December/January 2014

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November Volunteer of the Month:

Kate Ismeurt

VETERAN’S DAY HOLIDAY

CARD SORTING

Leadership Vacancies Events Coordinator

Health & Safety Chairman

Health Center Chairman Records Chairman

*If interested, stop by the Red Cross office or email Vicenza@redcross.org.

Holiday Volunteer

APPRECIATION

Jingle and Mingle Thanks to all who came out for our annual Holiday Volunteer Appreciation Jingle and

Mingle on 10 December!

December/January 2014

SPOTLIGHT ON

THE VHS RED CROSS CLUB

The Vicenza High School Red Cross

Club has been busy this holiday season! In November students sorted holiday cards for

soldiers on Veterans Day (see photo on page 1),

fundraised for our Vaccinate a Village project,

and conducted interviews for the Veterans

History Project.

In October, club members came up with a

goal of raising $500.00 by 15 February for our

chapter of the Vaccinate a Village project, a

project associated with the American Red Cross

Measles Initiative. For each $1.00 donation, a measles vaccination is provided to someone who

lives in a high risk area in Africa. The club held

its first fundraising event on November 28th, the infamous Black Friday, gift wrapping for

donations inside of the Ederle PX. The students

exceeded their goal for the project's first

fundraiser, raising more than $400.00 for the

project. The next Vaccinate a Village fundraiser will be after the New Year. Stay tuned for more

details!

The Red Cross Club has also been busy conducting interviews for the Veterans History

Project, a project through the Library of Congress which seeks to collect video interviews

of the experiences of Veterans in all branches of

the United States Military. A group of students

were trained on how to conduct interviews in

October and began interviewing Veterans in

November. These were the first Veteran

interviews ever conducted in Italy. Once the

videos are completed they are uploaded to the Library of Congress website where they will be

available for future generations to watch.

These are just two of the projects that the students are currently involved with, and the Red

Cross Club continues to be an active participant

in the Vicenza Military Community. Congratulations to Kiki Sibila on being awarded

Garrison Youth Volunteer of the Month in

November for all the great work she has been

doing with the Red Cross Club. We are very

proud of our members and look forward to

seeing the great things they will accomplish in

2015!

December/January 2014

Are you a veteran?

Now your story can be saved and shared in the

America’s largest oral history collection!

Contact Aaron Schoenfeld at

aaron.schoenfeld@redcross.org

for more details on how to get involved.

1/1 Red Cross Office Closed

1/3 CPR/First Aid/AED Course

1/7 – Volunteer Orientation

1/17 – Babysitter and Pediatric

CPR Training

Red Cross Club/Controlled

Monitoring

Congratulations to our very own Kym-

Marie Price who received a certificate of

appreciation from MG Williams, for her

work coordinating the Red Cross support

of the USARAF Controlled Monitoring!

Kym has been coordinating efforts from

the Red Cross to provide food and other

supplies for soldiers placed in controlled

monitoring after being deployed to Africa

in support of Operation United

Assistance.

Questions, comments,

concerns?

American Red Cross

Building 333

Caserma Ederle

Vicenza, Italy

Phone: 0444-71-7089

Vicenza@redcross.org

Health and Safety Update

1) All Health and Safety Classes now require a minimum of 4 students four days before the course for the class to be held. If the minimum is not met, the class will be canceled.

2) We are looking for a new Health and Safety Chairman. If you have experience running and/or teaching Health and Safety classes and are interested, please contact the Red Cross office.

1/21 – Blended Learning

CPR/First Aid/AED Course

(Evening)

1/19 – Red Cross Office Closed

1/23-1/25 – Wilderness and

Remote First Aid Course

DECEMBER/JANUARY CALENDAR