Serving the people of the central mountain and valley region of Pennsylvania with offices, volunteers, and staff in State College and Philipsburg and on the University Park (main) campus of the Pennsylvania State University. Chapter offices are in Suite 203, 205 E. Beaver Avenue, State College, PA 16801, the Glennland Building, at the corner of Beaver and Pugh Streets in downtown State College. Telephone 814/237-3162, e-mail chapter@cccredcross.org , FAX 814/237-0999.

We all have to look out for one another. Prepare yourself. Volunteer. Contribute what you can, your money or yourself.

At-A-Glance
1a. Blood Drives:  From Bellefonte to Brisbin, Howard to Houtzdale, Snow Shoe to
Spring Mills, there is, or will be, a Red Cross bloodmobile near you. 

Click schedule for the list of donor sites. To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-GIVELIFE. {That's 1-800-448-3543.} Or schedule an appointment yourself online at www.givelife.org

And to our friends and neighbors on the latest Blood Donor Honor Roll, thank you.
 

2. Looking Out For Each Other, Your Chapter at Work
During the July 2007 - June 2008 fiscal year, the chapter provided assistance for 89 individuals who were affected by local fires and floods and provided mass feeding for 417 emergency workers and clients. We helped 47 military families who were experiencing a crisis and provided casework services  for two international families.  We collected 17,914 units of blood (7,865 on the Penn State campus) and 745 units of platelets. We trained 4,912 residents in lifesaving skills such as CPR and First Aid. We provided all these services with the help of 1,590 community volunteers. All of this on a budget of approximately $446,000 (all of which we raise locally). We are not a government-funded organization, nor are we funded by our own national headquarters.

Speaking of your Chapter at work, we thought you might be interested in the day-to-day happenings here. The Centre Daily Times is providing "blog" space for anyone with something useful to say and we have jumped right in. The Chapter blog is called "Paint the Town Red" and will appear two or three times a week. Check us out by clicking here.

 3. Support Your Local Chapter  We all have to look out for one another. Volunteer. Take a course. Give blood. Contribute what you can, your money or yourself.

We receive no money from Red Cross National Headquarters; we receive no money from the government. Money you donate to a Gulf Coast hurricane or other nationally publicized disaster benefits the victims of the designated disaster; it does not support your local chapter. It does not support your local Chapter's response to our own house fires and floods. It is your direct contributions that keep this Chapter's doors open.

 Click $upport to make a donation.

Disaster Services

Disaster Volunteers Wanted. Inconvenient hours, in all weather, at no pay. Except that you will know that you made a difference.

4a. The new, expanded Disaster Services Training Schedule has been posted. This is how Red Cross Disaster Services trains volunteers to help their communities when fires, floods, storms and other bad things happen. Volunteer to lend a hand.

4b. When wet snow or an accident brings the power lines down, be ready with a versatile radio with hand-cranked power. See the details at the bottom of the Disaster Services page.

5a.First Aid, CPR and Other Classes: The Chapter schedule of classroom instruction is accessible here. These include First Aid, CPR with AED, Babysitter's Training, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, and Instructor Training. Water Safety courses are given by cooperating organizations. Click Friends or Lifesaving .

5b. Blended Learning: This is the  Red Cross version of Web-based education. Blended Learning, i.e., part online, part classroom, courses are now being offered in all of the basic Health & Safety courses. After successful completion of the online components, finish up with abbreviated classroom session of skills demonstration.

5c. Other Sources of Red Cross Health & Safety Training: The Centre County Youth Service Bureau is the latest community organization to open up its classes to the general public. The YSB has scheduled a First Aid with CPR/ - Adult, Infant and Child class at the Bellefonte Youth Center, 116 S. Allegheny Street, Bellefonte on Friday, October 17th. The hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. To register, email aturley@ccysb.com .

Neighboring Red Cross Chapters and other community organizations, such as the State College Area YMCA, also provide Red Cross certifications in first aid and CPR. See our "Friends" list for contact information.

For additional information and to register, call the Chapter's Health & Safety office, 814/237-3162.
 

5e. First aid kits: We have basic kits and publications for sale at the Chapter office in State College. More can now be purchased through the American Red Cross on-line store.
 

For much more information on what the American Red Cross does for us every day, click on the Red Cross symbol to open the American Red Cross national Web site. 

Your Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross is served by the Greater Alleghenies Region of the American Red Cross Blood Services Division. For Blood Services news, check out Greater Alleghenies.

The Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross is a participating agency of the Centre County United Way.

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