Is this the concensus of the Republican Party? "Speaking as a Republican, I want my party to let more people in," said the former U.S. senator and presidential candidate. "We don't have to agree with everybody. We ought to have diversity, not conformity. That's what America is all about.”  Sen. Bob Dole

Photos of the Bank of America (41st tallest building in the world, and Blumenthal Theatre.

When We Were Young: The Lives of Children During World War II by Elizabeth Dole is a collection of remembrances of what it was like to be a child during World War II. We are looking for recollections from children (now adults) from around the world. When We Were Young: The Lives of Children During World War II will be published by William Morrow and Company.

A Message From The Chairman and the President

The message states that the Red Cross touched the lives of one in six Americans during 1987, and summarizes the organizations many efforts during the past year. It includes true stories; mentions the major hurricanes, Bertha, Fran, and Hortense, which chastised 5 states and Puerto Rico. The organization also mitigated effects of flooding in the West; tornadoes and floods in the Midwest; and the worst flooding ever in the upper Northwest. The Red Cross increased its national disaster team members from 3,000 in 1992, to over 19,800.

The message also includes a list of supporters who made very successful fund raising possible throughout the year. New programs include the modernization of systems to provide communications for personnel during wartime; and "changing to a single state-of-the-art financial system that will keep us at the vanguard of responsible stewardship."

The report also laments the loss of 23 delegates from various Red Cross societies killed while working and enumerates the organizations' efforts to achieve a global ban of land mines. As you know, land mines are the cause of death of approximately 26,000 annually in 70 countries. The International and American Red Cross have played a leading role in emphasizing the need for a ban, as well as, assisting the victims and survivors.

And perhaps, the most important task of the Red Cross is the provision of Blood Services, which they have been doing for 50 years. Currently, they provide roughly half of the services needed nationally, to 3000 hospitals. Unfortunately, only 5% of eligible Americans donate blood and Mrs. Dole can then be seen making pleas over the various media. In this area, the improvements have been considerable since Elizabeth Dole became president in 1991.

This is not one glass ceiling Elizabeth Dole broke, for the first president of the Red Cross, when originally founded was a woman, Clara Barton. Mrs. Dole is in this case, only the second woman president. In order for her to also brake this glass ceiling, she needs to become the first woman president elsewhere (click here for the presidential links. Relax... this has nothing to do with Bill Clinton.) Elizabeth Dole needs your support to smash this glass ceiling.

• $286 million project to transform the Red Cross blood operations into a state of the art system that would effortlessly incorporate evolving medical advances and new technology, as they evolve. Transformation was 80% completed when Mrs. Dole absented herself to campaign for Bob Dole.
• Creation of the world's largest information database. Establishment of an unsurpassed quality assurance system.
• Replacement of 53 aging and semi-independent regional labs with nine cutting-edge national testing laboratories that are unquestionably the best in the world.
• Replacement of 28 different computer systems with a single next generation computer linking all Red Cross blood operations.
• The founding of the Charles Drew Biomedical Institute, a technology-based education and training center that will deliver the latest in techniques and tools to Red Cross personnel.
• Multimillion-dollar Disaster Services revitalization effort, which included the opening of a National Disaster Operations Center, to monitor ongoing and impending threats and mobilize relieve efforts.
• We also quadrupled to sixteen thousand the number of those trained to handle national catastrophic disasters, and placed communication equipment.
• Although when Elizabeth Dole joined the Red Cross there was a $30 million shortage, by the time she went on leave there was a $100 million surplus.
• $20 million reduction at the national level.
• 93 cents out of every dollar is spent on programs and services.
• The American Red Cross received the highest possible rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy, The National Charities Information Bureau, the Council of Better Business Bureaus' Philanthropic Advisory Service and others.