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• First responders advocate 'hands-only' CPR

  Stapleton said. Even just watching a one-minute video could give people "enough skills and knowledge."Both the American Red Cross and American Heart Association feature on their websites "hands-only" CPR demonstration videos, showing this chest-compression   Read more »

• Clara Barton's DC office to be Civil War museum

  and worked as a teacher and government worker before tending to soldiers in the Civil War. She went on to establish the American Red Cross in 1881 but insisted on a change in the International Red Cross mission to include relief for natural disasters.The museum   Read more »

• LI firefighters continue to tackle hugh wildfire

  chiefs. "It is not yet under control."Another news conference with Bellone, Brookhaven National Lab officials and American Red Cross representatives was scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Saints Peter and Paul Church parking lot, 781 Wading River Road,   Read more »

• LI people on the move, March 23, 2012

  Joel M. Greenberg has been named to the board of directors of Long Island American Red Cross . He is a senior partner at The Greenberg, Dresevic, Iwrey, Kalmowitz & Pendleton Law Group in Lake Success and lives in Atlantic Beach . ARCHITECTURE Brian T. Ahern   Read more »

• Seniors: Nutrition program's end is a loss

  American Red Cross ' decision to pull out of a nutrition program in Coram has left more than 200 senior citizens lamenting the loss of a community hub that has provided them meals and companionship for decades.The Red Cross will stop providing service at the   Read more »

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• Community Calendar

  one-mile walk to see mountain laurel in full bloom. Bring insect repellent and water. (508) 856-7090 or (978) 355-2539. American Red Cross Blood Drive 2-8 p.m. May 31. Holden Hills Country Club, 1800 Main St., Holden. www.redcrossblood.org. Donors receive 5:31 AM from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Read more »

• Red Cross Taps Scarsdale Schools as Emergency Shelters

  emergency shelters in the event of a disaster under an agreement made between the Scarsdale Board of Education and the American Red Cross. The spacious areas in Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale Middle School and Quaker Ridge School have been identified and 3:31 AM from The Daily New Rochelle  Read more »

• What's Happening for June (updated June )

  Red Cross blood drive: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Walmart Supercenter, 2681 C.T. Switzer Road., Biloxi. Details: 239-0076. American Red Cross blood drive: 2-7 p.m., Temple Baptist Church, 1860 Popps Ferry Road., Biloxi. Details: 239-0076. Book signing: 6-7:30 p.m., 12:01 AM from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »

• American Red Cross pulls through in Duck Lake fire

  has helped over 600 people involved in the Duck Lake wildfire NEWBERRY -- Over 600 people have sought help from the American Red Cross Post in Newberry since the Duck Lake wildfire started last week. Some are looking for aid, but most are checking to make 5/29/12 from WLUC FOX TV6 Read more »

• TBI investigating missing funds from Monroe County Red Cross

  Tenn. — State authorities are investigating a report of missing funds from the Monroe County chapter of the American Red Cross. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched an inquiry at the request of the District Attorney General's Office May 9, according 5/29/12 from KnoxNews Read more »