NATIONAL DISASTER:

Emergency Preparedness Information is Just a Click Away with the New OnlineBe Red Cross Ready Presentation

A new online presentation is now available at www.redcross.org/beredcrossready to help prepare individuals for emergencies at home, at work and in their communities. The presentation includes sound narration throughout, as well as streaming video of key first aid skills, including conscious choking and CPR. Visitors to the site can also download an emergency preparedness kit shopping list and key steps in making an emergency plan.

The new American Red Cross First Aid and Preparedness Quick Reference Guide is an ideal supplement to the online presentation and provides comprehensive, step-by-step information for responding to a variety of first aid and disaster-related emergencies. To order your Quick Reference Guide, contact your local chapter at 616-396-6545 or 616-667-0500

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Donations contributed to the American Red Cross International Response Fund enable the Red Cross to help those affected by this crisis and countless others around the world each year.International Response Fund: The IRF will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance, and other support to those in need.

You can help those affected by this crisis and countless others around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. Call 1-800-HELP NOW or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).

Contributions to the International Response Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter or to the

Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting www.redcross.org.

Local Red Cross chapter:

The American Red Cross responded immediately to the disaster and established contact with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva offering support through relief supplies, financial assistance or personnel as requested by our sister International Red Cross and Red Crescents societies there. for International Red Cross News, click here