Enjoy the special rewards of helping others as a American Red Cross Volunteer.  You may never work harder or get dirtier, but it will be the best job you never got paid to do. 
When a family's home burns to the ground, it's a Volunteer who wraps a blanket around their shoulders and delivers a teddy bear to a tearful child.
When a soldier or sailor needs to be notified of a family emergency, it's a Volunteer who answers our phone 24/7/365 and sends that message.
You never know when an injury or medical emergency will occur to someone in your family, to a co-worker or to anyone you meet.  Volunteers teach lifesaving skills in First Aid, Adult & Infant/Child CPR, Pet CPR/First Aid, Babysitting and other programs.  Through just a few hours of training, you can learn to be ready to help in an emergency.  As a volunteer, you can also learn to teach lifesaving skills at your worksite or to the community as a Red Cross instructor. 
When a patient has been diagnosed with cancer and needs numerous blood transfusions to sustain their life, volunteers sacrifice their time to give a pint of blood.  Volunteers are also their to greet, control the donor flow and work in the canteen serving refreshments after donors give blood.  The sponsors who host blood drives (churches, schools, civic organizations, companies, etc.) volunteer their time to organize a drive at their site.  Blood donors, sponsors & blood drive workers are all volunteers who help ensure blood is available when patients need it. 
We need you to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors.  Volunteers are the HEART of the American Red Cross!
If you wish to volunteer, please contact the Dole Chapter at 704-633-3854.

  Nursing Assistant 1 Course Planned for Fall 2008
 
  Working to help alleviate the dire shortage of health care workers in our community, the E.H. Dole Chapter has offered the Nurse Assistant 1 course six times since 2003, graduating 70 trainees.
No new classes were offered this past Spring and Summer due to the departure of our former instructor, but now we are back on track with a new instructor.  Our plan is open a new class this Fall.  Classes are limited to ten students each.  Times and dates are not yet set, but be on the lookout for more information. 
Call Amy McGuire for more information-704-633-3854, ext. 109.

Loved One Away From Home?

  If your loved one is away from home because of military duty and you need to get in touch with him or her in the event of an emergency, then the American Red Cross can help.  When sending a message, the Red Cross needs to provide the following information to the military:

· Service member's full name
· Rank
· Branch of Service
· Social Security Number
· Date of Birth
· Unit Military Address
· Doctor's Name/phone number or Funeral Home name/phone  number.
· With family consent, the doctor has to release to the Red Cross:  the patient's diagnosis, prognosis, current condition, life expectancy and if the doctor request presence of service member to come home and for how long
· Brief message to be sent to the service member
 
The American Red Cross has up to 2 hours to get the information above.  The message can take 24-48 hours to reach the service member's commanding officer.
When you need help in Rowan County to reach a service member, please call the Red Cross in Salisbury.  During the week, the office is open 8:30am-5pm.  After business hours, please leave a message on ext. 101, and dial the military pager number at 704-637-8393 and a SAF volunteer will return your call.
For more information, please call Melody Poole, Executive Assistant & SAF Director at 704-633-3854, ext. 101.

  September 2008 Schedule
Sept 2        Adult CPR/First Aid          5:30pm-9:30pm
Sept 3        Adult CPR Review*          5:30pm-8:30pm
Sept 5        Adult/Child CPR               5:30pm-9:30pm
Sept 8        First Aid                         9:00am-12:00pm
Sept 10      Infant/Child CPR               9:00am-1:00pm
Sept 12      Blood Bourne Pathogens     9:00am-10:30am
Sept 13      Babysitter's Course            9:00am-3:00pm
Sept 15      Adult CPR /AED                 5:30pm-9:30pm
Sept 18      Adult CPR                        12:00pm-4:00pm
Sept 20   CPR/AED for the Professional  Rescuer                                         9:00am-3:00pm
Sept 23    Adult/Child/Infant CPR       4:00pm-9:30pm
Sept 26   Pet CPR/First Aid               10:00am-1:00pm
Sept 29   Infant/Child CPR                 5:30pm-8:30pm
Sept 30   Adult/Child/Infant CPR Review*
                                       4:30pm-9:30pm
 
  The American Red Cross Health & Safety program consists of First Aid, Adult & Infant/Child CPR/AED for the workplace, schools and the community.  The First Aid/CPR/AED program continues to support the position of the Red Cross as the premier provider of Lay Responder first aid, CPR and AED (automated external defibrillation) training in the United States.    *For  review classes, you must have proof of prior certification.
For more information about class schedules and fees,  please call Amy McGuire, Director of Health & Safety, at 704-633-3854, ext. 109.