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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

From 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall, 315 W. Maple Avenue, Stockton. Call Blood service rep Millie Graves at 815-947-2000 to sign up, or email her at mgraves@galenastate.com or call the American Red Cross at 1-800-626-4017 ext. 357.

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What's New?

PET FIRST AID CLASS SLATED FOR APRIL 6, 2010

CHECK OUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING CLASSES

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also

Mandatory Disaster Training Classes slated (see news and calendar)
and

Click here for more information on taking classes or to sign up.

Who we are

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, Julie Wenzel, Tom Winter, and Bobbie Yount.

Staff
Diana Roemer, Executive Director
(Open), Director, Health & Safety Programs
Scott Allshouse, Director of Emergency and Disaster Services
Cara Waters, Office Manager
Fran Ammons, A.M. Reception

Volunteer Office Staff
Paul Ottenhausen, IT administration, lead instructor
Carol Risinger, Director of Volunteers
Trudy Alderman and Jane Conter, manikin maintenance
Judy Hille and Jan Rink, general office
Bev Kruse - Chapter Blood Drive representative
LaVern Keppen and Dick Alderman, office maintenance
Glenda Whitson, 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 Paul Ottenhausen, Volunteer of the Year,
and Bev Kruse, Exceptional Volunteer

THANK YOU!

SCHEDULE OF BOARD MEETINGS FOR 2009.
Public Welcome
Full board meetings are held every other month on the third Tuesday at 5 p.m.
at Chapter Offices unless another location is specified. Special meetings may be called with three days notice and such meeting dates will be published on this site.
For 2009:
Tues., June 16 (ANNUAL MEETING)

For 2010
Tues., Jan. 19
Tuesday, March 16
TBD

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News

American Red Cross celebrates National Volunteer Week

Apr 14

Written by: Executive Director
4/14/2009 12:36 PM

Media Advisory
National Volunteer Week, April 19-15, 2009
For Immediate Release

Contact
Diana Roemer
Executive Director
American Red Cross

Northwest Illinois Chapter
224 W. Galena Avenue

Freeport, Illinois 61032
(815) 233-0011

Director.nwirc@comcast.net

The American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter will honor its hardworking volunteers with a breakfast in Freeport on Friday, April 24, 2009.

According to many volunteers, the reward for their work is the satisfaction of helping others, active involvement in the community and the friendships that form through volunteer work.

“I’m not wealthy, but I am richer because I volunteer,” comments one Red Crosser when expressing that volunteering has changed her life.

The American Red Cross is especially grateful for the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute their time, blood and financial support; those who give with no expectation of being paid for their time.

"Without our volunteers, we would cease to exist," said Executive Director Diana Roemer.

What: National Volunteer Week 2009, Celebrating People in Action,

Where: Beltline Café, 325 S. South St., Freeport

When: April 24, 2009, 7:30 a.m.

Why:: In conjunction with Points of Light Institute and HandsOn Network—the nation’s largest volunteer organizing network, the American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter honors those who dedicate themselves to taking action and bettering their communities. It’s also about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities — to put themselves at the center of social change.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Robert Willis, Executive Director, Rock River Chapter, Rockford, Illinois

More about the event: National Volunteer Week was established in 1974 by former President Richard Nixon and has grown exponentially each subsequent year, with literally thousands of volunteer projects and special events scheduled throughout the week. And with President Obama’s recent endorsement of the Serve America Act (www.bethechangeinc.org) and his call on Congress to support this vital piece of legislation, this year will be even more energizing and

inspiring.

For more information regarding National Volunteer Week activities, please visit:

www.nwilredcross.org or www.1-800-Volunteer.org.

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross movement.

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