2009 Hero Award Winners!

I am so excited to announce our 2009 Hero Award Winners! We can’t fit the whole story on our blog – so if you’d like to join us at or 2009 Heroes Breakfast – give us a call! 462-2881

Your pet would give YOU CPR…

When we say “Pet CPR,” we’re not suggesting you let your dog nosh on your face. Dogs probably couldn’t perform effective CPR on a human anyway… but I bet your dog or cat loves you so much they’d try!

Gosh, we’re clever.

There’s a good chance that if you don’t know CPR, you’ll be eaten by a bear.

“LOST” in Translation

Despite my growing admiration for the show, as a proud Red Cross Employee and self-certified Preparedness Geek, I feel that I must bring to light some misconceptions about CPR and First Aid that LOST has been perpetuating. OK, apparently there’s some “mystical force” on the island that keeps saving everyone… but in the absence of a mystical force (or lucky appearance of a doctor) in your emergency situation, here are some mystical misconceptions clarified:

Heroes: You have them, We want them.

Please help us honor our local heroes! Each year the Santa Cruz County Chapter calls for the community to nominate their heroes for our Annual Heroes Breakfast Awards. We are currently accepting nominations (ONLINE! ) and the deadline for nominations is April 10. Please share your hero’s story with us!

CPR in The Office…

Did anyone see The Office on Sunday? I, unfortunately, missed it because I had fallen into what I could only assume was a Nacho Cheese Coma (I’m out of football watching shape…). It was only a few days ago that I learned of the Red Cross mention – and the CPR class of doom…

Iz u praktisin yer CPR?

I’ll be the first to admit it… I have a weakness for funny pictures of cats.  Luckily, this funny picture of cats is relevant to what’s happening here at the chapter, so I had an excellent excuse to share it with you all.
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