“I request that during that month (March) our people rededicate themselves to the splendid aims and activities of the Red Cross.”
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the first President Proclamation of March as Red Cross Month in 1943
Every March we take extra care in celebrating the Red Cross mission to alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies.
One way you can join this effort is search within your community and find everyday people to nominate for our national Lifesaving Awards.
Nominees are people who have used lifesaving skills, such as those learned in Red Cross CPR and First Aid classes. On average each year, more than 9 million people in businesses, schools and communities take Red Cross health and safety classes. Many put those skills to use every day.
For example, on July 23, 2018, Meghan Knutson and Julian Meehl helped save the life of a young boy who was found unconscious in a pool at an aquatic center in Faribault, Minnesota. Together, they used their skills learned in Red Cross health and safety courses to save a boy until professional medical help arrived. Or take the story of Tom and Stewart: Why would you stop?
Issued by the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., your nominees could be recognized with one of three awards:
Certificate of Merit, which is for individuals and off- duty professional responders. This certificate will be signed by the sitting President of the United States, a custom that began in 1913.
Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders, which is for Red Cross-trained professional responders and healthcare professionals acting while on duty.
Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action, which recognizes individuals and teams who are not Red Cross trained.
Nominate today to help and inspire others to learn important lifesaving skills that could save a life.
Post by Zabiba Sameru/American Red Cross
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