Serving the people of the central mountain and valley region of Pennsylvania with offices, volunteers, and staff in State College and Philipsburg and on the University Park (main) campus of the Pennsylvania State University. Chapter offices are in Suite 203, 205 E. Beaver Avenue, State College, PA 16801, the Glennland Building, at the corner of Beaver and Pugh Streets in downtown State College. Telephone 814/237-3162, e-mail chapter@cccredcross.org , FAX 814/237-0999.

We all have to look out for one another. Prepare yourself. Volunteer. Contribute what you can, your money or yourself.

At-A-Glance
1a. Blood Drives:  From Bellefonte to Brisbin, Howard to Houtzdale, Snow Shoe to
Spring Mills, there is, or will be, a Red Cross bloodmobile near you. 

Click schedule for the list of donor sites. To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-GIVELIFE. {That's 1-800-448-3543.} Or schedule an appointment yourself online at www.givelife.org

And to our friends and neighbors on the latest Blood Donor Honor Roll, thank you.
 

2. Looking Out For Each Other, Your Chapter at Work
During the July 2006 - June 2007 fiscal year, the chapter paid and volunteer staff responded to 38 disaster incidents. We provided assistance for 118 individuals who were affected. Effective 6/30/07, we had expended $22,887 in chapter funds just for disaster relief. The chapter provided mass feeding for 261. The Chapter held or sanctioned 718 classes and trained 5,064 people.

Over 17,800 units of blood were collected; 7,460 of of them on the Penn State campus.

Speaking of your Chapter at work, we thought you might be interested in the day-to-day happenings here. The Centre Daily Times is providing "blog" space for anyone with something useful to say and we have jumped right in. The Chapter blog is called "Paint the Town Red" and will appear two or three times a week. Check us out by clicking here.

3. Support Your Local Chapter  We all have to look out for one another. Volunteer. Take a course. Give blood. Contribute what you can, your money or yourself.

We receive no money from Red Cross National Headquarters; we receive no money from the government. Money you donate to a Gulf Coast hurricane or other nationally publicized disaster benefits the victims of the designated disaster; it does not support your local chapter. It does not support your local Chapter's response to our own house fires and floods. It is your direct contributions that keep this Chapter's doors open.

Click $upport to make a donation.

New: The Centre Communities Chapter 2006-2007 Report to the Community has been added to this Web site. To view it, click Annual Report.

Disaster Services

Disaster Volunteers Wanted. Inconvenient hours, in all weather, at no pay. Except that you will know that you made a difference.

4a. The new, expanded Disaster Services Training Schedule has been posted. This is how Red Cross Disaster Services trains volunteers to help their communities when fires, floods, storms and other bad things happen. Volunteer to lend a hand.

4b. When wet snow or an accident brings the power lines down, be ready with a versatile radio with hand-cranked power. See the details at the bottom of the Disaster Services page.

5a.First Aid, CPR and Other Classes: The Chapter schedule of classroom instruction is accessible here. These include First Aid, CPR with AED, Babysitter's Training, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, and Instructor Training. Water Safety courses are given by cooperating organizations. (Friends)

5b. Blended Learning: This is the  Red Cross version of Web-based education. Blended Learning, i.e., part online, part classroom, courses are now being offered in all of the basic Health & Safety courses. After successful completion of the online components, finish up with abbreviated classroom session of skills demonstration.

5c. Other Sources of Red Cross Health & Safety Training: Neighboring Red Cross Chapters and other community organizations also have H&S class schedules. See our "Friends" list.

For additional information and to register, call the Chapter's Health & Safety office, 814/237-3162.

5d.

Be Red Cross Ready: Click on the banner (above) to see this excellent Red Cross presentation. It includes brief CPR and First Aid demonstrations. See the video; sign up for our classes to learn more.

5e. First aid kits: We have basic kits and publications for sale at the Chapter office in State College. More can now be purchased through the American Red Cross on-line store.
 

For much more information on what the American Red Cross does for us every day, click on the Red Cross symbol to open the American Red Cross national Web site. 

Your Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross is served by the Greater Alleghenies Region of the American Red Cross Blood Services Division. For Blood Services news, check out Greater Alleghenies.

The Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross is a participating agency of the Centre County United Way.

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