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The Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross began in December 1915 when a small group of individuals gathered to begin organizing a chapter of the Red Cross. In 1962, the name was changed to the Bonneville chapter, and in 1969, the chapter merged with other chapters in Northern Utah to become the Northern Utah Chapter, with its headquarters located in Ogden, Utah. The scrapbooks range from 1940 to 2003 and highlight some of the important work of the Red Cross. The books include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials. |
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Show NATIONAL ELOOD PROGRAM are under the direct supervision of quali¬fied doctors and tech¬nicians. New centers are established only with full approval of local medical and hospital authorities. No charge is made by the Red Cross for the blood or its derivatives. Any charges for administering blood by the attending physi¬cian or hospital are their service fees—not a charge for the blood itself. The national organization pays for the technical operations of the blood program— the equipment and supplies of the blood centers, the salaries of technical and some administrative personnel, and the costs of operating the mobile units. Participating chapters pay for nontechnical equipment and operations, maintenance of the centers, and salaries of certain nontechnical personnel. It is estimated that 1,800 hospitals and 100 clinics will be supplied with blood and blood derivatives by March 1, 1950. Dr. Edwin J. Cohn, eminent physical chemist of Harvard Medical School, sums up the first 2 years of the program's opera¬tion in these words: "We're over the first mountain. . . ." Of the future, President Truman says: ". . . the Red Cross blood program may well become the greatest single health activity in history." The "progress" report as of July 1, 1949, showed: 28 regional programs were in opera¬tion, with approximately 500 chapters par¬ticipating; 276,697 pints of blood had been obtained; thousands of units of blood deriva¬tives, including 1,918,000 vials of immune serum globulin to combat measles, had been made available to the American people. 14 Safety Services Red Cross Safety Services help conserve human life in two important ways—by giving people a knowledge of the causes and consequences of accidents, and training them in skills and cor¬rect procedures for effective emergency aid to accident victims. Courses in first aid, accident prevention, swimming, and lifesaving are available to any individual, group, or organiza¬tion without charge. These specialized courses, coupled with broader public education and service efforts, are designed to reach every person in America with information and train¬ing leading to the reduction of accidents—one of the nation's greatest killers. FIRST AID AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION Reducing the tragic toll of death and injury to children is a major concern of the Red Cross first aid program. A two-way approach to this problem is through the training of young people and those respon¬sible for their well being. The First Aid Textbook for Juniors, pub¬lished in the spring of 1949, fills the long- recognized need for a textbook written and illustrated specifically for junior high school students. The increased training resulting from the use of this text¬book and the junior acci¬dent prevention course materials will be a major factor in developing safety- minded young Americans. "I owe the life of my 16-month-old baby boy to the American Red 15 |
