Supporting your local Red Cross chapter
CARIBOU — You can support the Aroostook County Branch of the American Red Cross-Pine Tree Chapter. All the Red Cross asks of you is your time as a volunteer or student, your blood, and your donation.
Aroostook Republican photo/Barb Scott
ANN MARIE PERIER, advisory board chairwoman of the Aroostook County Branch of the American Red Cross-Pine Tree Chapter, left, and Penny Kern, Red Cross safety training coordinator, were on hand during the March 11 open house at the new Red Cross office at 7 Hatch Drive, Suite 250 in Caribou (behind the Dollar Store). According to Joyce Knorr, Branch manager, “[With the bigger facility] there is space for volunteer training, health and safety classes, and a phone system that allows us to stay in touch with our disaster response volunteers and respond quickly to military families in need of assistance when emergencies strike.”
• To receive free training to become a Red Cross Disaster Volunteer, or to sign up for a low-cost class in first aid, CPR, water safety or many other subjects, call Penny Kern or Joyce Knorr at 493-4620 (ext. 108) in Caribou.
• To donate blood, call 1-800-REDCROSS or 941-2900 in Bangor.
• To make a tax-deductible donation in support of Red Cross services for your loved ones, neighbors and friends, call the Caribou office at 493-4620 (ext. 108) or send a check to the Pine Tree Chapter, 7 Hatch Drive, Suite 250, Caribou Maine 04736.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood, teaches lifesaving skills, provides international humanitarian aid, and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission.
For information, go online to www.pinetree.redcross.org or www.redcross.org.
