Volunteer Voice - August 2014

August 2014

The Volunteer Voice Welcome Katherine Jones-Sperling!

It is our pleasure to welcome our new Senior Station Manager, Katherine Jones-Sperling to Vicenza, Italy. Mrs. Jones-Sperling comes to us from our National Headquarters in Washington, DC. Mrs. Jones-Sperling began her American Red Cross service as a volunteer at a local disaster shelter following the 1999 Oklahoma City tornadoes.

In 2005 Mrs. Jones-Sperling joined the Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) and has served at Fort Jackson, SC, Walter Reed AMC, MD, Okinawa, Japan, Fort Bragg, NC, and at our National Headquarters in Washington, DC. She has also served multiple deployments with the Red Cross in Iraq. Mrs. JonesSperling joins us here in Italy with her husband and two children.

May Volunteer of the Month: Yasmin Fanello

June Volunteer of the Month: Amanda Pearce

Dental Assistant Program (DAP) Graduation 7 August, Sarah Coey graduated from the Dental Assistant Program. The Dental Assistant Program is a six month training program that involves in-class and didactic training, as well as 500 chair side hours in order for the participant to become a dental assistant. Congratualtions Sarah! Applications for the next Dental Assistant Program will be released this fall for a course to begin in January 2015. Follow us on our Facebook page for more details.

August 2014

Meet Your 2014-2015 Advisory Council

Lauren DeAngelis Station Chair

Linzi Brown Chairman of Volunteers

Gabriella Reed Station Advisor

Rich Price Health and Safety Chair

Gina Bedolla Dental Chair

Nancy Beale Disaster Chair

Jamilah Garrett Health Center Chairs

Lauren Doss Publicity Chair

Brenda Culp Records Chair

Vicki Lucio Special Events Co-Chair Lauren Doss Publicity Chair

Carla Ortega Special Events Co-Chair

Kate Ismeurt Red Cross Club Chair

Lauren Doss

Lauren Doss

August 2014

Fiaccolata 2014 On 21 June, the American Red Cross and the Vicenza military community joined in the torchlight procession known as “Fiaccolata.”

The “Fiaccolata” commemorates Henry Dunant’s experience assisting the wounded in the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino and his subsequent founding of the Red Cross movement. The 7km procession between Solferino and Castiglione brought over 6,000 Red Cross volunteers from all over the world together, sharing camaraderie, exchanging tshirts, and honoring the work of the Red Cross on its 150th anniversary.

The Vicenza Health Center now accepting credentialed/licensed volunteers, such as RNs, NP, etc.

For more information contact Health Center Chair, Jamilah Garrett at Jamilah.Garrett@recross.org

Needed: Health and Safety Instructors Interested in teaching CPR/First Aid/AED courses for the Vicenza Community?

CHILDCARE FUNDS

Instructor Course is 27-28 September Prerequisite is CPR/First Aid/AED certification Stop by the Red Cross office (Building 333) to register today!

Did you know while volunteering you can receive up to 8 hours per week per child of paid childcare? It’s easy too!

Just come by the office to pick up your copy of the policy, an application and validation slips to submit to the CDC or SAS. To qualify, you have to be volunteering in your ARC volunteer position during the time frame your child is in childcare and it must be hourly care through the Post Child Development Center (CDC), School Age Services (SAS) or a Family Child Care Provider (FCC). The program lasts for as long as there are funds still in the account. If you are interested, swing by the office to pick up more information on how the program works! This program exists thanks to a wonderful grant from the Vicenza Community Club!

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER CALENDAR 8/13 –Blended Learning CPR/First Aid/AED Course (Daytime)

9/10 - Blended Learning CPR/First Aid/AED Course (Evening)

8/18-21 – VHC Facilitated InProcessing

9/20 – Pet Awareness Day

9/4 – Volunteer Orientation 9/3 – Super Sign-Up 9/6 – CPR/First Aid/AED Course

9/20-21 – Babysitter Bootcamp 9/27-28 – CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor Training 10/17-19 – Wilderness and Remote First Aid

Questions, comments, concerns?

American Red Cross Building 333 Caserma Ederle Vicenza, Italy Phone: 0444-71-7089 Vicenza@redcross.org