American Red Cross Club at University of Notre Dame: October 2013

10/31/2013

Hurricane Sandy housing
Chicago: provided shelter for 24 families displaced due to apartment fire
Colorado: working with those affected by flooding
Ongoing: Veterans Crisis Line/Military Criss Line to support military members in times of personal/professional need

Gameday Recycling Recap
Blood Drive: went pretty well
Syrian Solidarity Lunch: good turnout, good discussions
Project SAFE: cancelled for now; we will let you know if it gets rescheduled
Soldiers' Angels: The first guy we had has been in army for 20+ years, in an air field in Iraq, lost his whole family while he was away (no mail), loved and elected by his soldiers. Because of the treaty pulling back soldiers, he's going home to be deployed elsewhere later. So, we're adopting a new soldier and updates coming soon!
Veteran's Day event: Monday, Nov 11: Dooley Room 2-5 pm

Poster for the VA outpatient facility for people to sign their names with a brief "Thank you" or "God bless," etc. Maybe for the elevator lobby?
Writing letters?

DAT basic training on November 9th: need to sign up on Red Cross Volunteer Connection and take two basic courses online on Sheltering and Disaster Services Orientation; email to be sent out soon

Social media: Facebook pages for blood drive competitions, etc.
Contract with Zorch: all ARC t-shirts from now on should be with this company
Lecture/speaker: disaster, refugees, etc. Collaboration with another club? or residence hall? Movie vs. documentary? (Syrian refugee crisis, work with the Syria awareness club)
January: National Blood Donor Appreciation Month
Next conference call will be about military affairs (November 19)
Holiday Heroes Letter Writing to veterans, policemen, firefighters, etc. at general meetings: end of October for Thanksgiving, end of December for Christmas

Get people on VolunteerConnect for chapter volunteering opportunities especially Project SAFE
Syria lunch: good turnout. Will keep collaborating with human rights clubs, especially since there is no refugee personnel at the chapter
Adopted a soldier!!! --> Dennis in Afghanistan

Reviewed confidentiality issues
The organization will pass over packages so we don't have to worry about coinciding with the end of school year

Meet by lamppost 9 in Joyce lot and distribute single-stream recycling bags to tailgaters
$7 per hour per volunteer paid to Red Cross Club

Volunteer Connection: Please do this if you would like to participate in events with the chapter (e.g. Project SAFE)
Blood Drive Competition

Sign up after meeting for hour-long shifts or email James at jmancino@nd.edu
Monday (Lafun Ballroom), Thursday (Bloodmobile), Friday (Pasquerilla Center)
Tell your friends!

Syrian Solidarity Lunch Thursday, october 17, 12:30-2:30 @ Geddes coffeehouse

Partnering with Peace Fellowship, Arabic Club, Human Rights ND
Also, if you would like to help raise awareness for Syria and Syrian refugees, contact Syria Working Group and/or Tori at vroeck@nd.edu

Adopt a Soldier: right now, trying to get a soldier whose deployment ends in May or beginning of June, should be set up by next general meeting
Project SAFE: next Saturday or early November, 2-3 hours giving out smoke detectors and fliers on people's doors, get a free T-shirt and juice!
Yearbook photo--Facebook like competition on the ND Yearbook FB page: Top 10 clubs with most likes get special feature: VOTE TONIGHT!!

Recycling on USC game day: Katie/Daniel set up sign-ups
Yearbook competition: take photos, post it to Yearbook FB page, club to get most likes wins a special feature; due Oct. 11
Open general meeting with "What did the American Red Cross do this week?"
Michael, Daniel: DAT Training--pizza, etc.
Sign up people on Volunteer Connect
T-shirts: out of smalls; go through M & L
James: Blood Drive

Refugees: mock refugee camp? --> segway into a lecture or talk at the mock camp?

Trick or treat on Eddy Street: Businesses come up with deals and club volunteers fundraise