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4/13/2008 - Three Receive Red Cross Awards

Three Southwestern Illinois residents were honored with Lifesaver Awards from the American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter.

4/15/2008 - An Eye For Safety

Receiving the Red Cross Lifesaver Award last week, two local children are proving heroes can come in small sizes.

4/8/2008 - Seven-year-old Who Saved Life of Friend Honored by Red Cross

Some friendships last a lifetime, but a friendship between two Granite City first-graders saved a life. In the middle of math class in January at Frohardt Elementary School, Benjamin Mathenia performed abdominal thrusts on his classmate Drake Wilson after he noticed Drake struggling to breathe.

3/19/2008 - Red Cross Volunteer Teaches Kids Preparedness

Warrenton resident William Dennager reads every piece of fan mail he gets, which is a lot, but he is not a movie star or an author. He is a volunteer with the American Red Cross.

2/29/2008 - Red Cross, A-B team Up on Preparedness

Seeking to help businesses, schools and nonprofits prepare for disasters, the St. Louis Red Cross and Anheuser-Busch Cos. are teaming up to launch a new self-assessment program in the St. Louis area.St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch is both the major funding source and the first participant in this pilot program, scheduled to be unveiled this morning at a news conference at its St. Louis brewery. The Red Cross hopes to eventually roll out the program nationally.

1/17/2008 - Holocaust Survivor Finds Answers through Red Cross

In July 1942, at age nine, Rachel Millers mother gave her a new name and sent her to live in the French countryside. Three days later, her mother, two brothers and her only sister were taken to Camp Pithiviers, one of the Nazi regimes transit camps where detainees were held before being deported to concentration camps in Germany.

1/3/2008 - New Supervisor Named for Local Red Cross

Dale Chambers said his volunteer experience with the American Red Cross was so enjoyable that he jumped at a chance to work full-time for the agency.

1/2/2008 - Hazelwood East High School Students Honored for Their Good Deeds by the American Red Cross

Because of the lifesaving training skills they took and remembered when they needed them the most, Brandon Kirksey and Dorothy Rooks recently earned Lifesaver Awards at a ceremony held by the American Red Cross.

12/20/2007 - Morning Star Donates $3K to Fight Measles

The American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter recently received a donation of $3,246.05 from Morning Star Baptist Church Mission Possible Ministry (East St. Louis, IL) in support of the American Red Cross Measles Initiative.

12/19/2007 - ITS Holocaust Archive Now Open to Public

The massive archive of Nazi-era documents contained at the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany, are now available to the public. For more than 60 years, the ITS Holocaust Archive was open only to Red Cross archivists, Holocaust survivors and their descendants.

12/19/2007 - CPR Can Be a Life-saving Lesson

Thirty clicks and then two breaths. Thirty clicks. Two breaths. I did this over and over for two full minutes and my dummy still showed no signs of life. The clicking sound came from the Little Anne dummy whose chest I was compressing at the headquarters of the American Red Cross - St. Louis Area Chapter in Creve Coeur. My breaths were sent into the mouth of the dummy.

11/30/2007 - Red Cross CEO is About Readiness

Joe White was eager to lead a tour of the Red Cross’ offices in Creve Coeur. Historic posters from past emergencies covered many of the walls. One of the most popular, White said, shows Clark Gable in an Army uniform, reminding Americans of their duty during World War II.

11/28/2007 - Red Cross Responds to Wildfires, Salutes Veterans

The recent Southern California wildfires forced more than half a million people from their homes—the largest evacuation in the history of the region. Firefighters and other emergency personnel converged as Santa Ana winds gusted to more than 100 miles per hour in some locations, quickly spreading the devastating flames.

11/20/2007 - Oakville Couple Helps Victims of California Fires

This year, Jim and Sheila Ulbrich had to give up their annual Halloween party. Instead, they received hugs from people who suddenly had sunk from plenty to poverty and the joy of helping people recover from disaster. Not to mention all the exercise Jim received from toting a wheelbarrow full of supplies to people’s cars 106 times in a day.

11/20/2007 - Letter to the Editor: Red Cross Says Thanks

There is no better time to share a message of thanks than the Thanksgiving season. The American Red Cross expresses sincere gratitude to the community for its ongoing support of the Red Cross mission to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters and emergencies.

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