The Red Crescent Society was established in Tulkarm in 1948, serving as a women's society that provides services and aid to Palestinian refugees who were forcibly displaced from their homes in 1948. It was later renamed the Red Crescent Society. The establishment of the Society was the brainchild of a group of women, led by Sara Hanoun. The Society provides health and social services and runs several important centres, such as the Ambulance and Emergency Center, which was established in 1989, the Childhood Orphanage (Childhood Protection Center), which was established in 1981, the nursery, the Department of Physiotherapy, and the Red Crescent Society Hospital.

The Red Crescent Society- Tulkarm Collection consists of several documents on the activities of the Society during the presidency of Sara Hanoun, as well as photographs documenting some of the activities carried out by the Society from the 1970s to the 1990s. The collection also includes the annual statement of the Society for 1979, in addition to the minutes of the meetings of the Society's General Assembly.