Letter from Mid-West Tennessee Executive Director, David Hicks - Sept. 2019

Happy summer to all Mid-West Tennessee Chapter volunteers (although we’re on the tail end of it)! I look forward to reconnecting with everyone over the next couple of weeks to hear your vacation stories and family updates. I’ve got my fair share too from the summer of 2019.

As we’ve now entered the new American Red Cross fiscal year, July 1, 2019- June 30, 2020, I wanted to take a moment to revisit some of the metrics of the last fiscal year to celebrate some of our chapter’s amazing accomplishments over the last 12 months. Please read through the following categories of chapter performance standards and see four different areas where our Mid-West Chapter excelled.

1. Disaster Response- Client Satisfaction %:
Goal: 78% Actual: 91%

2. Smoke Alarm Installations (Home Fire Campaign + Sound the Alarm event):
Goal: 940 Actual: 1,673

3. The Pillowcase Project:
Goal: 500 Actual: 501

4. Volunteer Hours:
Goal: 18,427 Actual: 18,352

As you read through the above statistics, please keep in mind that each of you contributed and participated in our overall success. These chapter accomplishments are your accomplishments. As we enter the second month of our new fiscal year, I challenge everyone to continue to maintain our excellence in chapter service and our level of commitment. Here are the new metrics for this fiscal year:

1. Disaster Response- Client Satisfaction Goal: 78%

2. Smoke Alarm Installations Goal: 940

3. The Pillowcase Project Goal: 500

4. Volunteer Hours Goal: 15,298

We can accomplish these goals again and be equally proud this time next year as we reflect on the year that was. Take care and I look forward to seeing you in the community flying the banner of the Red Cross. Let’s go get it!