A class in Life-Saving at one of the 1930 Red Cross institutes. Here
are learned all the rules of water safety—protection for self and others.
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A recent Red Cross
demonstration of AMERICAN RED CROSS AFIELD
artificial respiration.
The prone pressure What does the Red Cross do? What makes its call
method has proved its —in the wdrds of President Hoover—so “mandatory
efficacy in thousands upon the heart of the Nation?”
of cases of drowning, The Red Cross job is big. In a single year the ex-
electrocution, and suf- penditure, community, national and international,
focation. runs to nearly $10,000,000. Often it is higher. Every
day the call upon the Red Cross grows more urgent.
. Sy ‘ . What do the figures show—those. mute, cold sta-
Wreckage ¥ wr Sties that tell but half the story of Service? They
at Frost, my 7 gn y LR : > : i. More than 450,000 First Aid certificates have been
Texas A p X : = " ot : bai _ issued; more than 300,000 individuals instructed in
from a : Ti TA J 1 v Life Saving.
§ : 4 . g : XL Assistance extended in a single year to the victims
1930-model i fe NE I ¥ ; of 75 disasters in 40 states.
tornado. 50,000 nurses on the roll of the Red Cross; 800
Almost as 2 i £ nurses in public health work, 88 in itinerant ac-
Soon gs'the ‘ ! EY i : 4 LL Sivisies, 1500 teaching home hygiene and care of the
twister 4 2 2 op i ; E a 120,000 children and adults taught nutrition each
had roared * : SEY : igs month.
over the a : A Service of the kind that is beyond the scope of
horizon the ¥ WON a Xa 2 : . Government to 30,000 disabled World War veterans
; i 2 5 2 and the 245,000 men of the regular Army and Navy.
Red Cross ; h Dao 3) By =. A % a 10,000 families being assisted by Civilian Home
was on the | 4 i a | / % ; 3 Service. y
job with . - . / ’ a Ba 2 g 7,000,000 ‘members of the Junior Red Cross cor-
food. cloth- 5: be i responding with Juniors in foreign lands, thus further-
, RA Ow, a ¥ i : > Cn ing the cause of international understanding; cheer-
ing, medi- 3 eo i Ran. A » 4 : , ing .the sick, brightening school rooms, learning ideals
cine and a ; 3 { eo y of service for others.
organ ized 3 j , Half a million volunteer workers—exemplifying the
relief 5 wh . Nai : Sh : A very heart and spirit of the Red Cross—making 3,-
: : og “P "io 000,000 surgical dressings, 210,000 garments, 190,000
Braille pages for the fingers of the blind in twelve
months.
16,200 Chapters and Branches engaged in this
; > service program made possible by the annually-
All happy at the most recent of the an tendered support of more than 4,000,000 adult mem-
nual parties for disabled war veterans on the bors.
White House lawn in Washington! Vet- Look at the pictures on this page. Multiply the
erans and enlisted men of Army and Navy, incidents according to the above figures. Watch each
whether sound or otherwise. are grateful precious membership dollar as it stretches to meet the
4 increasing demands. Then ask yourself, “What shall
for Red Cross service. MY PART be?”
These school girls enjoy the periodical checking
of height, weight and teeth by the Red Cross
public health nurse.
This little fellow is getting a running start
in life, for the mother has been taught in a : ® | An Easter basket rings to a little panant in Children's Hospital, De
ed Cros Home Hygiene and Care of troit, courage to face an operation for mastoiditis. Smiles like these
Pa Cross clogs of Tome Hyg ZZ brighten the faces of 7,000,000 Juniors and untold thousands who are
the Sick. a remembered by the children of the Red Cross.