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Each day, someone in our community is faced with a life threatening emergency. Emergencies come in many forms: hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, fires, heart attacks, choking, drowning, death of a family member, or surgery requiring a blood transfusion. Each day our Red Cross Chapter is helping citizens prevent, prepare and respond to emergencies through life-saving services such as CPR, first aid or water safety; disaster preparedness training; armed forces emergency communications; and blood collection and supply. Currently, the cost to provide our community with the necessary resources to prepare, prevent and respond to emergencies is approximately $550 a day. We count on our neighbors in our counties (Troup, Heard, Chambers & Randolph) for their generosity to help us raise this money. Our local citizens are our every day heroes. Throughout the month of March of each year - National Red Cross Month - we recruit individuals to be "Heroes for the Red Cross". A Hero pledges to raise a minimum of $1,000 for local Red Cross programs in our community. "Super Heroes" pledge to raise a minimum of $5,000. As a Hero you not only make a financial commitment, but you make a life-saving commitment. Won't you join us today and help us save lives in our community? |
