WHAT: Red Cross Blood Drive
WHEN: Saturday March 5th from 9:00am-2:00pm
WHERE: First Presbyterian Church of Bergen
38 South Lake Ave, Bergen, NY 14416
To schedule your appointment please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) Walk-ins are WELCOME!
Here's a news release aimed at college students from the WNY Tri County Chapter of the American Red Cross, which serves Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties.
Here's a class you really should take!
Renter’s Insurance 101
Logic #1: I am in school; my parent’s insurance covers my stuff.
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Reasoning: Ah, good for you for getting a smart roommate. Too bad you think
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Brought to you by WNY Tri County American Red Cross
Serving Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming County
www.geneseeregionalredcross.com
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Here's some important information from the Disaster Services of Western New York, Tri County Chapter.
Summer Water Safety Guide
Staying safe around water doesn’t mean just having kids wear water-wings.
A recent American Red Cross survey shows that almost half the adults surveyed on water safety say they’ve had an experience where they nearly drowned, and one in four know someone who has drowned.
While more than 90 percent of families with young children will be in the water at some point this summer, almost half (48 percent) plan to swim in a place with no lifeguard.
With so many planning to be in, on or near the water, it is important to follow the basics of water safety, maintain constant supervision of children and to get trained!
Practice Water Safety
Maintain Constant Supervision
Know How to Respond to an Aquatic Emergency
What You Should Do
Contact your local Red Cross chapter to find out which aquatic facilities in your area offer Red Cross courses, and sign up!
The American Red Cross will be having a community blood drive at Genesee Community College from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 7-8. Your generous donation of blood is very much needed and greatly appreciated. Could you take some time to give to this critical cause?
The Genesee County Chapter of the American Red Cross is recruiting volunteers to help staff emergency shelters at area high schools.
Loren Penman provided the video and the following information:
The Genesee County Chapter of the American Red Cross is one of only 128 chapters in the nation (and 6 in New York State) to have been awarded a competitive grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation. The funds support grassroots efforts for disaster response and projects to build local capacity in our communities. According to a Wal-Mart Foundation press release, the goal of the disaster readiness effort funded by this donation is to ensure that smaller, rural communities can respond to the needs of its residents in the first few days of a disaster.
The grants will help the Red Cross chapters acquire and maintain material and human resources necessary to manage relief operations and will also be used to improve community relationships. Being prepared with trained people and adequate supplies on hand prior to a disaster event can help save lives, time and money, the press release goes on to say.
A total of $5 million was awarded to Red Cross chapters in 44 states and 3 U.S. territories. Grant proposals were evaluated at the national level; local Wal-Mart stores were not involved in the process.
The Genesee County Chapter's project involves the purchase of critical disaster supplies and equipment, particularly for use in emergency shelters. Another part of the project will recruit and train high school students in Batavia, Byron-Bergen and Oakfield-Alabama to serve as shelter volunteers in their respective school buildings. Included in the grant are monies to support AmeriCorps positions (one in each district) to work with faculty advisors in order to develop full-fledged, student emergency response teams.
A video has been created to help prospective student volunteers understand how they can become involved. For more information, contact Loren Penman at lpenman1@yahoo.com
From Genesee Community College:
Genesee Community College is kicking off the start of the spring semester with a Blood Drive on February 5 and 6 in the Forum at the Batavia campus. It is sponsored by the Student Government Association along with the American Red Cross. Each day the drive will run from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
As an added incentive to students and community members, the Red Cross is offering participants who donate blood during the drive a chance to win a year's subscription to NetFlix, an online DVD rental service that offers flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to its customers. This service offers over 100,000 DVD titles to rent with no late fees.
To give blood for transfusion to another person, a person must be healthy, be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have donated whole blood in the last 8 weeks. "Healthy" means that a person feels well and can perform normal activities. If a person has a chronic condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure, "healthy" also means that they are being treated and the condition is under control.
"Sponsoring a Blood Drive is an excellent way to start the spring semester off on the right foot," said Joanna Barefoot, Assistant Director of Student Activities at Genesee. "We hope to encourage not only faculty and students to donate, but also the community to come together to donate for a great cause."
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged for donors. Signup sheets for donors and volunteers to work either day are available in the Student Activities office at the Batavia campus. Donors and volunteers can stop by the office, or call 585- 345-6832 to register.
For further information, please contact the office of Student Activities at 585-345-6832, or visit www.donatebloodnow.org.
Thanks to everyone who attended the Red Cross Open House!
Remember, the Genesee County American Red Cross now is located at 109 Main Street, Batavia.
An article in the Democrat & Chronicle yesterday procalimed that a "shrinking pool" of blood donors in the New York and Pennsylvania region is "making it harder for the American Red Cross to collect blood year-round." Blood types were rationed on three occasions this past summer, according to the article. Of the 38 percent of Americans who are eligible to give blood, only about 5 percent actually get out and do so. Supplies for all blood types except B- and B+ are low and if not soon replenished could lead to a blood emergency. On and on the article goes, citing bleak figures and the need for more people to get out and give blood.
Joe Naples said that isn't necessarily the case in Genesee County.
"We didn't have to ration here," said Naples, the account manager for the Blood Services Division of the American Red Cross. "Batavia is a great town to do blood drives."
Batavia may not turn out the most bodies, he explained, but there is a very high per capita participation" and the donors are very loyal.
"We see the same people coming by each time," he said.
Nevertheless, more donors are always needed.
There are two ways to find out where drives are going on in your area, said Naples. (A list of upcoming drives in Genesee County is listed below.) You can visit Donate Blood Now online. Or you can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
For some folks, finding out if they are eligible to give blood might be the first step. Judith Nagel is the executive director of the Genesee County Chapter of the American Red Cross. She says that folks can call that same 800 number to find out if they are eligible.
Most people are, she says. You have to be 17 years old and 105 pounds and generally healthy. Anyone who may have recently been tatooed would have to wait some months before they can give blood. But there are many people who think they may not be eligible when, in fact, they are. There are some medication restrictions, says Nagel, but people on high blood pressure meds, diabetics and recovered cancer patients are all eligible to donate.
So what keeps people from the needle? Well... that's just it: the needle.
"Fear," says Nagel. "But once you donate, the prick is so momentary."
Besides, she says, donors are pampered. Once they give up their pint they get cookies and juice and a sticker and a whole cast of folks waiting in line to give them kudos.
"I mean really, who can turn down cookies and juice," she says. "All the Lorna Doones you can eat. The feeling of giving the gift is so amazing that once you get over the fear of getting pricked by a needle, the reward is tremendous."
If you're finally willing to take that plunge, here's a list of upcoming blood drives in Genesee County (note there are two drives today in Batavia and Oakfield):
September 12 (today):
September 26:
September 27:
September 30:
October 6:
October 7:
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