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| Community Disaster Education Specialist Elena Sabin, as Swine Flu , is taken on by the germ-fighting powers of Disaster Specialist Becky White. |
Halloween is all about extreme makeovers- the chance to take your normal self and transform into something scary, cute, ridiculous, or laughable. For instance, at the Red Cross office today, I saw a Lawn Gnome in Pay Roll, Snow White in Health and Safety, and a Vampire in Volunteer Resources. I’m pretty sure I even witnessed Germ-X fighting off the Swine Flu down in the Disaster Department.
But while the Red Cross is certainly looking forward to your Halloween transformations this weekend, (as long as you follow our
13 tricks to Halloween safety), we can’t wait for you to see an “Extreme Makeover” of another kind.
This Sunday, ABC’s hit show
Extreme Makeover Home Edition is expected to feature a segment on American Red Cross
CPR/AED training. In this episode we meet volunteer firefighter and Kentucky native Steve Mattingly. While responding to a fire, Steve was directing traffic when he was hit by a car. Luckily, Steve’s wife Melissa, an EMT, was on the scene and she saved his life. Both Steve and Melissa were Red Cross trained.
To highlight the importance of these lifesaving skills, ABC teamed up with the Red Cross
Big Rivers Chapter in Owensboro, KY, while working on the Mattingly’s home. I won’t give too much away because you’ll want to see the story for yourself, but there is even a guest appearance from country superstar Clint Black. So make sure you tune in on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. on ABC to catch this amazing story.
And while you’re eating your leftover Halloween candy, watching Ty Pennington move that bus, consider
signing up for a CPR/AED class of your own. Until then, here's a
sneak peek at Sunday's episode. Enjoy!
Happy Halloween!
Lindsey Weber is the Marketing/Communication Associate for the American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter.