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In Memory of Guido Tino
(L to R) Guido Tino, Stephen Woods and Silvan
Gleissner
at the 2008 Paint the Town Red Dinner Dance. |
The American Red Cross of Western Connecticut recently lost a
dear friend, Guido Tino. Guido served on the Board of Directors
(1964-1974), was a First Aid Instructor, volunteer and financial
supporter. “Guido was such a great guy! He was a longtime
volunteer and devoted friend of the Red Cross,” said Stephen M.
Woods, Executive Director of the Red Cross of Western CT. “He
will be greatly missed.” A celebration of Guido’s life will
take place on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 10:00 am at the
Holy Trinity Church in Sherman.
Obituary
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We provide services from our Danbury office at 2 Terrace Place, our New
Milford branch office at 40 Main Street in New Milford, and from the
Community Building, 1 Low Street in Sharon, Connecticut.
As you look through our site, you will see links to some great programs that
we provide.
Emergency & Community Services
Our Disaster Services department is responsible for 24 hours a day response
to local disasters from single family fires to floods and hurricanes (like
Floyd).
Our
Armed Forces
Services (24 hour/7 day) provides the communication link to our service men and
women and their families back home.
Our chapter also provides a
transportation program,
Wheels, which transports
ambulatory frail elderly and those unable to manage SweetHART and are unable
to afford other means.
To provide for those needing
personal emergency response services, our chapter provides
LifeLine.
Our
International Services
provides for tracing services (including Holocaust) through our
national/international affiliations and International Humanitarian Law
education.
Blood Services
Our chapter regularly
supports local
Blood Drives. Check the blood center
website (www.blood.org) for complete info on giving blood and area blood
drives.
Health & Safety Education
Our chapter offers a full
array of educational classes in First Aid, CPR, AED, Babysitting,
Lifeguard
Training, Connecticut Child Care, First Aid and Preparedness, as well as
Instructor Training, and more (see our
Course Schedule). To find
out more about each course, look under
Health and Safety Education
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The towns we serve are:
Bethel
Brookfield
Bridgewater
Canaan
Danbury
Kent
New Fairfield
New Milford
Newtown
Redding
Ridgefield
Roxbury
Salisbury
Sharon
Sherman
Warren
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