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Announcements: If you have an email address, please let Sarah know so you can receive Newsnotes by email instead of snail mail. It will save the RC money! Next board meeting Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Annex Building. Next DAT meeting Oct. 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the upstairs conference room.
Youth Service Day
Youth Service Day on September 20th was a great success! Nine students participated with 2 fifth-grade helpers. A great time was had by all who took part. They worked on their projects from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., then had time for socializing, playing games and enjoying pizza! As one of the community members who benefitted from this group’s hard work, the writer here was amazed at how much these young volunteers accomplished in their 3 hours of work. Thank you all so much for all you did. Another thank you to the chaperones who also gave up their Saturday to make this project possible and to Erin and Shelle who organized the event. And thank you, too, to all who donated cookies to feed the hungry young. These were very much enjoyed!
Youth Day participants: Back Row: Deb Burwell (team leader), John Lammers, Brynn Tadena, Maggie Schroeder, Haley Kreinbrink, Nicole Kreinbrink, Zach Hoyt, Erin Plescher (team leader). Front Row: Brook Kuhlman, Lindsay Macke, Shelle Burwell (team Leader), Lisa Plescher (team leader), Brianna Kuhlman, Elizabeth Stall (team leader), Joey Hoffman (team leader). Not pictured: John and Jessica Leis.
Blood Services:
Results from blood drives: No results at this time.
August, 2008
Monthly Quota for our Chapter: 193
July Total Productive Units- 207 Sept. Total Productive Units- 141 Oct. Total Productive Units– 237 Nov. Total Productive Units- 67 Dec. Total Productive Units- 262 Jan., 2008 Total Productive Units- 141 Feb., 2008 Total Productive Units- 136 March, 2008 Total Productive Units- 222 Apr., 2008 Total Productive Units- 180 May, 2008 Total Productive Units- 186 June, 2008 Total Productive Units- 161 Aug., 2008 Total Productive Units- 306
Total collected for year to date: 2616 Goal for year: 2316
Up-coming Blood Drives: Monday, October 6, from 12pm.-6pm., at Kalida High School and Community, Kalida. Saturday, October 25, from 8am.-1pm., Glandorf Elementary School, Glandorf
Health and Safety:
First Aid will be held the 3rd Monday of every month. Adult CPR with AED will be held the 4th Monday of every month. Infant and Child CPR will be held the 4th Thursday of every month. (This schedule will be modified around holidays.)
Upcoming Community Classes:
First Aid: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Annex Building Adult CPR/AED: Monday, October 27, 2008, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Annex Building. CPR/PR: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 9:00 a.m., at the Annex Building. Infant and Child CPR: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6:30-9:30, at the Annex Building. Lifeguard Training: Class Schedule T.B.A. Communicable Disease: Wednesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m. at the Annex building. Babysitting Class: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30-4:30 p.m., at the Annex building.
Disaster Training: Trained volunteers are needed to aide in the disaster areas. All interested individuals need to contact the Red Cross office to fill out the necessary paper and take the disaster courses. For a three-week commitment, all accommodations are covered through the Red Cross. Call the office at (419) 523-4810 for more information.
Disaster Classes ERV Driving Training: Tuesday, November 10, 5:30 PM at the Annex Building. Client Casework: Thursday, October 23, 6:00 PM at the Annex Building Collaborating for an Effective Service Delivery: Saturday, Novermber 15, 8:30-4:30, at the Annex Building. Disaster Assessment: Wednesday, October 29, at 5:00-9:00, at the Annex Building
Disaster News:
Jeannie Schroeder is in Texas assisting in the shelters. She has been checking in and helping wherever she can. Anke Celano has just left for a shelter in Texas. Sarah Hermiller is leaving on September 30th, and will spend the first 2 weeks in October helping in Texas also. Please keep these people in your thoughts as they bring Red Cross aid to these latest unfortunate hurricane victims.
Evelyn Palte has just returned from three weeks assisting with victims of Hurricane Ike in Texas. She reports that progress is being made, although slowly, and that shelters and volunteers are still needed.
Military
We continue to assist military families with emergencies but have not sent packages out yet. We are looking for updated addresses so we can send packages overseas soon. So, if you know someone that is in the military, please call the office with the address.
Office Help
The chapter is also looking for office volunteers. People skills and willingness to learn are the criteria.
Recipes
Last month we featured June Douglas’ delicious Soda Pop Cake. This month’s recipe comes from office worker Erin Plescher. This is a tilapia recipe she makes for her family, which is easy and delicious!
Erin’s Under The Sea Tilapia 2 cups of canned spinach or fresh spinach (enough to cover fish) 4 cups (or so) of fresh white mushrooms, sliced 2 cups of crushed garlic-flavored croutons—enough to cover the bottom of a 9 x 12 pan. 4-6 filets of Tilapia fish. ½ cup Italian salad dressing. ½ tablespoon spicy mustard.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover the bottom of a 9 x 12 pan with the crushed croutons (it’s the sand of the ocean). Lay 4-6 filets of tilapia on the croutons (the fish in the ocean). Cover the fish with spinach (the seaweed). Cover the spinach with mushroom slices (these resemble jellyfishes). Mix the Italian salad dressing with the mustard and drizzle on top. Cover with foil and bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees. Enjoy!
We would like to make this a regular feature in our Newsnotes, so if you have a favorite recipe you would like to submit, please send them on to the Red Cross office. (Samples would be very much appreciated! :) Terry says samples are “required”. However, we will take recipes without this “requirement”! ) |
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Newsnotes Putnam County Chapter American Red Cross P.O. Box 470 336 East Main Ottawa, Ohio Phone: 419-523-4810 Fax: 419-523-4815 Cell: 419-233-4059 www.putnamredcross.org
September, 2008 Edition Next Board meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 6:30 p.m. at the Annex Building
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