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Fire Prevention Month
This month, make it a point to talk to your children about
fire safety. Children playing with fire cause about 300 deaths and $280 million
in property damage each year nationwide. Unlike other types of disasters, home
fires can often be prevented. The best way to prevent a fire is for the entire
family to be prepared and educated.
The American Red Cross recommends that adults:
- Install a smoke alarm in every level and sleeping area of your home.
- Test smoke alarms once a month and replace batteries at least once a year.
- Create and practice your home fire escape plan with your children several times a year.
- Familiarize children with the sound of your smoke alarm and what to do when they hear it.
- Keep matches, lighters and other ignitable substances out of the reach of children.
For more fire safety resources and preparedness checklists, please visit redcross.org.
Photo at right: Fire safety lessons helped educate local families on the importance of fire safety and preparedness. View more photos on Facebook!
Congratulations to Randy and Diane Sheffler, Red Cross
supporters, for winning first place in our Look
Like Lincoln photo contest with over 36% of the votes! In their photo,
Randy and Diane are depicting the act of performing life-saving CPR, an
essential part of the Red Cross mission.
MIX volunteer Quinn Brenneke placed second in the contest with over 29% of the votes, and Kathleen, a young Red Cross supporter, placed third with 15% of the votes. Make sure to check out our Look Like Lincoln photo album to see all of the entries. Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest!
We'd also like to thank everyone who took part in our It's All About the Lincolns penny campaign for local disaster relief. During the six-week fundraiser, supporters helped us raise over $2,100 in loose change and bills, with additional funds pending. Many thanks to the 75+ locations who served as collection sites and the countless individuals who generously contributed their change for local relief. Funds raised will help us provide emergency food, water and shelter to over 150 people in our community. Thank you for your participation. We couldn't have done it without you!
"Change a Life" T-shirts for Sale
Get your limited-edition "Change
a Life" t-shirt and support the American Red Cross
of Northeast Indiana in style! Each limited-edition, custom t-shirt is
individually numbered 1 through 100. T-shirts are made from comfortable, yet
durable high-quality bamboo and organic cotton.
Best of all, 100% of the net proceeds will benefit our local American
Red Cross chapter. Every shirt we sell will enable us to
provide a pair of shoes to a child who has lost all her belongings in a house
fire.
To learn more or to place an order, please visit our website. Hurry, quantities are limited!
Helping Others Prepare for Emergencies
To further educate our community on the importance of
sustaining our services, the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana is hosting our third annual Society for H.O.P.E. (Helping
Others Prepare for Emergencies) Fundraising Breakfast. Thank you to this year’s
breakfast sponsor, NIPSCO.
Date: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Location: Ceruti’s Summit Park (6601 Innovation Blvd, Fort Wayne).
You or someone you know can become a member of the Society for H.O.P.E. by pledging $1,000 or more per year for five years, helping a family, neighborhood or community. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Jeri Rusk at (260) 484-9336 x230.
November is Service to the Armed Forces month. Send a touch
of home to the heroes of America
and their families through the Holiday
Mail for Heroes campaign.
For the third year in a row, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are working together to collect, sort and distribute holiday cards to service members, veterans and their families.
Visit redcrossofnei.org starting November 2, 2009 for complete guidelines. Cards will be accepted from November 2 through December 7, 2009.
What if the American Red Cross
of Northeast Indiana earned a donation every time you searched the Internet? Or
how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our
cause? Well, now it can! 
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 30% of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop. Every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.
And if you download the GoodSearch – American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana toolbar, our cause will earn money every time you shop and search online - even if you forget to go to GoodShop or GoodSearch first! Add the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana toolbar at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar!
Welcoming our New AmeriCorps Members
In September, three new AmeriCorps members started their
year of service at the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana. Jenny Rubalcada, Lauren Stoffel, and Carole Whitlock joined second-year
AmeriCorps members Amy Simpson and Renee Bentz to help expand Red Cross services in our community and
respond to local and national disasters.
Since 2008, Red Cross AmeriCorps members have helped us develop new community partnerships and educate and train community members in CPR, First Aid and disaster preparedness. Learn more about the AmeriCorps program at americorps.gov.
Calendar of Events: Upcoming classes, events, and tours
- October 29: Changing Lives Tour, 12pm
- November 5: Changing Lives Tour, 12pm
- November 18: Society for H.O.P.E. Fundraising Breakfast, 7:30am
- November 25: Office closes at 3:00pm
- November 26: Office closed in observance of Thanksgiving
- November 27: Office closed in observance of Thanksgiving
