American Red Cross of New York Salutes ITS Volunteers!

By: Rochelle Zaltzman New York volunteers received special honors from the American Red Cross for their extraordinary commitment to helping New Yorkers and those in need elsewhere in the U.S. and worldwide with disaster relief services, emergency preparedness and safety education. “All that we do could not be accomplished without the support of our thousands of volunteers who give their time, energy, caring and commitment to the Red Cross and the people of this area”, said Theresa A. Bischoff, CEO of the greater New York chapter. “Their indispensable role every day provides crucial immediate humanitarian assistance to all New Yorkers when they are most distraught, most vulnerable, most in need. “In addition to saluting the contributions of our current volunteers, we continue to call upon additional New Yorkers to join us as we need triple our volunteer base that will be ready to help us fulfill our mission of helping our neighbors during emergencies.” The chapter is also accelerating its collaboration with partner agencies to develop and implement readiness plans to respond to major natural and man-made disasters, as well as offering hundreds of courses in first aid, CPR and aquatics as well as free preparedness training programs and resources. virgintinom@nyredcross.org http://www.nyredcross.org