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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 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 315 W. Maple Avenue, Stockton. To make an appointment or for more information call Millie Graves, (815) 947-2000.
Battle of the Badges - give blood on behalf of your favorite public service agency, police, county Sheriff, or fire: From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Lincoln Mall, Freeport. Call the Chapter for appointments at (815) 233-0011.
More Blood Drives...(click)
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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 FY 2011
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.
October 19, 2011 at Woodbine Bend
Finance, 4 p.m. Philanthropy: 4:30 p.m.
December 14 (2nd Tues. - Christmas) Finance, 4 p.m. Philanthropy: 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 18 Finance, 4 p.m. Philanthropy: 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 Finance, 4 p.m. Philanthropy: 4:30 p.m.
April 19 Finance, 4 p.m. Philanthropy: 4:30 p.m.
June 21, 2011
Annual Meeting: 5 p.m.
Regular meeting following
Tues., Oct. 19; remainder:
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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May
5
Written by:
Executive Director
5/5/2010 12:48 PM
Washington, D-C: From the plains of the Midwest to the deep south, the American Red Cross is providing a safe place to stay and relief supplies for thousands of people displaced by tornadoes and floods. Even as relief operations continue full force in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama, the Red Cross has opened shelters in Oklahoma after last week’s tornadoes.
Nearly 1,500 trained Red Cross workers have served more than 290,000 meals and snacks to people in need as of May 14.
Other Data:
63 shelters have provided more than 7,300 overnight stays as of May 14.
76 mobile response vehicles are on the ground delivering food and
supplies in the affected areas.
More than 19,000 clean-up kits and 11,000 comfort kits have been
distributed as of May 14.
Trained Red Cross workers have provided more than 11,000 disaster
mental health and health services contacts.
By Jeff Montgomery
Posted May 04, 2010 @ 06:39 PM
Albertville, ala. —
Stockton resident Jean Burton has spent the last four days in the rural Alabama town of Albertville, providing food, bedding, clothing and medications to residents affected by a powerful tornado that swept through the area April 24.
Still, Burton said, there is plenty of work left to be done.
“There are a lot of homes completely destroyed, and there are still many homes without power,” she said Tuesday.
Burton was deployed last week by the American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter to contribute to relief efforts in Albertville, a town of approximately 18,000 residents located in the northern part of Alabama.
Burton, who serves as a health service volunteer for the Red Cross, has now aided in relief efforts for eight disasters — and her ninth stint could be right around the corner. When her time in Albertville comes to a close, she is not planning an immediate return to Stockton.
“It seems likely I will be sent to another location,” Burton said. “There are disaster teams in numerous areas.”
Scott Allshouse, director of emergency services with the local chapter of the American Red Cross, acknowledged Tuesday that the Red Cross is participating in relief efforts across numerous states in the southeast. Powerful storms have led to dangerous flooding in Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Allshouse said the American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter is working closely with the organization’s national branch to address concerns linked to a series of powerful storms.
“We have been in close contact with national Red Cross workers and local volunteers,” Allshouse said, adding that the local Red Cross chapter could deploy more volunteers to relief efforts in the near future.
Over the past few days, flooding in Tennessee has emerged as one of the most serious concerns among disaster teams.
“We are watching our grid very closely for possible deployment to floods in Tennessee,” said Diana Roemer, executive director of the local Red Cross chapter.
Roemer emphasized the storms have placed an added strain on the organization’s budget, with the rash of storms occurring just weeks after a hectic fire season demanded significant attention from the Red Cross.
“We really need help from the public right now,” Roemer said. “This is a critical time of the year.”
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