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2009 Report to the Community
PADUCAH AREA CHAPTER
American Red Cross in Our Community
Statement of Financial Position For the Year Ending June 30, 2009ENDING NET ASSETS 234,199
Statement of Activities
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
REVENUES AND GAINS 277,205
Expenses and Losses
Program Services
Armed Forces Emergency Services 9,372
Disaster Services 115,747
Health Services 62,325
Total Program Services 187,444
Membership and Fund Raising 14,016
Management and General 26,769
TOTAL EXPENSES AND LOSSES 228,229
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Contact Information
Paducah Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
232 N. 8th Street
Paducah, KY 42001 (Corner of 8th Street & Monroe in downtown Paducah)
- Disaster Chairperson - Joy Cook
- Cpt. (Ret.) Robert Burgess - Services to the Armed Forces Chairman
- Glenda Garrison - Disaster Action Team Coordinator
Board of Directors:
- John Anderson III, Board Chair,
Temps Plus
- Steve Fisk, Treasurer, Board Treasurer,
First Kentucky Bank
- Cindy Walker, Paducah Nurses Registry
- Davida French, Board Secretary,
Lourdes Hospital
- Mark Allen,
Swift & Staley
- Barbara Jones
- Steve Kyle,
Paducah Fire Department
- Cindy Thompson, Edward Jones
- Anita Bugg, Ballard Weekly
- Daniel Brown, UBS Financial Services
- Jay Metheny, Denton & Keuler
BLOOD CENTER
4635 Falconcrest, Paducah, KY 42001
Phone: 270-442-9141 or 1-800-GIVE LIFE
FIND A BLOOD DRIVE IN YOUR AREA
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Disaster Relief and Community Disaster Education
When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross is there. Between July 2008, and June 2009, we responded to numerous local disasters including single family residential fires, apartment fires, search and rescue missions, business fires, hurricane Ike and other disasters. The Red Cross helped affected individuals and families with emergency food, shelter and supplies. After the ice storm in January we opened shelters in McCracken, Ballard and Livingston counties that housed and fed thousands who were without electricity. Many in the community came out to volunteer and were a great help and truly appreciated. The community came together after the storm with monetary donations and in-kind donations of needed supplies. Additionally, the chapter received a Toyota Tundra truck donated by Toyota to use in disaster response and preparedness.
Community Services
Because being prepared can make your family and community safer and sometimes minimize injury and destruction, we made thousands of disaster education presentations in the community through the Paducah Sun online edition, Channel 2 information programs, in-store displays, community education programs such as “Masters of Disaster” kits distributed to area schools and volunteer training .
Health and Safety Services
From first aid, CPR and AED training to swimming and lifeguard training, American Red Cross programs help people lead safer and healthier lives. This pas year, 2,517 individuals learned lifesaving skills through 337 classes offered by the chapter.
International Services
The international tracing program helps local families find relatives with whom they have lost contact because of a natural disaster, war or internal conflict.
Armed Forces Emergency Services
The American Red Cross provides communication between those in the Armed Forces and their families. We have a worldwide network that reaches service members wherever they are to communicate a birth, death or illness. This year we provided emergency connections for more than 150 military families.
Blood Services
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Thanks to generous blood donors, the Red Cross collects and distributes nearly half the nation’s blood supply. Over the last year, we helped run 165 blood drives in McCracken County and 12 in both Ballard & Livingston Counties collecting a total 6431 units of blood.
A Note about Volunteers
We depend on volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to carry on our work. Volunteers constitute 97 percent of our total workforce, serving as members of the board, instructors teaching lifesaving skills, disaster action team members, office administrators, event organizers and more. This year hundreds of volunteers made the work of the chapter possible, contributing thousands of hours. Many volunteers worked tirelessly and unselfishly to assure all who came to the shelters during the ice storm were fed and their needs met.
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