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Mar
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3/5/2009 9:34 AM
This week, one of our Aquatics gurus, Laurie Roberts, is having a blast helping kids from all over St. Louis learn to create their own First Aid kits. It’s a small part of a large event, called 4-H Achievement Days, that brings together students from the Special School District, and provides them with a morning of fun, interactive projects themed around “Healthy Choices”
At the Red Cross table, Laurie and other volunteers showed kids how to put together a small First Aid kit, and each kid was able to take one home. They also got these neat coloring books that show what to do in an emergency: what to do in a fire, how to call 9-1-1, how to control a nosebleed, etc.
The supplies were provided as part of a large grant through the Tilles Fund to help teach First Aid and safety programs to children with disabilities and the agencies that work with them. Our thanks to them – you can see what the Red Cross is able to do with help from our donors!
PS – Are you Red Cross Ready? For a list of what to have in your own First Aid kit, go to RedCross.org.
Scroll down to check out some photos from the event!
Katie Nagus is the St. Louis Area Chapter Communication Coordinator.
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