KERRVILLE, TX. November 23, 2011. The Hill Country Chapter of the American Red Cross annual Holiday Open House will be held on Thursday December 15th from 4pm to 6pm at the chapter building – 333 Earl Garrett in Kerrville, TX.
The open house is an opportunity for the chapter to thanks its’ amazing volunteers and friends.
Please plan on attending and join the party! Music and food will be provided, gifts from local volunteers and in-kind donors.
The local Red Cross chapter, chartered in 1917, serves over 104,000 people in eight Hill Country counties. Even though the Red Cross is best known for large scale Disaster Response, volunteers respond 12 months a year, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day to single family fires and mobile feeding for emergency personnel fighting wildfires or handling search & rescue. This past year, thousands of residents also received lifesaving training in First Aid, CPR, Lifeguarding, Babysitting and Aquatics through the local chapter.
Locally, the chapter agreed to provide volunteers to help document military service stories in addition to national emergency communication services and local volunteer help at the Kerrville Veterans Administration Hospital. The local chapter’s day-to-day operations are not supported financially by the government nor the national organization. 99% of the workers at the local chapter are volunteers. All disaster assistance and disaster training is free to clients and participants, supported by gifts from this community.
The American Red Cross helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Last year, almost a million volunteers and 35,000 employees helped victims of almost 75,000 disasters; taught lifesaving skills to millions; and helped U.S. service members separated from their families stay connected. Almost 4 million people gave blood through the Red Cross, the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. The American Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work.
