TwitterThe American Red Cross of Central Florida (Orlando) reports that the American Red Cross Club at the University of Central Florida will be holding a Fight the Bite fundraiser to help eradicate measles and malaria. The club’s youth volunteers have pledged to raise $1,000 to help prevent the death of children around the globe caused [...]
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The Youth Council of the Wyoming Valley Chapter (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) held a “Senior” Prom at Manor Care Nursing Home in Kingston, Pa. The Youth Council provided decorations (later donated to the nursing home) and spent the afternoon talking and enjoying big band era music with the residents. The residents then participated in a game of [...]
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The Knit Your Bit program started as an activity during a recent trip of the Summit County Chapter (Akron, Ohio) youth leadership group. While there, the 11 participants learned to knit hats to help them realize the commitment made in the 1940′s by the civilian population to support soldiers. The activity was so popular that [...]
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Hope Kostensky, a volunteer for the Summit County Chapter (Akron, Ohio), produced the Hope for Measles fundraiser, held at the First Christian Church of Stow in December. The fundraiser featured a pancake breakfast, games, raffles, face painting, a bake sale, entertainment (including her church choir), popcorn, hand-made jewelry vendors who donated a percentage of the [...]
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Thanks to the Union County Chapter (Lewisburg, Pa.) the Donald Eichhorn Middle School was a “complete disaster” following the school’s annual tornado drill. Students in the Red Cross Club opened and ran a shelter, complete with Disaster Health Services and an ERV canteen, serving lunch to the entire student body. Over the preceding nine week [...]
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The High School Youth Club of The Grand Canyon Chapter (Phoenix, Ariz.), started in 2007 with representatives from ten high schools, has kept itself fruitfully occupied. The enthusiasm and energy levels of the members are very high, as is evident from the various things they have done in such a short time. At the St. [...]
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The Greater Carolinas Chapter (Charlotte) AmeriCorps team celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a day on instead of taking the day off. The team spent King Day educating the community about disaster preparedness. Seventeen volunteers went to local neighborhoods that have been affected by home fires in the past six months, delivering preparedness flyers and [...]
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David Lindsey, a high school student, set out to achieve an Eagle Scout badge by pulling the community together and compiling 100 quality comfort kits for the North Central West Virginia Chapter (Fairmont). Local school students donated used backpacks; several businesses, schools, churches and a hospital helped gather supplies; and a grant from an area [...]
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The Grand Canyon Chapter (Phoenix, Arix.) reports that the Red Cross Youth Club of Corona Del Sol definitely did its bit to further the Christmas spirit. Club members, led by Wendy and Pooja, participated in the Salvation Army Angel Tree event. They formed two teams, and with a budget of $100 for each team, went [...]
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The American Red Cross Jane Delano Society Scholarship Fund advances nursing as a career option and promotes the involvement of young nurses in the Red Cross. Scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded in May to two nursing students who are also Red Cross volunteers, or have been Red Cross volunteers during the past five years. Applicants [...]
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