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Give the gift of life this holiday season. Red Cross Infant/Child CPR, Adult CPR and First Aid gift certificates are available in our offices.
Thanksgiving is North America’s busiest travel holiday. Travel, especially with little kids in tow, can be extremely stressful. Plan your Thanksgiving trip well, however, and it can be – dare I say it – a calm and relatively relaxing holiday vacation.
Since Thanksgiving travel is the busiest of the year, here are some tips to make your car travel more comfortable:
The busiest Thanksgiving travel days are Wednesday and Thursday. If your schedule allows, try to leave Tuesday. It feels early, sure, but nothing dampers the fun of a family holiday more than hours stuck in close quarters, as the highway – crowded with cars at a near standstill – stretches out interminably before you.
And, since you’ve started a day earlier than usual, you may then be able to avoid traffic jams post-Thanksgiving, by returning on Friday. The polls suggest that Friday is the best day to return home for those traveling by car. Most people polled either leave Thursday night, or stay for a long weekend.
The time of day with most cars on the road appears to be between 9 in the morning, and 12 noon. It follows, then, that either leaving very early, or in the afternoon, should also cut done a bit on your time spent sitting in traffic during Thanksgiving week.
.The Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter of the American Red Cross wishes you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Health & Safety Classes
Adult CPR
Punxsutawney-December 6- 6 p.m.
Clearfield-December 9 6 p.m.
Brookville- December 14 6 p..m
First Aid
Clearfield – November 18, 6 p.m.
Punxsutawney-December 6, 6 p.m.
Brookville-December 14, 6 p.m.
Clearfield-December 16, 6 p.m.
Infant/Child CPR
Clearfield-Dec. 2, 6 p.m.
Call 765-5516 in Clearfield or 849-2712 in Brookville to register for classes or place an order.
Blood Drives
Clearfield Bloodmobile Schedule
Nov. 26 440 Front Street 9:00-2:00
Dec. 3 440 Front Street 12:00-6:00
Dec. 8 Frenchville St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hall 1:00-7:00
Dec. 10 Clearfield Area High School 8:15-2:00
Dec. 13 Curwensville Women’s Club-CMA Church 12:00-6:00
Dec. 17 440 Front Street 12:00-6:00
Dec. 22 Pleasant Valley UM Church 12:00-6:00
Dec. 28 Clearfield YMCA 12:00-6:00
Dec. 30 St. Bona Ventures-Grampian 12:30-6:00
Dec. 31 440 Front St. 8:00-1:00
Jefferson County Bloodmobile Schedule
Nov. 23 Masonic Lodge, Reynoldsville 1:00-7:00
Dec. 10 EUM Church, Brookville 12:00-6:00
Dec. 14 SSCD Punxsutawney 12:00-6:00
Dec. 15 Brockway Volunteer Hose Co. 12:00-6:00
Upcoming events: The Red Cross will be delivering hoagies on November 18, 2010 and will be delivering pies on November 23, 2010. The wreaths will arrive on December 2, 2010.
Please contact our office for more information at 765-5516.
Red Cross is a United Way and United Fund Participating Agency and RSVP Station.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org. Support your American Red Cross! Checks may be sent to Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 1100 S. Second St. Suite 2, Clearfield, Pa 16830, or Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 18 Western Ave, Brookville, Pa 15825. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.