OUR MISSION: The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
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TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, GO HERE.
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To see a video of the flag-raising ceremony at our Chapter offices on May 16, click here
To go to our Facebook page, under construction, go here.
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 The American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter holds blood drives every other month at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2600 W. Pearl City Road, Freeport.
Upcoming Blood Drives in the Region
More Blood Drives...(click)
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, August 6, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2600 W. Pearl City Road, Freeport. Call Bev Kruse for appointments at (815) 443-2304. All presenting donors will receive a coupon for a large 1-topping pizza from Papa Murphy's in Freeport!
From 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, August 12, at Galena Middle School. To sign up, contact Ginny Beatty at (815) 777-0295.
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NO PET FIRST AID CLASSES PRESENTLY SLATED
BUT CHECK OUR CALENDAR FOR OTHER UPCOMING CLASSES
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Northwest Illinois Chapter
Board Members
Dan Schmitt (Chairman)
Kim Beggin (Vice Chair)
Don Benning, Susan Dewey, Ruth Foley, Lisa Ireton, Troy Lessman, Rick McDonough, Greg Munda, Brent Myers, Paul Osadjan, Charles Rudolph, Julie Wenzel, Tom Winter, and Bobbie Yount.
Staff
Diana Roemer, Executive Director
Scott Allshouse, Director, Health & Safety Programs
and Director of Emergency and Disaster Services
Cara Waters, Programs Manager
Glenda Whitson, Health & Safety Specialist
Volunteer Office Staff
Paul Ottenhausen, IT Administration, Lead Instructor
Carol Risinger, Director of Volunteers
Trudy and Dick Alderman, manikin maintenance
Jan Rink, Disaster Services aide and general office
Bev Kruse - Chapter Blood Drive representative and special events aide;
LaVern Keppen and Dick Alderman, office maintenance
Glenda Whitson, Sara Rausch, P.M. reception
The Chapter appreciates its many volunteers who teach classes, deploy to disasters and help around the office. Without all of them we would cease to exist.
This year's top volunteer award winners include Bev Kruse and Jan Rink, Volunteers of the Year,
and Glenda Whitson, Exceptional Volunteer. Water Safety instructor Claryce Holmberg
was also awarded a 65-year service pin, and Board Chair Dan Schmitt earned the
prestigious Clara Barton Volunteer Leadership Award.
Spirit of Excellence Awards were given to The Journal-Standard and Adkins Energy, LLC
for their financial support of the Chapter.
THANK YOU!
SCHEDULE OF BOARD of DIRECTORS MEETINGS FOR 2010.
Public Welcome
Full board meetings are held every other month on the third Tuesday at 5 p.m.
at Chapter Offices unless another location or time is specified. Special meetings may be called with three days notice and such meeting dates will be published on this site.
For 2010:
Tues., April 20; Tues., June 15 (ANNUAL MEETING); Tues., Aug. 17; Tues., Oct. 19; remainder: TBD
To contact the International Committee of the American Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland:
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/addresses
Postal address
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva
Fax
ICRC general: ++ 41 (22) 733 20 57
Production, Multimedia, Distribution Division: ++ 41 (22) 730 27 68
Phone
++ 41 (22) 734 60 01
How to get there
From Cornavin railway station (12 min.):
Bus 8, F, V or Z to the Appia stop
Contact the ICRC in the states:
USA / WASHINGTON
washington.was@icrc.org
Media contact person: Mr Bernard BARRETT
Mobile: (++1 202) 361 15 66
Office: (++1 202) 587 46 04
Languages spoken: English/French
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Jan
16
Written by:
Executive Director
1/16/2009 11:15 PM
PEARL CITY/GALENA -- Two fires Friday sent Northwest Illinois Chapter volunteers, staff and board members into the field as a home in Pearl City and a lawyer's complex in Galena both burned into the evening hours leaving more than a dozen people without shelter.
In Pearl City, a house fire that began at about 2:30 p.m. chased a family of three and their visiting relatives from their two-story home on Grant Street. 
American Red Cross board member and disaster action team leader Greg Munda and Executive Director Diana Roemer made the trip to Pearl City to comfort the family and provide hundreds of dollars in aid for food and clothes.
Victim Kandice Maltry was taken by the Red Cross to a neighbor's home where the agency completed necessary paperwork and activated a Red Cross debit card for the family. Maltry, tears streaming down her face, sat at the neighbor's dining room table shaking and looking hopeless as the American Red Cross workers comforted her. The agency also provided two sets of toiletries for the adults, and a toy for the Maltry's child, Adrianna, 3. The Maltrys were visiting with relatives who had just arrived from Wisconsin in their home on Grant Street when suddenly one of the realtives stepped outside and saw flames. He ran back inside and told the family to evacuate. Maltry said all they have left are the clothes they were wearing when they ran outside.
The fire was still being fought four hours after it began with firefighters -- from Pearl City, Lena, Freeport Rural, and Kent -- up to their knees at times in water around the home.
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Meanwhile, in Galena, a fire broke out in a home converted into an office on Bench street. Dozens of nearby residents from an adjacent apartment complex were evacuated; power was out, and there was no heat for some residents.  It was such a tenacious fire that responders finally bulldozed the structure to the ground to stop the flames.
The home of Betsy Eaton took in evacuees; some were put in City Hall initially but there was no power so they were moved to the Eaton's where Betsy lit her fireplace to keep people warm. Red Cross volunteers, board members and staff were on the scene working to provide food and shelter to fire victims, evacuated neighbors and more than 50 first responders.
Many area vendors including Fried Green Tomatoes and McDonalds, Vinny Vanucci's, Happy Joe's, Wal-Mart, Dick's Piggly Wiggly, Galena State Bank, and the Galena Hospital provided food, blankets and towels. The DeSoto Hotel provided rooms for displaced residents. First responders included emergency agencies from Galena, Scales Mound, Menomenee/Dunleith, Elizabeth, East Dubuque, and others. Altogether more than 50 firefighters were on the scene. Below is a video of the fire, courtesy of Stockton newsman Tony Carton and The Journal-Standard newspaper, Freeport.
Also on the scene were American Red Cross board members Tom Winter and Ruth Foley along with Emergency Services Director Frank Bruscato. Bruscato said the team would stay on into the night to insure victims were cared for. Red Cross volunteers who helped included Shirley Toepfer, Elaine Schlichting, and Bev and Mike Williams. Bruscato said it was the most well-coordinated and largest event he'd been on in his 2+ years of service.
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