CLEARFIELD – The end of National Preparedness Month reminds us of the importance of being prepared, but preparedness should be an important part of everyday life. The Red Cross can help you and your family take action to prepare for the unexpected disasters and emergencies that could happen in your area.
Please contact the office for informational brochures, assistance in purchasing or assembling your disaster supply kit, preparedness courses for your group, or a speaker for an event.
When Christine Meloy’s grandmother died, she urgently needed to contact her daughter, who is on Army Reserve duty in Iraq. But instead of placing a phone call to the Middle East, she made a local call—to the American Red Cross, in Akron, Ohio.
Within hours, a message with the verification of the death of her great grandmother was delivered to her daughter. “Katie was on the phone immediately,” Meloy says. “The Red Cross had called the hospital where her great grandmother had died before locating her. They also brought Katie’s case to the attention of her commanding officer for permission to receive emergency leave. ”
Michelle Mays, Service to the Armed Forces Station Manager at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, who is currently deployed as team leader with the Red Cross in Balad, Iraq, receives dozens of requests like Christine’s every day. “We get messages from every corner of America—messages with birth announcements, about the death or serious illness of a family member,” says Mays.
As a rule, Red Cross emergency communication messages are requested for all service members, whether active duty, Guard, or Reserve, who may need emergency leave. The purpose of the message is to provide the service member’s commanders with verified information to assist the command in making a qualified leave decision.
These services are made available through a network of more than 13,000 employees and volunteers in Red Cross chapters throughout the United States and on military installations worldwide. Michelle Mays is one of 12 members of the SAF team deployed to Iraq to facilitate emergency communications between members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. Last year, the Red Cross helped transmit more than 650,000 emergency messages to military personnel and their family members all over the world.
If you would be interested in training to volunteer in this line of Red Cross services, please call the office for information.
An Open House and 90th Anniversary celebration invitation is extended to the public for Oct. 14 from 1 p.m. to 5p.m. The new Red Cross office is located at 1100 S. Second Street. Please stop in to tour our new office location
Everyone likes Pizza and the Red Cross has a great offer for you. A card full of Pizza Hut coupons, good toward buy one–get one free lunch or dinner buffets and personal pan pizza, free wings or breadsticks with pizza purchase and buy a large pizza and get a medium free.
Coupons are $5.00 and available at Clearfield and Brookville offices. Coupons are redeemable in Brookville, Dubois, Clearfield, Philipsburg, St. Mary’s State College, Bellefonte and Mill Hall.
First aid kits are available at the Clearfield and Brookville offices. A 4×4 compact kit is on close- out for only $5.00 and is an excellent choice for your home or car. Our cookbooks are on special for $5.00 each. The books contain 108 pages of favorite recipes, followed by some helpful tips. Start your Christmas shopping early. Also available are face shield key chains, pocket masks, pet first aid books & kits and more.
Health & Safety Classes:
Adult CPR – Clearfield – Oct. 3 and 17
Brookville – Oct. 10
Punxsutawney – Oct. 8
Infant Child CPR – Clearfield – Nov. 8
First Aid – Clearfield – Oct. 18
Brookville – Oct. 11
Punxsutawney – Oct. 9
All of the above classes begin at 6 p.m. Call 765-5516 to register in Clearfield or 849-2712 to register in Brookville & Punxsutawney.
Instructor training course: Beginning October 22 and continuing Oct. 25, 29 and Nov. 1, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 jp.m. at the Clearfield office. Candidates must be pre-certified in First aid and CPR. Please call the office to register or for more information.
Clearfield Bloodmobile Schedule
Oct. 05 Clearfield Co. Career & Tech. Center 8:45 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Oct. 05 Fixed Site 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 08 Curwensville United Methodist Church 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 10 Bigler YMCA 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 17 Karthaus Fire Hall 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Oct. 19 Fixed Site 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 25 Penn Dot 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Jefferson Bloodmobile Schedule
Thurs Oct.4 American Legion Brockway 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thurs Oct.11 Evangelical United Methodist Church-Brookville 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Tues Oct 16 Saints Cosmos & Damian Church-Punxsutawney 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization funded in part by United Way and by your generous donations Please support your Clearfield-Jefferson American Red Cross. Checks may be sent to Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 1100 S. Second St. Suite 2, Clearfield, Pa 16830, or Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 275 Main St., Brookville, Pa 15825. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.
Red Cross is a United Way and United Fund Participating Agency and an RSVP Station.