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Show RED CROSS SEEKS TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITYThe The American Amencan NadomI Nahon1.1 Nahon11 Nationil . Red Ci"ss Ciss ClOSS Cinss " is seeking seekmg $60000000 60000000 $60000000durmg $60 60 $60000000during 60000000during $ 000 000 000during durmg during : the month nionth of March to strengthen strengthenmil -mil mil "tntl tntl ind " - expand e"panel epanel e1panl " ( it its Ite ; tr1.e1J tr1e1J tridi tr1.e1Jhonal triditional triditional . honal tional services servJ'es servJes ( ' to veterans veter1ns veterIns servicemen and 1nd ind last but bitt not least le15t leist . ' the thecommul1lty theCommunity thecommunity thecommunityFed commul1lty Community commul1ltyVed Communityred Fed Ved red Cross chapters in thousands thoueands ; of counties counhes such as ae ; Grand Grandbhnket Grandbhnket Grandblanket bhnket the nation n1.hon n1hon nition . Each chapter is contmuou continuously < ; ly striving stnvmg to make makethe makethe makethe the community a ; safer cafer healthier he1.lthler he1lthler healthter . place pbce in which to liveOne liveOne live liveOne One of the pumc pllmc prime icaions leaons icasons , for existence e\.lstence e.lstence e .lstence lstence " \ . ot of the Grand Grantl County Ch1.pter Ch1pter Chipter CountyChapter CountyCh1.pter CountyChipter . is to . ' alleviate 1.lIevlate 1lIevlate 'illeviate illeviate suffering suffermg and el1 disitress distress ! > tress in m tunes hmes times of n1.tural n1tural natural n1.tural1.nd naturaluid naturaland . 1.nd 1nd uid . manmade manm1.de manm1de manmtde . disasters dle1.sters dle1sters diststers ; . No community is sate safe from the hazards hazardsof hazardsof of epHIenucsThe epidenuesThe fires fues tramwrecks tramwreeks trainwrecks automobile and bus " accidents "tccldents tccldents or epHIenucs epidenues epHIenucsI epidemicsThe The Grand County Chapter Chalter } Disaster Committee is prepared prep1.red prep1red prepred . to tosen toserie tosef\e tosef e sen serie \ e its community commumty in m the event that anyone any one of a ' \ i score of these thesedls1.sters thesedisasters thesedisasters I dls1.sters dls1sters disasters . should stnkeOther strikeOther strike stnke strikeOther Other Red Cross community commurnty programs include mclucte accident 1.cCldent 1cCldent iccident . prevention pre preventIon prevention ventIon courses which whtch . are 1.re 1re tre aimed at reducm reducing the trempndou trem"ntlou tremntlou trenanndou trenanndounumber trempndounumber " number of accidental ( deaths de1.ths de1ths le-iths le iths . - in homes home " ! and industry mdustry In 1945 1945alone 1945alone 1945alone alone accidents claimed chImed the lives hves of 96 06 000 persons Red lIed Cross Crosswater Crosswater Crosswater water safety s1.fety s1fety sifety . programs have been instrumental mstn\mental mstn mental \ in 111 reducing reducmg oy , oyhalf oyh1.lf h1.lf h1lf half . the number of droviiungs dro\\nmgs dro nmgs Irossnings ( \ in the nation nahon since 1914 The RedCross TIed Red TIedCross RedCross Cross CrossIso \ ilso \Iso Iso also maintains m1.lntalns m1lntalns miintains . 2000 highway first aid 11d ud stations and 10491 10491mobIle 10 491 491mobile 491mobile mobIle first fust aid units umts to give emergency treatment to victims vldlms of ofautomobIle ofautomobile ofautomobile ' automobIle automobIlecqdents hfgh"aysThese ligh'nsaysThese ' \ accidents \cqdents cqdents iccdents In 1915 38000 38 000 persons died dlcd on hTghiiays hfgh"ays hfghays ligh'nsays lighnsays " ' I CountyChapter These are a few of the important . reasons why Grand County duringMarch durmgllarch Chapter is asking the people to contribute contnbute generously durmg during . l\larch l larch March \ so that the chapter may achieve its local loc\l loc l ' \ goal of $400 400 $ I ' |