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The Mission of the American Red Cross: The following services are examples of how the Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter fulfills that mission in a variety of ways: Disaster Services • Health & Safety Services • International Services • Lifeline • Service to the Armed Forces • Valley Wide Help • Volunteer ServicesAmerican Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley
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The History of the American Red Cross Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, clothing and mental health services to address basic human needs. In addition to these services, the core of Red Cross disaster relief is the assistance given to individuals and families affected by disaster to help them to resume their normal daily activities independently. To learn more about Disaster Services, call Nina Johnson, manager-disaster services, at 610-865-4400, ext. 227, or e-mail johnsonni@usa.redcross.org, or click here to see more information online. The Health & Safety Services Department offers classes in First Aid, CPR/AED, Babysitters Training, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Swimming, Lifeguarding, Pet First Aid, and more. The courses are held at the Red Cross Main Office in Bethlehem and at various community sites in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. To see course descriptions and times and dates click here. Workplace Health & Safety training classes can also be conducted on company premises throughout Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties during any shift. To view courses offered, along with a description, click here. For more information, call the Health & Safety Services Department at 610-865-4400, ext. 247, or send an e-mail to: GLVHSS@usa.redcross.org. The American Red Cross is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, whose members all share a unity of purpose and vision of helping those in need. Red Cross International Services supports humane, charitable relief work worldwide, whether it is in response to natural or human-caused disasters. It also helps to strengthen other national Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies by sharing expertise and resources.The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley, in conjunction with the national American Red Cross, provides tracing and message services for people who have become separated from family members as a result of war or weather-related disasters. Our caseworkers initiate tracing messages for residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties whose families abroad are affected by a crisis, be it a hurricane or armed conflict. In addition, we serve as a conduit for Lehigh Valley residents to donate funds to other nations during times of disasters. We sponsor classes for the public about Red Cross international services and international humanitarian law.
For more information on our international social services, call Cordelia Miller, director of emergency services, at 610-865-4400, ext. 226, or e- mail millerco@usa.redcross.org. Lifeline Personal Emergency Response System Lifeline offers around-the-clock monitoring and personal emergency response service for the elderly, medically at-risk individuals, latchkey children, and the physically challenged. It allows these individuals to remain in the comfort and security of their homes while providing them with early intervention in an emergency and with reassurance they are protected at the press of a button. Lifeline has served several thousand greater Lehigh Valley residents, enabling them to live independently while providing their families with peace of mind. To learn more about Lifeline, please click here. For more information, call Laura Sheehan, Lifeline Program manager, at The Red Cross has enjoyed a long and caring relationship with our service men and women. Our founder, Clara Barton, was inspired to start doing humanitarian work after seeing the inhuman horrors produced by the consequences of fighting during the Civil War. In fact, her investigatory correspondence inquiring after the prisoners in Andersonville was the beginning of the tracing services offered by the entire international Red Cross movement today. Currently, the American Red Cross serves as the emergency communications link between armed forces personnel and their loved ones back home. Even though there is no military base in the Lehigh Valley, your local Red Cross helps, on average, more than one family a day connect with a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine. Whether it is the miraculous news of the birth of a daughter in Wind Gap or the somber report of the death of a grandfather in Breinigsville, your local Red Cross will make sure that members of the military have that immediate connection with the Lehigh Valley. And in times of dire emergency, the Red Cross can also supply grants to servicemen and women and their families to help them through a crisis. For more information, call Cordelia Miller, AFES Director, at 610-865-4400, ext. 226, or e-mail millerco@usa.redcross.org. Have a problem and don’t know where to turn? Call us and your local Red Cross Information & Referral Specialists will access our database of nearly 2,000 area, state, and national health and human service agencies. To access the database on-line, click here.
For after-hours information, a voice mail system allows callers to leave a message or access phone numbers of agencies addressing immediate critical needs, such as shelter, food, etc. For more information, call Carol Lewis, manager of Valley Wide Help, at 610-865-4400 ext. 221, or e-mail lewisca@usa.redcross.org. Five-year-olds are taught to swim in Orefield ... adults are taught life-saving skills in Pen Argyl ... residents provide the gift of life by donating blood at Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall ... All of these scenarios involve volunteers taking a leadership role in promoting the Red Cross mission of helping people in need. Greater Lehigh Valley residents unselfishly donating their time and energy are ultimately the spirit and strength of the Red Cross. The American Red Cross is a volunteer-based and volunteer-led organization. Nationally, more than 1.3 million people give of themselves to ensure that flood victims are cared for, HIV/AIDS prevention strategies are taught to those at risk, and simple office tasks are completed. Locally, 550 people volunteer as Disaster Action Team members, CPR and swimming instructors, special event helpers and administrative assistants. The Red Cross simply could not exist without these generous individuals. To visit our Volunteer pages, click here. To find out how you can volunteer, call or send an e-mail to Bob Duld, director of volunteer and community services, 610-865-4400, ext. 229, duldr@usa.redcross.org.
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