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| September 2006,
Volume 1, Issue |
Editor: Nicole Fearahn |
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Welcome to Youth Flash, a
newsletter created by youth to support youth programs at your local Red Cross.
Many opportunities lie ahead for members of your club to participate in service
projects to benefit their community and to gain valuable experience in
leadership and community service. Read on to see how members of you club can
earn community service hours while having a great time! |
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| How your club can be
involved in Red Cross Volunteer Activities! |
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It’s easy! Each month, you
will receive Youth Flash, a newsletter full of ideas and easy
steps to complete monthly volunteer activities through the Red Cross. Youth
Flash will also be posted on our website at
www.northwestnjredcross.org/services/youth. If you need help or clarification on any
activity, please contact Bonnie Ayers, Youth Services and Program Director at
bayers@northwestnjredcross.org
or 973-538-2160 x 213. Also, please keep us informed of your activities by
completing monthly activity event forms. Use the link in the left hand column
access the forms on our website. Get started by reading below!
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Volunteer
Activity: Disaster Preparedness Table at Back to School Night |
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Purpose:
Looking to promote National Preparedness Month in September?
Why not sponsor a table at your back to school night at your own local
elementary, middle or high school?
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Volunteer Activity: Make A Difference Day Blood Drive |
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Purpose:
Each day, thousands of patients need blood: cancer patients,
patients requiring heart surgery, premature babies and burn victims. By giving
blood regularly we ensure that there is always enough blood. Teenagers are the
fastest growing group of blood donors in the United States, supplying as much as
16 percent of the blood supply in some places. Youth of all ages can help
increase the blood supply by supporting our youth council 1st annual
Make A Difference Day Blood Drive. Did you know that one blood donation can
save three lives?
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Volunteer Activity: Blood Donor Thank You Cards |
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Purpose:
Help the Red Cross thank
everyone who so generously volunteers to save lives by becoming a blood donor!
Show your appreciation and admiration by making thank you cards with your
friends or other members of your school club or youth organization.
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Spotlight on 6 youth attending Wave Week leadership camp in
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This past July, five members of
our Youth Advisory Board and one chapter high school liaison attended Wave Week,
a leadership camp held in Pennsylvania.
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Cross in the News: Why I donate blood: A local man ran a grocery store across the alley
from my grade school. He was beloved in our community for his good nature and
kindness to the children. School children would sneak across the alley and buy
candy at lunchtime or after school. This little man was a jolly, old fellow with
a hearty laugh who had emigrated from Italy to make Lovington his home.
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