Babysitter’s Training

This course is designed to provide young adults, ages 11 through 15 years, with the information and skills necessary to provide safe and responsible care for children in the absence of parents and/or adult guardians. The training course will help participants develop skills in five critical areas: Leadership, Safety and Safe play, Basic Care, First Aid, and Professionalism. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a Baby Sitter’s Training Certificate.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (9 am—4:30 pm)

Youth Classes at Creston Community Center

Scrubby Bear and Safety Preparedness (Cost $3.00). The Scrubby Bear program teaches children, ages 4-7 years, how germs are spread, how to prevent the spread of germs and how to properly wash their hands. Presentations can be made at your school, church or community center with a minimum of 15 participants.

To pre-register for Scrubby Bear Classes in Creston,

 call 330-435-6021

For additional information about any Youth program,

call the Red Cross at 330-264-9383

First Aid & Preparedness (ages 6—11 years) Cost $3.00

First Aid & Preparedness provides safety messages and stresses the importance of recognizing an emergency, and an introduction to first aid tactics.

To pre-register for First Aid & Preparedness—call 330-264-9383.

Pediatric First Aid (6 hour course required for child care personnel) Cost $40 / person

This course meets the Child/Day Care providers 6-hour course requirement for Pediatric First Aid. Participants are certified in Infant/Child CPR and First Aid.

 Call the Red Cross for dates and times. 330-264-9383

MEASLES INIATAIVE

Simple Solutions for a Killer Disease

In 2001, when the Measles Initiative began, 43 million cases of measles occurred annually, killing hundreds of thousands of children in Africa and Asia each year.

Did you know, that we can help save the lives of many of these children, with vaccinations which costs less than $1 per child?

The American Red Cross has been working with the United Nations, the Center of Disease Control, UNICEF and the World Health Organization since 2001 to save children’s lives in Africa and Asia. The goal is not only to save children’s lives, but to eradicate this disease completely. We can do this with your help.

Red Cross Youth programs throughout the United States, including our Chapter here in Wayne County, is doing our part to help this cause. This is one of the main projects our Youth Group has signed on to assist.

· Globally, measles deaths dropped 68%, from 757,000 in 2000 to 242,000 in 2006.

· In Africa, measles deaths fell 91% during that same period, from nearly 400,00 to 36,000.

The program does much more than just vaccinations to these children. Call the Red Cross to find out more about the Measles Initiative or visit our national website at www.redcross.org.