TwitterOur break-a-thon fundraiser was an absolute success! The students from the local martial arts studio brought in almost $4,000 in donations for the chapter, with our only cost being the boards that the youth broke. We hope to make this a huge annual fundraiser for the chapter. Next year maybe we’ll break bricks? We are [...]
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To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Junior Red Cross, Julie Ayers, Jacqueline Joyner and Lauryn Resotka, members of the American Red Cross Youth Council of Northwest New Jersey, met with and interviewed Muriel North, age 105, at her home in Hackettstown, N.J. Muriel was a founding member of the Junior Red Cross which was [...]
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The American Red Cross recently released a new national advertising campaign. Before we cover it, I thought it would be fitting to go back in time and share some historic ads with you. This ad was run in partnership with the Ad Council in 1974. It’s a perfect showcase of young people involved with the [...]
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Cheerleaders from Mount Union Area High School held a raffle to raise money for their giving back to the community project. As a result, the Huntingdon Unit of the Southern Alleghenies Chapter (Altoona, Pa.) was the recipient of a very generous gift. With DAT members and local firemen in attendance, the cheerleaders gave personalized shirts [...]
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PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg boy is earning a Boy Scouts badge while helping the community to save lives. Andrew Wilkinson, 11, contacted the American Red Cross of the Mid-Ohio Valley in November in hopes of fulfilling a requirement for his Community Service Badge. He is now heading up a new Junior Red Cross group, said [...]
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Catawba Valley Chapter (Hickory, N.C.) volunteer Krysta Mizner promotes being a Red Cross Blood Volunteer on MTVU. MTVU is a division of MTV Networks which broadcasts a 24-hour television channel available on more than 750 college and university campuses across the United States. Krysta may be Miss Hendersonville 2007, but she cares more about giving [...]
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The Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter (Pittsburgh) held a half-day train-the-trainer for 30 AmeriCorps volunteers to prepare them to teach disaster preparedness and basic first aid to children in the Pittsburgh area during their assignment with AmeriCorps Keys over the next six months. Participants were given the skills and materials necessary to help hundreds of children make [...]
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After spending the summer volunteering for the Honduran Red Cross blood program, I knew that I would return to Central America sooner or later. Daily encounters there challenged me, taught me, and delighted me unlike anything I had experienced in the course of normal Los Angeles life. As luck would have it, it would only [...]
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At a recent Reds, Whites, & Blues fundraiser, the local Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from High School performed a flag ceremony and rifle drill for participants. The group, under the direction of Major John Johnston, presented a check for $1000 to the Porter County Chapter (Valparaiso, Ind.). The JROTC group sold books to raise [...]
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The Iowa Rivers Chapter (Marshalltown) participated in United Way’s Day of Caring by replacing batteries in smoke detectors at an apartment complex that houses mainly elderly and low income residents. The volunteers were young adults from the local community college. Wal-Mart donated the batteries for this event. The emergency services director and AmeriCorps*VISTA worked together [...]
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