By Gordon Williams Fire Prevention Week runs from October 7th through the 13th this year, and there is reason enough for every American family to make plans to mark the week. The aim of Fire Prevention Week is to reduce death and injury from home fires. When it comes to fires in the home, the … Continue reading 10 Ways to Make the Most of Fire Prevention Week
Support for Red Cross comes Full Circle
By Mark Walker - Red Cross volunteer, Bainbridge Island, WA When fire struck the home of Wenatchee's Savannah Melton last fall, the Red Cross was immediately there to help. Melton was already more familiar with the organization than most. Her employer, Circle K, and its employees have been longtime friends and supporters of the American … Continue reading Support for Red Cross comes Full Circle
First Lady Sounds the Alarm
By Mark Walker, Red Cross volunteer, Bainbridge Island WA When the knock came at Sarah and Matt Parsons’ home, the couple opened the door to find Washington State First Lady Trudi Inslee on the porch, eager to do her part to Sound the Alarm. There was no emergency – the First Lady was among a … Continue reading First Lady Sounds the Alarm
Knock-knock: It’s the Red Cross … no, really!
By: Julie Dosono When we moved into the Bow Lake Senior Mobile home park less than a year ago, the first thing I asked my husband to do was install a smoke detector, because I know how deadly a mobile home fire can be. Fast forward to Saturday, April 28, 2018, the day the Red … Continue reading Knock-knock: It’s the Red Cross … no, really!
How Installing Smoke Alarms became a Family Tradition
By Gordon Williams Edited by Colin Downey Every family has its traditions - the special things that members do that set the family apart and bind it together. A fast-growing tradition for the Muszkiewicz family of Mukilteo, WA is saving lives by installing smoke alarms in homes that lack them. That’s why father Rob Muszkiewicz … Continue reading How Installing Smoke Alarms became a Family Tradition
Youth Will Play a Key Role in the Sound the Alarm Campaign
By Gordon Williams The ambitious goal of the Red Cross Sound the Alarm campaign — which runs from April 28 through May 13 — is to install 100,000 smoke alarms nationwide in homes that don’t have them. Hitting that life-saving target will require the efforts of thousands of volunteers in every corner of the United … Continue reading Youth Will Play a Key Role in the Sound the Alarm Campaign
Why Snohomish County Sets the Pace in Smoke Alarms
By Gordon Williams Officially the Red Cross Sound the Alarm campaign starts April 28 with the ambitious goal of installing 100,000 smoke alarms nationwide in homes that lack them. At the Red Cross chapter serving Snohomish County, however, April 28 is likely to seem just another working day. Volunteers there make installing smoke alarms a … Continue reading Why Snohomish County Sets the Pace in Smoke Alarms
AmeriCorps Story of Service: Tiffany Westbrook
My AmeriCorps experience so far has been full of unexpected encounters with some of the most kind hearted and caring people I have ever met. On a daily basis I get to serve with people who are just starting to begin their journey with the American Red Cross and through that they get … Continue reading AmeriCorps Story of Service: Tiffany Westbrook
Why I Volunteer: Joe Hardie
I initially reached out to the Red Cross because I wanted to give blood. But as I looked into their service opportunities, I found there were other ways to help that I hadn’t considered. I currently volunteer on Disaster Action Team (DAT) 6. We’re on call nights and weekends every sixth week. If there’s a … Continue reading Why I Volunteer: Joe Hardie
Smoke alarms installed by Red Cross comfort Everett family
By Dale Steinke Edited by Nancy Waddell Early one evening during a family gathering of more than a dozen people in Everett, the Hoffman family started a fire in a basement wood-burning stove to heat their home. “All of a sudden I had someone knocking at my door saying my chimney was on fire,” Linda … Continue reading Smoke alarms installed by Red Cross comfort Everett family
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