General Meeting 10/31/13

• Tuesday meetings instead of Thursday?
• Recent Red Cross News
• 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