February 19th General Meeting

• Blood Drive--thanks for helping
• Jessica:  training this Saturday
• Danny:  operation gratitude
• Huddle drive
• Organize trip to grocery stores, ask others to donate an item
• Volunteers may be hard to come by, but would include the South Bend community
• Letter writing/crafts in Lafun
• dining halls?
• during blood drives?
• coordinate with Revathi
• Steve:  firefighters’ dinner
• Gesture of gratitude toward department: cook them an easy lunch and get to know them a little
• 2/24, 3/10, 3/24 Sunday lunch
• Mark:  fundraising
• Five Guys event coming up some Thursday this semester
• Blog for info
• Elections coming the week after spring break
• Must be dues-paying member to run
• Form will be emailed
• Talk to current officers to get idea of what they do (contact info available on blog)
• Food will be provided
• Transition will occur early to mid-April
• Ideas from members
• Improving meeting attendance--ask members
• If you’re interested in joining Disaster Action Team, there are several trainings coming up. Email club if interested in specific dates
• This Saturday: 9:30-4:30 CPR class (email if interested!)

Training Sessions

Here are the remaining training sessions at the chapter:

Course Name	Date	Time	Registration Method
In-Person Orientation	Tuesday, 5-Mar	2pm or 5pm	Email the chapter
Client Casework: Providing Emergency Assistance (2 days)	Tuesday & Wednesday, 12-Mar, 13-Mar	6-9:30pm (7 hours total)	SABA*
CPR/AED/First Aid	Saturday, Feb 23	9am-4:30pm	Call or Email chapter
Disaster Assessment Basics	Thursday, 21-Feb Thursday, 21-Mar	6-8:30pm	SABA*
Disaster Services: An Overview	Thursday, 7-Mar	6-9pm	SABA*
Shelter Operations	Wednesday, 6-Mar	6-9pm	SABA*

*SABA: please go to red cross's website https://classes.redcross.org/Saba/Web/Main . After you registered, you will be able to search for classes based on keywords and postal code. Please register for the course at St.Joseph's county.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

General Meeting minutes Feb. 5

Februrary 5

• Writing letters to Phebe, our soldier. Let Danny know if you’d like to send one! We’re still sending at least a letter a week and a package a month.
• Our blog is up! ndredcross.blogspot.com
• We’ll be posting meeting minutes, opportunities, etc.
• Contact information for officers is also on the blog if you need to contact a specific person (example, you can find Danny’s email if you want to send something to Sgt. Phebe)
• We took our yearbook photo and it was lovely
• Upcoming events
• Operation Gratitude (Danny)
• Steve’s working on setting up a dinner for police/firefighters in community
• Look out for elections, feel free to ask us questions