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2009 Red Cross Home Town Heroes Event
By frhayes | March 10, 2009
On Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 7:30 A.M. members from the Long Beach Fire Department, Community Emergency Response (CERT) board and the LBFD Fire Ambassadors board attended the annual Red Cross “Home Town Heroes” award presentation at the Long Beach Hyatt Hotel.
This event celebrates extraordinary acts by ordinary people who in a moment of crisis stepped forward bravely to help someone else, in many cases a stranger and used their Red Cross skills to save a life or prevent harm.
For more information on this event, how to receive training given by the Red Cross, or to just get involved refer to the information and web address provided below.
Throughout our communities, ordinary people perform extraordinary acts of courage and kindness everyday. The American Red Cross needs your help to identify and recognize our local Heroes! Heroic acts include, but are not limited to, use of CPR/First Aid, assisting a choking victim, fire rescue, helping aid a car accident victim, acting as a Good Samaritan, and water rescue.
The selected Hometown Heroes from the cities served by the Greater Long Beach Chapter – Artesia, Bellflower, Avalon/Catalina Island, Cerritos,Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Paramount, and Signal Hill – will be honored at a recognition breakfast on March 10, 2010.
If there is any information on any incidents during 2009, or any knowledge of heroic acts that you believe would merit a nomination for a “Home Town Hero” please forward this information to Community services or call Javier Ramirez at (562) 570-1219. In addition to this request, during 2009 as these types of incidents occur please secure as much information as possible and forward as cited.
To Nominate a Hometown Hero or for more information call 562-490-4003 or download a nomination form at http://www.redcrosslb.org/show.aspx?mi=4585. All entries due by January 31, 2010.
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