American Red Cross - Badger Chapter
	

Serving Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Iowa, Juneau, Lafayette, Richland and Sauk Counties

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On the second Tuesday of every month, for all of 2009, all 3 Uno's locations in Madison will donate 20% of patrons bills to the local American Red Cross.  The voucher is valid on Dine-In and Take Out orders so enjoy your food in the restaurant, at home or in the office.  Donations will support local disaster relief efforts. 

Click here to download and print your Uno Chicago Grill voucher!

DISASTER RELIEF FOR VICTIMS
You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters like the Hurricanes of 2008, by making a gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.  This Fund enables the Red Cross to provide food, shelter, counseling and other assistance.

How your donations help:
$25 provides five blankets at an emergency shelter.
$75 can cover a doctor's visit for an individual injured in a disaster.
$350 will provide emergency food and shelter for 25 disaster vistims for one day.
$2,500 deploys one emergency response vehicle and drivers (including housing and meals for driver) to a disaster relief operation.
$3,200 is the average yearly maintenance and fuel for one emergency response vehicle.  

 

International News:                          

January 15, 2009...
Gaza: Wounded at risk as Al-Quds Hospital is hit
Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) - As a result of intesifying fighting in Gaza today, a number of medical and humanitarian aid facilities have been shelled.  The Al-Quds Hospital run by the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza City was hit by explosions and fire broke out, putting at risk the lives of around 100 patients and the medical staff caring for them.  "It is unacceptable that wounded people receiving treatment in hospitals are put at risk," said Jakob Kellenberger, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who just completed a three-day visit to the area that included a stop at Shifa Hospital in Gaza.  (More news)

January 7, 2009...
Gaza: access to the wounded remains top priority
After nearly two weeks of uninterrupted fighting, obtaining access to the wounded remains difficult and is the highest priority in the Gaza Strip.  Humanitarian organizations must be able to carry out their activities in safety.  January 6th, several attempts by the ICRC to transport medical supplies to hospitals had to be abandoned because of fighting, even though the ICRC had made arrangements for safe passage.  (More news) 

January 6, 2009...
Gaza: plight of civilians traumatic in 'full-blown humanitarian crisis'
Increasing numbers of civilians are dying or injured in the escalating crisis in Gaza.  At a press conference in Geneva on January 6, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) director, Pierre Krahenbuhl, described the situation of civilians in Gaza as intolerable, and called on the parties to the conflict to make it possible for the ICRC and the Palestine Red Crescent Society to reach people in need

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January 5, 2009...
Gaza: wonded people dying while waiting for ambulances
As the number of casualties continues to rise in the Gaza Strip, the ICRC is focusing on arranging safe passage for Palestine Red Crescent ambulances, which collect the wounded and transport them to hospitals.