in Philly.”

So, Red Cross operations for New York and Washington were also based out of the City of Brotherly Love.

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