Brooke Ray

Here at the Red Cross, employees and volunteers are more like a family. And this week, the St. Louis Area Chapter is saying goodbye to one family member and welcoming another. So as only family can do, it is my job to embarrass both “children” like any proud “parent” would.

 

Over the past four years, Marketing Supervisor Brooke Ray has been a staple to the success of this Red Cross chapter and community. Although she works primarily behind the scenes, you’re all probably familiar with the work she has done. Whether it’s through the Red News Newsletter, One Minute Updates, this very blog, or the Ready Rating Program (just to name a few) Brooke has been instrumental in sharing the Red Cross message with others. And thanks to her work reaching the volunteers, donors, and supporters (and our generous community accepting the challenge) the Red Cross is able to support the community in times of need.

 

As Brooke jets off to the next chapter in her life, she will be greatly missed around the St. Louis Area Chapter. Brooke (as described by her fellow ‘privileged’ Red Crossers) is a ‘genuine,’ ‘fiercely- determined,’ ‘self-assured hard-working mother,’ an ‘amazingly supportive and generous mentor that exudes quality and passion in everything she does,’ and the ‘very definition of teamwork and collaboration.’ Not to mention that ‘she epitomizes the Red Cross commitment to community’ and will only continue ‘to achieve great things.’ But no matter how we put it, Katie Nagus may have said it best, “Perhaps the only people in St. Louis that will miss Brooke as much as the Red Cross are the Starbucks baristas!”

 

And with every end comes a new beginning, so it only seems fitting to welcome our new Marketing Coordinator, Shanna Manning. She still has no idea what she has gotten herself into but we are thrilled to have “adopted” her into the Red Cross family and can’t wait to see what the future holds.

 

To both of these Red Crossers, we wish you the best of luck with your new journeys!