Washtenaw County American Red Cross Club at the University of Michigan

News

Congratulations to the 2011-2012 E-board/Chairs!

President: Chelsea Steffens
Vice-President: Aparna Ghosh
Treasurer: Julia Wang
Secretary: Lily Gerasymchuk

Blood Services: Claire Smith & Ilsi Lopez
Safety Services (FAST): Amanda Popiela, Connie Shi, & Adam Green
Community Service: Sally Askar & Meagan Crofoot
HIV/AIDS & Emergency Services and Education: Lizzy McDonald & Ann Newberg
PR & Fundraising: Sophia Przewonzniak & Zhen Liu

Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

E-Board & Committee Chair Applications for 2012-2013!

Eboard applications are DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 5TH, BY 5PM. If you want to apply for Eboard, you MUST give a speech during our March Mass Meeting. Elections will be held then. In order to run for President or Vice President positions, you must already be on Eboard or a committee chair. All other positions are open to all members. National Collegiate Officer and Webmaster positions will have to undergo interviews instead of an election. You can find all applications on the "Documents" page.

The committee chair applications are also attached. THEY ARE DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 6TH, BY 5 PM. These are not ballot-elected positions, and instead, the new and old Eboard will interview members for the different positions.

Descriptions of all the positions can also be found on the Downloads page.

Email your completed applications to arcclubeboard@umich.edu

Mass Meeting -- March 15th, Room D, Michigan League

Come to the mass meeting to run and/or vote for the new Eboard!

Old Events & News

March 11, 2010

The American Red Cross Club at UofM assisted the Washtenaw County Red Cross chapter and the Ann Arbor fire department in conducting surprise fire safety drill in local sororities and fraternities to raise awareness for fire education and the necessity for fire evacuation procedures and protocol. We appreciate all the club volunteers and personnel from other organization who made this event possible. More information can be found in the full article here

January 26, 2010

The Buffalo Wild Wings Fundraiser for Haiti relief was a great success and we would like to thank all of those involved! This event wouldn't have been possible without the support of volunteers and the generosity of those who came to Bdubs. There was a lot of excitement about the event and a lot of people came out to Bdubs on State Street to show their support. The event caught the attention of WOLV TV and Sam Hern and Christina H. went on the program discuss what the club and American Red Cross are doing to help the survivors in Haiti.

November 21, 2009

The University of Michigan beat Ohio State in the 28th Annual Blood Battle! We collected 2,449 pints and OSU collected 2,350 pints, which, combined, has the potential to save over 14,000 lives! Congratulations to all those involved in the blood drive, including the Red Cross Volunteers and Donors. Thank you for all for your hard work and dedication to Red Cross and more importantly to the thousands of lives we all helped to save.

Christina H, Amanda C, and Samer went on 104.3 WOMC right before the half time announcement to talk about blood battle and the club! You can listen to the recording below.

Jan 31, 2-8 & Feb 10 12-6

Face-off, UofM vs. MSU drives in Bursley and Pierpont

The Red Cross Club will be participating in the annual face-off challenge between UofM and MSU, hosted by APO. If you are interested in donating, you can schedule an appointment at www.givelife.org with the sponsor code: goblue.

Fridays at 6:30

Soup Kitchen

If you are interested in volunteering at the homeless shelter on the corner of E. Liberty and S. Division, please contact one of the community service chairs:Danielle, Alyssa, or Meagan (dmrobin@umich.edu, virgila@umich.edu, or megcro@umich.edu).

Tuesday March 8 at 5:30-~7

Fire Safety Drills

Just as a reminder, here is a description of the event: The Red Cross provides fire simulations to participating Greek life houses around campus. House members are not informed ahead of time. Instead, the fire alarm is pulled at participating houses, and real fire trucks arrive with lights and siren blaring. Volunteers are present to observe and record people exiting the house in order to evaluate their preparedness and share additional preparedness information. If you would like to volunteer, please email UmArcFast@gmail.com or DisasterEducation@wc-redcross.org with your name and phone number.