How a HERO'S $1,000 Helps The Red Cross

When you raise $1,000 for the Tri-County Red Cross your money touches the lives of local families in many different ways. Here are just a few ways $1,000 can help your community:

• $1,000 will provide a family of six who lost their home to a fire with three nights in a hotel, seven days of food and two changes of clothing
• $1,000 will connect 15 members of the United States Military with their families in time of crisis or need, and assist in bringing them home;
• $1,000 will provide a community group of 20 people with training in first aid and CPR
• $1,000 will provide 10 Be Red Cross Ready presentations to the community to teach disaster prevention and preparedness
• $1,000 will provide 11,750 disaster preparedness brochures for your community so local citizens can learn how to create a family disaster plan or build a disaster supply kit
• $1,000 will provide the “Masters of Disaster” disaster preparedness course for 28 elementary or middle school classrooms so children understand how to stay safe in an emergency
• $1,000 will provide 571 comfort kits full of toiletries for disasters victims who have lost their homes
• $1,000 will provide 198 blankets or 37 cots for disaster victims who must spend the night in a shelter
• $1,000 will provide clean up kits for 56 families who have flood or storm damage to their homes
• $1,000 will provide groceries for up to 20 disaster victims for a week
• $1,000 will provide roof repairs for 2 storm damaged homes

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