SM Members Attend and Event to Promote the ARC

The excitement continues... on the 16th of February, the Santa Monica district office held a chamber mixer event. At this event, we promoted the Red Cross and how we serve local the local community. Once again, the J-Crew (Jean, John and Jun) was present to help out with the event. Jean Milan was in charge of promoting disaster preparedness to the local community. Jonathan, as usual, was our go to guy for the night. And Jun Kim demonstrated CPR and explained its importance. There were a few hundred participants. It was a great opportunity to interact with the Santa Monica community and talk about preparedness and the importance of Red Cross' involvement in the community.

We also got plenty of help from our youth volunteers: Juan, Denise and Yair. They experienced their first Red Cross event and did a fine job helping us throughout the night. Juan practically lives at the chapter and has easily put in about five hundred hours of community service at the American Red Cross of Santa Monica. He never ceases to amaze us with his dedication and commitment. Denise and Yair are also great youth volunteers and they consistently help us out with projects and events. Denise recently gave a preparedness presentation to the entire seventh graders at Lincoln middle school, which will be shared in the next blog.