may 2012

Attention Volunteers:

Please remember to record your hours every month and call or email your monthly totals to our Records

Chair, Vance Fochtman at [email protected]

M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

May 2: Advisory Council Meeting at 11:15 May 3: Dental Assistant Program graduation! (please contact ARC if you are available to photograph the event at 12:00) May 4: Tune into Red Cross on the radio! May 26: Area Orientation

AMY LAVENDER-GARNER RONALD LOGAN

TAMMY GUERRA MICHAEL SIMON

ANGIE CORTEZ

HEAVENLY GRAHAM

RAYON OLIPHANT

MARY ANNE MALIG

JOHN PARKER

KATHLEEN THIBODEAU

A Message from our Chair of Volunteers, Lewis Heuermann….

mAY 2012

Naples, Italy

A message from our Disaster Action Team Chair, Jeff Arter

This week, the DAT completed Home Fire Safety training with the NSA Naples Fire Dept personnel at the Support Site

Fire Station. The members in attendance received an informative and quite thorough briefing on home fire safety that

included cooking and electrical fires along with smoke and fire detectors. The DAT members were able to get some

hands on training using fire extinguishers to simulate putting out a small fire. It was a very constructive and fun time for

the DAT – see pictures on page 3. Our hats off to the NSA Fire Dept for making this happen.

Look forward for the month of May as the DAT will be hosting Shelter on the Support Site (SOSS). This is very similar

to the event held at Capo in Oct 2011, known as Shelter on the Spine. More information to follow.

To volunteer as a DAT member, please contact Jeff at [email protected]

Happy May, fellow Volunteers! What an exciting month we had in April. I got to meet many new people during our annual recognition event and say 'thank you' to all the hard work you do that inspires me every day. Thank you to all the volunteers that supported the Earth Day 2012 event on Support Site. We didn't let the rain scare us! At the Earth Day event, we had the opportunity to share with our community the many ways that the Red Cross helps the environment. Jeff Arter led our DAT in its first onsite training session with the local Support Site Fire Department and learned how they would fit in during a large scale family fire. Jessica Franklin led our Publicity team in spotlighting volunteers at the annual Volunteer Recognition event, Earth Day event, and Fire Department DAT meeting. Great job team! If you are interested in learning more about how you can get involved with many unique and new programs in the ARC, contact us at 626-4788 to learn more!

As summer nears, we are in need of a

Youth Chair to help run our Youth Volunteer program.

If you’re interested in hearing more, please contact our office!

Hello Naples Volunteers,

This year’s annual volunteer recognition was a great success and we are happy that

so many came to celebrate our wonderful team of volunteers. I would like to thank all of the agencies for supporting us by taking time out from their busy day to attend

the event. I would also like to give special thanks to LCDR Ragadio and Chaplain Mack for speaking from the bottom of their hearts about their experiences with the

Red Cross. Your words were inspirational and well received. As many of you know, our volunteers are the backbone and support for many of our community agencies

and this is the time these agencies can express their appreciation for all that you do.

Special thanks to Mike Beasley of International Flavours Catering for the fantastic

spread and if you thought his foods was out of this world, his contact information

is: [email protected]; 347-857-4527; 081-546-3869. And thank you to Krista Wilson from Cake Creations for her wonderful cakes. Her

contact information is: [email protected].

Earth Day was a great time with only a few minutes of light rain. Our volunteers provided cool, refreshing drinks to runners and attendees, and everyone had a

wonderful time. Thanks to those who participated in Earth Day!

Summer is almost is here and the weather is getting better, so be careful out there!

- Jacquie

American Red Cross, Naples, Italy - (081) 568-4788 - PSC 817 Box 27, FPO AE 09622

Update from our Station Manager: Jacquie Mack

A Message from our Health and Safety Chair, Jason Morris Hello ARC Team, The Health & Safety team has been hard at work providing life-saving training to our community. During the month of April, we taught one CPR/AED class, two Babysitting courses, one instructor-refresh class and a First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor course qualifying three new instructors. With that, I would like to welcome Virginie Silva, Thiago Silva and Michael Simon as our latest American Red Cross instructors. They join the ranks of over 200,000 instructors who teach life-saving skills to communities all over the world. The month of May looks to be very exciting. The Health & Safety team will offer two CPR/AED classes and I will be teaming up with our Station Chair, Lewis Heuermann, by going on AFN Radio on Friday, 4 MAY, to talk about the American Red Cross.

Shout Outs!

This month, we

want to give a

special shout out

to school

volunteers,

Misa Ewing

and Sheila

Ludwick. Keep

up the

hard work and

thank you

for your

volunteerism!


Images from the DAT safety training at the

Support Site Fire Station!

Join the Disaster Action Team!

ARC at Earth Day 2012!

Thank you to all our volunteers who participated in Earth Day

2012 – it was a blast!

Check out pictures from the

Volunteer Recognition Event!


A big THANK YOU to Beth Moskal from

Beth Moskal Photography for the wonderful pictures! To see more, or to order pictures, please visit

www.bethmoskalphotography.com


Thank you to all of the volunteers and agencies who attended our annual Volunteer Recognition Event! And thank you to those who helped set

up/clean up! It was a wonderful time and a great opportunity to express our gratitude to our volunteers for their service to the community.

We hope to see you next year!

LEADERSHIP Volunteer Needs:

YOUTH CHAIR: This volunteer coordinates and manages the youth volunteer program by maintaining contact with DODs schools and

various agencies throughout the community who are looking for volunteers. This volunteer will gain experience in

leadership and project management!

CPR/AED AND FIRST AID INSTRUCTORS: This volunteer will instruct CPR/AED or First Aid courses. This position provides the volunteer with training in public

speaking, project management, and leadership!

OFFICE ASSISTANT: This volunteer performs various administrative duties and assists other Advisory Council chairs with relevant tasks. This

person will receive training in project management, organization, administrative duties, customer sercice, etc. He/she must

be eligible to receive a CAC card.

PUBLICITY TEAM VOLUNTEERS: A publicity team member will have the opportunity to build and maintain skills in marketing, public relations, project

management, etc. As a member of the publicity team, you will assist the Publicity Chair with various projects and

campaigns to advertise and promote the American Red Cross. Duties can include photographing CPR course and

fundraising events, writing articles for the Panorama, updating the ARC facebook page, assisting with the monthly

newsletter, delivering ARC brief at Area Orientations, etc.


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