Four Years Later

Four years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast displacing hundreds of thousands of residents.  Nearly six days before, it formed as Tropical Depression 12 near the Bahamas and by the next day had strengthened to a tropical storm. It made landfall on the tip of Florida with minimal impact and entered [...]

Geneva Conventions: There’s an app for that…

 All you tech-savvy i-Phone Red Crossers out there, be prepared to be dazzled!
You can now access the full text of the Geneva Conventions (as well as the following Protocols) wherever you are with the free Geneva Conventions iPhone app. Is this not the coolest thing? If I had an i-phone it would be one of my [...]

Back to School Safety

As summer vacations come to an end, students are readying themselves for the start of a new school year. With all of the excitement this time brings, safety may not be the first subject that springs to mind. The American Red Cross encourages parents to take time to talk with their children about safety before [...]

Staying Well During Flu Season

With schools about to begin and the flu season right around the corner, it is important that both children and parents are prepared! The local Department of Health anticipates an increase number of flu cases as schools begin to open, especially for the H1N1 Swine Flu. The Swine Flu and the seasonal flu both present [...]

Come Join Us for Our 2nd Annual Hurricane Run!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pregistered Runners: $12 or Race Day Registrants: $15 (Fee includes T-shirt)
Awards presented for: Men & Women’s Masters, Men & Women’s Division, and Youth Boys & Girls’ Division (12 years and younger)
For more information, please contact the Chapter at (850)878-6080×106 or email at Debara.Jump@tallyredcross.org

Tropical Storm Claudette Update

Capital Area Red Cross Update on Tropical Storm Claudette:
Shelter to Open in Crawfordville at 5PM
The Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will be opening a shelter at 5PM today at theMount Olive Primitive Baptist Church located at 8 Spring Creek Highway in Crawfordville.  The shelter opening is the result of a voluntary evacuation [...]

Hurricane Safety Checklist

As we are quickly approaching the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season (Aug-Oct), it is important that we continue to prepare. Don’t be fooled by the calm of the past few months, meteorologists still predict that this season will bear 7-11 named storms and of those 3-6 hurricanes.
Preparation is the best protection against the dangers of [...]

Great Job, Babysitters!

This summer we had four very successful Babysitting Training classes!  Our trainers, Courtney Warren and Rob Mayewski, trained about 60 youth this summer on:

Safety Issues addressed are: toy safety, playing outside and preventing injuries.
Basic care includes: Feeding and changing diapers
First Aid includes information on what to do if an accident happens – from scrapes and bruises [...]

Being Safe and Staying Cool this Summer

As Floridians, we all know about the “dog days of summer” a time when it’s too hot to even be thinking about venturing outside! With that being said, it is important that we do take the necessary precautions to stay safe during these hot summer months.  In recent years, excessive heat has caused more deaths [...]