Responding to fires

Disaster Action Team members from the American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter are on the scene of a large apartment fire at Bucks Landing Apartments (120 Street Road, Warminster, PA).  The first team of disaster responders assisted 32 clients earlier in the day.  A second team is arriving at the location to assist more clients.  Red Cross Disaster Action Team members met with the affected residents to ensure that all disaster caused emergency needs were met.  Caseworkers will continue to follow up with clients to assist with the recovery efforts and to provide additional assistance and referrals based on recovery plans.

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the Lower Bucks community.  Be safe during the summer months by preparing for home fires and other disasters.  The Lower Bucks County Chapter of the American Red Cross has seen a marked increase in fire responses this year.  Information regarding home emergency plans is located on the Chapter’s website www.RedCrossLBCC.org  Preparedness information for individuals and groups can also be obtained by calling 215-946-4870 ext 105.

About the American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter: The American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter shelters, feeds and counsels victims of disaster;  provides blood for area hospitals; teaches lifesaving skills; supports military members and their families; and operates the County’s only emergency homeless shelter.  The American Red Cross is a charity, not a government agency, and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its humanitarian mission.  Donations to support these vital services can be mailed to American Red Cross-Lower Bucks County Chapter at 1909 Veterans Highway, Levittown, Pa  19056 or by calling Jane E. Ward, Director of Development at 215-946-4870 ext 101 or via our Web Site www.redcrosslbcc.org.

Help people affected by disasters, by donating to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.  On those rare occasions when donations exceed Red Cross expenses for a specific disaster, contributions are used to prepare for and serve victims of other disasters.  Your gift enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling, and other assistance to victims of all disasters.  Call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).  Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P. O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.  Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting www.redcross.org.

Happy Mother's Day!

World War I American Red Cross NURSE Membership Recruitment Gift Poster THE GREAT MOTHER Lawrence Wilbur - also available as a tribute card until May 10, 2011 from Red Cross Central Maryland http://www.redcross-cmd.org/general.asp?SN=7024&OP=15624&IDCapitulo=JGT8BU44vp

Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern speaks in Smithville , Mississippi

Slideshow From Our Change a Life, Walk for the Red Event

On Sunday April 30th, 2011 we held our Change a Life, Walk for the Red event at Tyler State Park in Newtown, PA. Take a look at this slideshow to see how it went - lots of people, a gorgeous day, cool t-shirts, awesome goody bags filled with handy stuff, and even some four-legged doggy participants! What fun ... and for a great cause.

Thanks again to all who came out, walked, helped, donated, and did their share to make this event a success.

Food for Thought: A Yummy Online Fundraiser for Our Chapter!

Be thoughtful - order yummy food items online from Tastefully Simple for your family and entertaining that also "gives back" to benefit our Chapter!

25% of sales go to our Chapter.

When:	Sunday at 12:00am - May 31 at 11:30pm
Location	Online at www.tastefullysimple.com/web/jpitkow -  (You must enter LowerBucks RedCross as host/event)

The American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter is pleased to announce that Tastefully Simple’s Jacki Pitkow (Team Manager/Independent Consultant 0066733) is donating 25% of online and phoned in sales to our Chapter during our online fundraiser, “Food for Thought,” which is being held from May 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011. During this fundraiser, you can order any of Tastefully Simple’s over 60 food items online from www.tastefullysimple.com/web/jpitkow, and when you use our host/event name at check out (Lowerbucks Redcross), have 25% of your online or phoned in sale (not including shipping) donated automatically to us, to benefit our Chapter’s many services and programs. Items can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. (sorry, no out-of-country orders).

It’s easy to view the Tastefully Simple items and place your order to participate in this yummy fundraiser. Here’s how:
1. Go to www.tastefullysimple.com/web/jpitkow to view the food items. All products are eligible for the 25% percent donation to our Chapter.
2. Enter your order and proceed to check out
3. On the checkout screen, (this is very important) at the bottom right, you will find “host/event” field – be sure to enter:
First name: Lowerbucks
Last name: Redcross
OR click on search and select from list the “Lowerbucks Redcross” name. Now your order is associated with our American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter Fundraiser! This step must occur for the 25% of your online sale to go to our chapter.

When you order, you will need to enter your name, shipping address and payment method. Your order will be shipped to your home in 10 business days. At the end of the fundraiser, the names and addresses for all persons whose orders are associated with this online event will be given to our chapter for acknowledgement.

If you have any questions about the products or ordering, please contact: Jacki Pitkow, Tastefully Simple Independent Consultant & Team Manager at jpitkow@comcast.net or 215-208-5415.

Thanks in advance for participating in this yummy online fundraising event to benefit our Chapter!

If you have any questions, post a comment and we'll answer them.

Volunteer Appreciation Quotes

The breeze, the trees, the honey bees - all volunteers! ~Juliet Carinreap

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.  ~Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante

Those who can, do.  Those who can do more, volunteer. ~Author Unknown

The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.~Terri Guillemets

You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man.  ~Seth Parker

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, 

but because they're priceless.  ~Sherry Anderson  

It's easy to make a buck.  It's a lot tougher to make a difference.  ~Tom Brokaw

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. ~Elizabeth Andrew

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.  ~Anne Frank

The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.  ~Leo Rosten

I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.  ~Edward Everett Hale

 

Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.~Author Unknown

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.  ~Nelson Henderson

While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.  ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  ~Winston Churchill

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.  ~Henry David Thoreau

You give but little when you give of your possessions.

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran

 

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands.  You need to be able to throw something back.  ~Maya Angelou

Everybody can be great.  Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.  ~Author Unknown

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~James Matthew Barrie

Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not.  ~Dan Bennett

Change a Life, Walk for the Red: We have a ways to go, but we're making progress!

Just a note to fill you in on our progress!  Today, we heard from both St. Mary Medical Center, Allen Investment Group of Raymond James, and Aria Health - all have agreed to be sponsors for the Walk.  St. Mary will be our "LEAD SPONSOR" at $5,000!!!!

Congratulations to Team Red 1($400) and Arcadis Newtowners ($203.85) for being in the lead with their fundraising efforts. 

To date, we have over 70 registrants for a total of $1,245; we've raised $1,239 on our individual websites; and raised $6,500 in sponsorships!  Our goal is to have at least 200 people at the Walk and raise $10,000+ on our websites.

Because our goal is to raise $16,000 after expenses, we have a ways to go ... but this can easily be achieved if we all take the time to do the following:

1) Invite friends, family, co-workers to register and attend the walk!  www.firstgiving.com/arclbcc/event/changealifewalkforthered

2) Continue to build our Teams/fundraising pages and

3) Send out our own fundraising letters/emails asking a handful or less of people to contribute to our effort. All donations are secure and tax deductible.  You can send a request right from your webpage, or send an email. Or, how about posting the event on your facebook page?

4) Hold a bake sale or another type of small event to raise money for your Team's goal.