Hello Mid-West TN team!
Welcome to March, Red Cross Month! I
can’t believe we’re already a fourth of the way through 2018. Please make every effort this month to
highlight our chapter in your local communities. One great way to do this is by
arranging to speak in a public forum (or schedule something for me and Heather)
such as a local church, school, civic club, etc. and educate the local
community on all the outstanding services we provide to those impacted by
disaster. Other ways to highlight the work we do include spotlighting our
Disaster Action Team disaster responses that you and/or others in your county
have participated in. We are always looking for stories to include in local
newspapers, radio stations, etc. and can work with our communications team to arrange
news coverage to get the word out to a larger audience.
As many of you are now aware, we’ve
officially rescheduled our “Sound the Alarm, Save a Life” smoke alarm
installation for Saturday, April 21st in McNairy Co. We’ll also be
doing installations in both Selmer and Adamsville in our effort to install 400
smoke alarms! We hope that many of you can carve out time that day to join us for
this very important lifesaving event. Simply go to the following link to
officially register for the event: redcross.org/STAjackson
Speaking of smoke alarm installations, thanks
again to all the volunteers who participated in the Benton County Home Fire
Campaign on Saturday, February 24th in Camden. Heather and I
appreciate all of you for pushing forward with the event (while also having to
prepare for potential flooding in our chapter). That’s called “above and
beyond” which is typical for so many of you!
I also want to highlight one of our upcoming
events that has proven to be a MAJOR showcase for our chapter (and the amazing
work that all of you do on behalf of your respective counties)! We’ll be
hosting our annual Heroes Luncheon fundraiser
event on Thursday, May 17th at the Carl Grant Center on the campus
of Union University. We’re in the process of securing sponsorships and making
selections of honorees for the program. Last year’s event was a huge success
and we are hoping to top it this year. I’ll highlight the event in more detail
in next month’s newsletter article.
I hope each of you have an enjoyable
March as we celebrate the American Red Cross locally and nationally!
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