American Red Cross volunteer appreciation

Lynda Waldron, a parishioner at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Jackson, welcomed the American Red Cross volunteers to an appreciation event at the Steele Carriage House in Adrian. Lynda is the supervisor of Volunteer Resources Center for the Great Lakes Blood Region.Lynda said their work force is 97 percent volunteers – and it is they that make the organization what it is – able to offer blood service and health and safety service to the Armed Forces, AmeriCorps and other services.
Pat Hackett, Sacred Heart Parish in Hudson parishioner, has volunteered for more than 20 years. She says, “My husband had many blood transfusions when he was alive. … I like to be able to help out and pay it forward.”
In Michigan, during 2012, almost 32,000 members took preparedness seminars and 2,303 responded to disasters. They assisted 2,920 Armed Forces families.