2008 Woodie Awards
Red Cross Month celebrated throughout the country
By Kerry Barth
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: Features
People across the country are reminded that March is Red Cross Month, which commemorates the Red Cross involvement.
In Knoxville, Ky., the Red Cross chapter will conduct a "Free CPR Saturday," which teaches life-saving skills to the community, without any fees. In Alabama, the Red Cross Gulf Coast Blood Services Region is hosting ice cream socials to thank its various volunteers. Miles away, Red Cross flags are blowing in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. These are just a few examples of the nationwide events scheduled for Red Cross Month.
The American Red Cross uses the month of March as an opportunity to promote its services to the American public and for fund raising. "Together, we can save a life", is their known mantra to many.
Often, when a disaster occurs, Red Cross volunteers not only provide food and shelter, but a peace of mind as well. There is a vast gamut of services that include biomedical services, disaster services, health and safety services and international services.
The Red Cross Month commemoration was conceived back in the 1940s after the Red Cross started a "Roll Call" drive to increase public support during wartime. After many discussions with then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the honorary person of the Red Cross, an official call for support was declared, resulting in the entire month of March as Red Cross Month.
"I summon the men, women and young people of our country, in every city and town and village, in every country and state throughout the land, to enlist in the army of mercy mobilized under the banner of the Red Cross War Fund," Roosevelt stated in the 40s when he declared Red Cross Month.
Within six weeks, the public effort seized more than $125 million in donations.
The theme for Red Cross Month is preparedness this year. Marsha J. Evans, current Red Cross president and CEO warned the American public, to remember the essential importance of being prepared in growing concerns about terrorism, manmade disasters, already in addition to onslaught fires, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters that many Americans continue to be unprepared for.
In Knoxville, Ky., the Red Cross chapter will conduct a "Free CPR Saturday," which teaches life-saving skills to the community, without any fees. In Alabama, the Red Cross Gulf Coast Blood Services Region is hosting ice cream socials to thank its various volunteers. Miles away, Red Cross flags are blowing in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. These are just a few examples of the nationwide events scheduled for Red Cross Month.
The American Red Cross uses the month of March as an opportunity to promote its services to the American public and for fund raising. "Together, we can save a life", is their known mantra to many.
Often, when a disaster occurs, Red Cross volunteers not only provide food and shelter, but a peace of mind as well. There is a vast gamut of services that include biomedical services, disaster services, health and safety services and international services.
The Red Cross Month commemoration was conceived back in the 1940s after the Red Cross started a "Roll Call" drive to increase public support during wartime. After many discussions with then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the honorary person of the Red Cross, an official call for support was declared, resulting in the entire month of March as Red Cross Month.
"I summon the men, women and young people of our country, in every city and town and village, in every country and state throughout the land, to enlist in the army of mercy mobilized under the banner of the Red Cross War Fund," Roosevelt stated in the 40s when he declared Red Cross Month.
Within six weeks, the public effort seized more than $125 million in donations.
The theme for Red Cross Month is preparedness this year. Marsha J. Evans, current Red Cross president and CEO warned the American public, to remember the essential importance of being prepared in growing concerns about terrorism, manmade disasters, already in addition to onslaught fires, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters that many Americans continue to be unprepared for.
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