Description: Today, Union County Red Cross volunteers provide:
9 Disaster Action Teams (DAT). Each team is on call 24/7 for a month and is paged by 911 Dispatch for any
fire, flood, etc. DAT teams have been able to provide immediate food, new clothing, new prescription
glasses/medications as well as other services.
Volunteers trained to open and manage a shelter, provide mass care and family service to victims of any community-wide disaster.
Blood pressure checks and Family Disaster Planning information at county events. How well prepared you are
for a disaster may mean the difference between surviving and succumbing to the disaster.
Networking with other Union County groups and agencies.
Take free Red Cross classes in the schools.
Scrubby Bear, a personal hygiene class taught by Tracie Booth to all Union County first graders.
WHALE Tales, a water safety class taught by Tracie Booth and Amy Coile to all Union County second graders.
Be Cool About Fire Safety, fire safety presentation featuring the music of Little Richard for third graders
brought to the schools by husband and wife team Bill Manning and Shirlee Grabko.
Safe on My Own, a stranger safety discussion for all fourth graders taught by Tracie Booth.
Basic Aid Training, a 6 hour first aid class for all Union County fourth graders teaching how to react in an
emergency, wound care, rescue breathing, and abdominal thrust techniques. Funded by St. Marys Healthcare.
Union County Red Cross needs volunteers willing to expand our programs in the schools.
We need people to train in disaster preparedness so that the response to disaster in this county wont become another disaster.
We need YOU! CONTACT Union County Red Cross Team Leader Shirlee Grabko.
