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

11/21/2013

Blood Drive: we are in a league of university ARC clubs, and they want to have each school do a drive in January--talk to James and the new blood drive officer for next semester
Typhoon Haiyan Relief hot chocolate:

DAT training for next semester
Spoke with Dr. Go: meet with him early next semester
December 5: speaker from Syria: A Look Inside Syria; with Father Groody (professor, Catholic Relief Services)
Working on a video to spread throughout campus to raise awareness
Met with new director at the St. Joseph chapter: 1 Arabic tutor and 1 French tutor; will inform us when she is more settled in and has more stuff for us to do
Quarter-zip sweatshirts?
Treasury: $45 in t-shirt sales, $185 in dues, $230 total

$10 dinner December 5th, Syrian alum and speakers who have hands-on experience
Red Cross's club event for the movement next semester: experience refugee camp overnight in South Quad with speakers from Red Cross
Other ideas?

Refugees: met with Chapter refugee program coordinator! In process of setting up programs for this and upcoming semester: teaching English as a Second Language in homes (Arabic experience especially needed)
Fact of the Week: Red Cross collaborating with online mapmakers to map out effects of Typhoon Haiyan, most effective routes for aid, etc., find what happened to people in other areas (looking for family, etc.)
Typhoon Haiyan Relief through Filipino-American Student Organization + AAA:

Veteran's Day event Monday: Notre Dame Thanks You poster signed by students, now hanging in the Veterans Administrations office in South Bend; they are very grateful! Thank-you cards, on Monday and later in the meeting today
Operation Gratitude
Soldiers' Angels: Tony stationed in Egypt as part of peacekeeping forces; 20 years old; sent him a letter and care package today! --> care packages every month, letters every week: if you're interested, please sign up! You can do it with friends and it's a lot of fun! You will be reimbursed by the Club
Letters: monthly sign-ups: sign up to write 4 letters, 1 per week for a month: a Google Doc to be put together

Change meeting days? Surveys
New soldier: Tony from Kansas, stationed in Egypt, 20 years old
Veteran's Day Monday 11/11: Poster where people can sign with simple thank-you messages in Dooley Room
Care package needed for before Thanksgiving
New executive director of Red Cross for South Bend, Elkhart, Mishawaka: Sue Gully
Nominate South Bend chapter for donation prizes --> send out to listserv
DAT Training on Saturday 11/9: coffee and bagels! (take pictures for the yearbook!)
Winter reallocation of funds: any new big events for spring semester?
Project SAFE rescheduling...kind of out of our hands, but suggest February while people are still using heating? Meet with intern Katina Moss at the Chapter?
Yearbook: we got a story! Mark got interviewed yesterday. They'd like some photos of the club at action
Refugees:

new coordinator at the Chapter
meeting with overall director at Indianapolis
joined coalition with ND Human Rights, Syrian awareness group, etc.
dinners by coalition
lectures by professors
maybe a lecture by a refugee through St. Joseph Chapter, but there are lots of issues to work through with that
Red Cross's 3 refugee officers working on refugee simulation camp