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Red Cross celebrates its San Mateo County volunteers

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Jim Burns

BURLINGAME, CA (August 29, 2018) — The American Red Cross of the Bay Area honored 14 individual volunteers, a youth club, and a community partner at its recent Recognition Lunch for San Mateo County volunteers. The annual event was held at Holbrook-Palmer Park in Atherton.

At the lunch, Jim Holley of Half Moon Bay received the San Mateo County Volunteer of the Year Award. The afternoon’s other top honor, the Clara Barton Award, named after the founder of the Red Cross, was given to Keith Hoffman of Redwood City. Read more

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Central Coast team helps Watsonville residents through ‘Sound the Alarm’ event

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Michele Averill

sta_08-2018 In an effort to make our neighbors safer, volunteers from our Central Coast Chapter joined forces with our partners this past weekend to install 121 free smoke alarms in homes in the city of Watsonville. In all, our Sound the Alarm – Save a Life activity helped make 58 adults and children safer through the installations and accompanying safety education. Read more

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Red Cross to install free smoke alarms, provide fire-prevention information to homes in Watsonville on August 25

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jim Burns

CARMEL, CA (August 16, 2018) — On average, home fires kill 7 people and injure another 36 — every single day in the United States. That’s why the American Red Cross launched its nationwide Home Fire Campaign in 2014 with the goal of reducing the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent.

A key component of the campaign is a series of “Sound the Alarm – Save a Life” events in which Red Cross volunteers, working with local fire departments and other partners, visit high-risk neighborhoods to offer to install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, and help families create escape plans. It is believed that the “Sound the Alarm” neighborhood visits have already saved more than 450 lives throughout the United States since the Home Fire Campaign began.

On Saturday, August 25, a Sound the Alarm event will take place in the city of Watsonville. Read more

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Red Cross celebrates volunteers in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Kathryn Hecht

Oakland, CA (August 9, 2018) — The American Red Cross of the Bay Area honored 31 volunteers from Alameda and Contra Costa counties at the annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner, which took place at Pleasant Hill Senior Center in Contra Costa.

The evening’s top award, the Clara Barton Award, was given to Briana Taylor of Contra Costa County. The award, named after the founder of the American Red Cross, recognizes a volunteer for service in a series of leadership positions held over a number of years. Read more

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Institute provides training to more than 200

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Jim Burns

The Northern California Coastal Region’s recent Disaster Institute provided critical Red Cross training to approximately 225 people. The annual institute was held once again this year at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga; it took place June 7-10. Read more

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This Bud is for you

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Cynthia Shaw

by Kathleen Maclay, Red Cross volunteer

Some 13 pallets of canned water donated by Anheuser-Busch to the Red Cross in its response to the Mendocino Complex wildfires arrived in Middletown on Monday.

Anheuser-Busch sent two truckloads with more than 100,000 cans of clean, safe emergency drinking water to help communities hit by devastating wildfires in California. The water, from the Cartersville Brewery in Georgia, was sent to Ukiah and Redding at the request of the American Red Cross. The water was distributed to the American Red Cross with the help of Eagle Distributing Co. in Ukiah and Foothill Distributing Co. in Redding. Read more

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