RED CROSS DAY!

    THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025

          RED CROSS DAY!

   It's May 8th. "Red Cross & Red

Crescent Day!" The date honors the

birthday of Henry Dunant, a Swiss

businessman who founded the agency

to promote humanatarian aid throughout

the world. Clara Barton founded the

American Red Cross in 1881. But did

you know that one of the fundemental

services offered and taught by the

Red Cross at its birth right here in

northeastern Pennsylvania in the

Lackawanna County Community

of Jermyn! In 1899 Dr. Matthew

Shields began teaching First Aid

training at the Windson Hotel in

Jermny. The Hotel is still there!

The American Red Cross recognized

Dr. Shield's work and involved him

in a national First Aid movement

from 1910 to 1917. I'm a big

believer in first aid. I frequently

put it to use when I'm trying to 

use tools of any sort and have

learned to keep bandaids close

at hand. So let's pay tribute to

the Red Cross and Red Crescent

today  and remember our area's

roll in one of the agency's most

important services and training

programs! Hope you're well,

don't need a bandaid, and that

all your NEWS is good!