Forwarded -- The American Red Cross has a volunteer opportunity for companies, individuals, families and groups and could use your help to promote! If you have an audience looking for a volunteer opportunity April/May, please forward this opportunity to them! Did you know that the American Red Cross responds to a disaster every 8 minutes, and the vast majority of these are home fires? Sadly, every day seven people die from home fires, most in homes that lack working smoke alarms, with children and the elderly disproportionately killed. That’s why the Red Cross launched the Home Fire Campaign in 2014. Since then, volunteers and partners have made over 300,000 households safer. Now we’re on the cusp of something big, and we need your help. This year, from April 28th – May 13th , we will install 100,000 smoke alarms in over 100 cities across the nation. We are counting on volunteers like you to help us achieve this major milestone! Here is how you can help: Volunteer to help Sound the Alarm. Save a Life Registration is open! * Visit www.redcross.org/wpahomefire<https://na01.safelinks. protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redcross.org% 2Fwpahomefire&data=01%7C01%7CBMG74%40pitt.edu%7Cc57d683b84774628940108d51d4e c98c%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata= oWM7bK22fTPtrRB5knc54X1DZZQaqdM5cgJ8vkOhrdA%3D&reserved=0> * Scroll down and Under "Sound the Alarm. Save a Life. Volunteer Opportunities" click "Volunteer in the Western Pennsylvania Region" * Click the date you wish to volunteer and register Volunteers will work in teams, canvassing a community and meeting with residents. Some volunteers will help to install alarms, some will work with the residents to create their home fire escape plans, and still others will handle the paperwork, tracking the progress during event. All training, materials and resources are provided by the American Red Cross. Thank you, Renee Ault American Red Cross Western Pennsylvania Region -- *Bruce Robison* *Rector, St. Andrew's Church* *Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*