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Breaking the Ice by Amelia Aubourg
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Helping out at the
Fenway Blood
Drive
When I am out in the
community talking to
Red Cross groups,
one of the questions
that is always asked is
how to engage new
members and people. One of the most
simple ways to do this
is through introducing ice breakers at
your meetings.
There are some good
ones that have
worked. Some include ZIP, ZAP, ZOP,
where the wind
blows, the paper
agenda and the classic: the human chain.
Others that are good
ARCMB YAB Members Do
the Chain
are Never Have I Ever
and Two Truths and A
Lie. Some people are
not the ice breaker
type so another tactic
would be to go
around the table and
have everyone do
small introductions.
One popular idea that
has worked with
some of the groups is
to introduce your
name, hometown and
ice cream.
The next time you
have a meeting, try
these methods out
and see if it works.
November is Youth Involvement Month
Volunteers at the Red
Cross Boston Food
Pantry
November is Youth Involvement Month! This year’s focus is Get out and Volunteer!
Week 2: Spreading the Word
and Tracking Your Volunteer
Experience
The Get out and Volunteer
campaign has the following
themes:
Week 3: Staying Active and
Finishing a Project
Week 1: Getting Active and
Finding a Volunteer Project
Week 4: Recapping Your
Experience and Moving Forward
More information will come
out every Monday in November 2010 over Youth Wire
and www.redcrossyouth.org
as well as Red Cross Youth
Facebook Page.
Let’s celebrate together what
you do for the Red Cross all
year long!
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Clubs sign up for New Measles Initiative
allows young
people across
the country to
raise $500 or
at Northmore to vaccieastern Uni- nate a town
versity
that has been
impacted by
Measles. Five groups in our
system have signed up so
far. Below are the groups:
Youth raising money
for Measles
The National Red Cross has
kicked off a cool new project for the Measles Initiative named Vaccinate A Village. Vaccinate A Village
Buckingham, Browne and
Nichols
International School of Boston
Malden High School
Westford Academy
Northeastern University
This will be a year long project so if you are interested,
click on the link below to
find out more.
http://
www.measlesinitiative.org/
mi/act
Next Issue: January
* Photos from Gift Wrapping and Food Pantry
* Holiday Giving Catalog
* Talent Show Update
* Dance update
* Disaster Update
* Calendar of Upcoming
Service Opportunities
* Photos from Club events
Youth Volunteers in Cambridge
Red Cross Grows Club System
2010 has been a very rewarding year for the
American Red Cross
Youth Programs. We are
happy to announce the
creation of three new
American Red Cross
Clubs and two College
Clubs.
We proudly welcome
Bedford High School,
Buckingham, Browne and
Nichols, Sharon High
School, Mass College of
Pharmacy and Health and
Sciences and Regis College. The Red Cross
Clubs help the Red Cross
fulfill its humanitarian
mission; build leaders
through Red Cross services and make an impact in their community.
Thank you to the members and founders for
their hard work and dedication. We are grateful
and all the better for it.
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Calendar of events .
November is Youth Involvement Month
Red Cross High School Clubs Gift Wrapping Begins
November 11: Veterans Day (Holiday)
November 13: Bob’s Partnership at Gillette Stadium
November 20: Youth Programs Service Day at the Food
Pantry
December:
December 2nd - 9 am to 3 pm - Wrap gifts at Barnes and
Nobles in Back Bay Boston
Youth Programs
December 11: YAB Winter Blackout Dance Fundraiser
for Hunger Relief
139 Main St, 4th Floor
December 13 - 3 –11 pm - Wrap gifts at Barnes and Nobles in Back Bay Boston
Cambridge, MA 02142
December 18: Youth Programs Service Day at the Food
Pantry
617-274-5320
[email protected]
December 21 - 9 am to 3 pm - Wrap gifts at Barnes and
Nobles in Back Bay Boston
December 29:Youth Programs Service Day at the Food
Pantry
Visit us at
www.bostonredcross.org.
2010 Holiday Giving Catalog: With
friends or through your Red Cross
Club, raise funds for different items.
Check it out at www.redcross.org/gifts