In addition to my professional career, I am a volunteer Public Information Officer for the American Red Cross. Here is one of my recent articles on a campaign I worked on:
Sound the Alarm: A Volunteer’s Perspective
I arrived at the meeting place bleary-eyed, at 8:00 a.m. sharp. By some miracle, a crew of others had already established a small festival-like atmosphere, with registration and information tents, bagels and thankfully, coffee.
As a volunteer at my first Sound the Alarm event, I’d signed up to help install free smoke alarms in one of our local communities, going door to door like Girls Scouts selling cookies. But, instead of hawking thin mints, we were peddling the gift of safety and life...
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