By Mark Walker Lacie Clark is all too familiar with the challenges faced by children of active-duty members of the military. Clark and her husband, U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Jacob Clark, recently returned to Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane following a deployment to England. The couple and their children have also spent … Continue reading April features salute to military children
Teaching Children How to Make Emergency Calls
By Gordon Williams September is National Preparedness Month and part of being prepared is making sure your children know how to call 9-1-1 when help is urgently needed. In an ideal situation, an adult will call 9-1-1 when police, fire or medical help is needed urgently; speak calmly; and stay on the line until all … Continue reading Teaching Children How to Make Emergency Calls
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
What To Do Before the Fire Department Arrives
By Gordon Williams A simple mistake turned what might have been a routine New York City apartment house fire into a tragedy that took more than a dozen lives. Finding her kitchen in flames, a woman grabbed her children and fled her apartment – leaving the front door wide open. That let the flames spread … Continue reading What To Do Before the Fire Department Arrives
Sounding the Alarm for her Neighbors
By: Dale Steinke Photos by: Betsy Robertson If someone offered to put something in your house that might save your family’s life at some point over the next 10 years… and do it for free, would you take advantage of it? When Gretchen Atkinson, chairman of Shoreline’s Meridian Park Neighborhood Association, learned about how people … Continue reading Sounding the Alarm for her Neighbors
How to Raise Water-Smart, Water-Safe Kids
By Gordon Williams There is one very grim statistic that no parent should ignore: that nearly 400 children under 14 die from drowning in the U.S. each year. And five times that number require emergency treatment for non-fatal water-related injuries. You can’t hope to keep kids away from water. Even if you live far away … Continue reading How to Raise Water-Smart, Water-Safe Kids
Preparing youth in Kitsap County
Our Youth Preparedness team teaches free classes to schools, Scouts and other youth groups. They teach four different classes, each designed to empower youth in our community to be better prepared for emergencies. Here's a look into our Youth Preparedness programs in Kitsap County: On December 18, Krystina Duckworth and Ari Hock presented Passport to … Continue reading Preparing youth in Kitsap County
Broadening the Red Cross Blogosphere
Check out these excellent posts written by Western Washington Red Crossers! Cody Austin, International Services Coordinator and AmeriCorps, wrote about Contributing to Social Justice through our Restoring Family Links program. Cody writes of his experiences helping Iraqi clients, "As a member of an organization committed to protecting humanitarian values and social justice, I consider it a great … Continue reading Broadening the Red Cross Blogosphere
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