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Red Cross Needs Dedicated Volunteers To Help Save A Life
Jack Griffin was enjoying his 70th birthday party with a group of friends when one of them began choking.
Jack noticed his friend, Fred, in distress, put his arms around Fred’s waist and administered abdominal thrusts until the food stuck in Fred’s throat was dislodged.
Afterward, Jack, a volunteer with the Gaston County Chapter of the American Red Cross, noted that he was thankful he had taken the Red Cross CPR/First Aid course recently where he learned the skills to help someone who is choking.
The American Red Cross offers training in life-saving skills to the community made possible by the dedicated volunteers that teach them. Community members require training to help their loved ones in the event of an emergency.
Currently, your local Red Cross is in need of volunteer instructors to ensure the agency can continue to train thousands of people throughout our 14-county region.
Training will be provided at no cost for these volunteers, who will have the opportunity to help others learn skills that can save a life.
As part of the Red Cross education system, volunteers are also needed to help enter course information into a database.
If you are interested in helping, please contact Hope Martin at 704.378.4628 or MartinHope@usa.redcross.org.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http://redcrosschat.org. .

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