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March is Red Cross Month 2019
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CC 3/5/2019 Item No. 1
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Our Services
Down the Street. Across the Country. Around the World.®
Disaster Cycle
Services
Blood
Services
Preparedness,
Health and
Safety Services
International
Services
Service to the
Armed Forces
Red Cross in Silicon Valley
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Who Are Our Volunteers?
•They come from every city in the county, and from
every walk of life. They are diverse in every way.
•1,716 total volunteers
•362 volunteers in Disaster Cycle Services
•Others help with administration, Service to the
Armed Forces, International Services, and
Preparedness, Health, and Safety Programs
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Local Disaster
Response
•Responded to 160 local
disasters
•Assisted 310 families
following local disasters
•The majority were single
family fires; some required
mass care sheltering.
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Regional & National
Disaster Response
•Local volunteers deployed on multiple
disasters including:
•Hurricanes Florence & Michael
•Kilauea volcano eruption
•Super Typhoon Yutu
•California wildfires including:
•Lake/Mendocino Complex Fire
•Carr Fire – Shasta County
•Camp Fire – Butte County
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Home Fire Campaign
•Installed 1,716 smoke alarms in
Santa Clara County
•591 homes made safer with
educational visits and
preparedness plans
•Focused on high risk
manufactured home parks
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Preparedness, Health
& Safety Programs
•Certified 14,239 people in First
Aid/CPR/AED skills
•Trained 4,242 people in Aquatic
& Water Safety skills
•Trained 1,470 people in care-
giving (babysitting and certified
nursing assistant) skills
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Service To The Armed
Forces
•Provided services to 1,134
military members, veterans, and
families
•Briefed 6,360 families through
our ‘Get to Know Us’ program
•113 military members took
resiliency courses
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Blood Services
•In the United States, the
Red Cross provides
nearly 40% of the
nation’s blood supply
•Locally, we collected
18,772 units of blood
Thank You