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Porter County Chapter
755 W. Lincolnway
Valparaiso, IN 46385

Phone: 219-462-8543
Fax: 219-464-8189

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Earthquake Update

Earthquake update
CHILE
· Feb. 27th, an 8.8 earthquake struck southern Chile (500 times the power of quake that hit Haiti)
· Over 500 dead in Chile
· 500,000 homes damaged, 2 million affected (mostly coastline because of the Tsunami)
· International Support: $13 million for non-food for 10,000 families, shelter for 10,000 more families, healthcare for 90,000 people
· American Red Cross has contributed $500,000 and continues to collect donations, also sending water buckets, tarps, hygiene kits, and specialists from Panama
HAITI
· Relief materials have been distributed to 400,000 people
· Supplied food to over one million people for a month
· Distributed 30 million liters of clean drinking water
· Built 600 latrines
· Vaccinated 100,000 people (and plan to vaccinate 100,000 more)
· Distributed 1700 units of blood with the Pan American Health Organization
· Treated 33,000 people at Hospitals
· 23 million text messages have been sent by Haitians relaying messages to family abroad
· 28000 registered on the Family Links Program
· Deployed 600 international Red Cross responders to Haiti

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After Hours Number

Our after hours emergency number is
1-800-696-3873.
Hours of operation: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
and 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, M-F.

 
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Reds, Whites, & Blues 3

April 17, 2010 6-9 pm
Old Town Banquet Center, Valparaiso

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Donate Now


You can help the victims of thousands of disasters
across the country each year by making a financial gift
to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

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Frequently Used Phone Numbers

In case of a Military Emergency contact 1-800-696-3873.

Trained operators will help you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
Click on the Armed Forces Services tab under Local Services (above and left) for more information.

Need a replacement certificate/cert card for a class you took? Please have the date of the class and the name of the course you took ready. Dial extension 101.
1. Lake County American Red Cross Phone: 219-756-5360
North West Indiana (NWI) Chapter
American Red Cross
791 E 83rd Ave.
Merrillville, IN 46410
2. Blood-related questions and Blood Mobile Donation Schedules
Gail Atkinson at 1-260-466-4027

3. Fort Wayne Blood Services
Phone:
1-260-480-8223
1212 E California Road
Ft. Wayne, IN 46825
4.
Blood Donor Card
1-260-480-8100
5. Donate Blood to a Specific Person
1-800-589-8129
6.
Make an appointment to Donate Blood
1-800-448-3543 or 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
7.
LaPorte County American Red Cross
1-219-874-4247

 

Visit The Red Cross Spanish-language site, www.cruzrojaamericana.org

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