Jackie Walters' devotion to supporting military members and their families is personal. She is a military spouse and the daughter of a Red Crosser — two experiences that inspired her commitment to being a Red Crosser herself for over 60 years. During World War II, Jackie's mother served with the Red Cross Hospital Service. She later worked as a caseworker from home, supporting emergency communication efforts and helping deployed military members connect with their loved ones back home. When Jackie married her husband Christopher, who served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years, she began to understand the challenges military families face. The couple and their son moved a total of eight times — often to places where they didn't speak the language or that were far away from their support system — but the Red Cross made each transition easier. “Everywhere we went, the Red Cross was there," Jackie said. “It was a place to go and start to meet people and do something besides taking care of our...