North centran Saskatchewan News Issue7febuary

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Issue 7 February 2007Editor Bonnie Wilken Public Affairs CRC

Thank You

Making a difference in our community

Want to know what the Red Cross is doing in Saskatchewan Check out wwwredcrosscasaskatchewan

Saskatoon Foundation

Contact UsSaskatoon

443-2nd Ave NSaskatoon SKS7K 2C1Ph (306) 668-0720Fax (306) 668-0722

Prince Albert

54-11th St EPrince Albert SKS6V 0Z9Ph (306) 765-2600Fax (306) 953-8381

NEWS560-561-860

Winter hitsNorth

Central Sask -pack a car kit

City ofSaskatoonrsquos

generosityrecognized

Red Cross isaccepting

applications forRegion Council

NewKatimavik

volunteershere to help

Katimavikvolunteer

says Red Crosshas been great

New facesand

new places inRespectEd

In this Issue

Winter Hits NorthCentral Saskatchewan

Cold Wersquove managedto escape it for

some time now but badweather hit NorthCentralSaskatchewan with avengeance in JanuaryWith ldquoold man winterrdquorearing his frozenhead itrsquos a good ideato revisit some basicsafety suggestions After

all - staying safe duringextreme conditionssuch as a winter stormis mostly a matter ofcommon sense andpreparation When goingout on the road this

winter please remember to have a full tank ofgas and lots of windshield washer uid Itrsquos also

a good idea to have an emergency car kit with

the following items bull Scraper and snow brush bull Shovel bull Sand or kitty litter (for traction) bull Blanket candles matches bull Flareswarning lights bull Flashlight and batteries bull Warm clothing and boots bull High-energy food and bottled water bull Red Cross rst-aid kit

A pedestrian braves freezing winds and poor visibility Motorists were stranded

and businesses closed due to the extreme weather conditions on January 10



NCSK News Issue 7 February 2007 Page 2


By Bonnie Wilken CRC

City councils can sometimes be regarded ashotbeds of municipal debate where concernedcitizens and elected council work together to build abetter city ndash but therersquos a softer side to city counciland it was shown at the rst council meeting of theNew Year

And who better to bring about kindness andcooperation than the Canadian Red Cross

At the January 8th city council meeting RegionCouncil Volunteer President Elaine McDonaldand Region Director Chriss Gates presented hisWorship Mayor Don Atchinson and City Councilwith a beautiful print created by renowned localartist Henry Ripplinger

Ripplinger donated several artworks to the Societyin order for the pieces to be used in recognition ofoutstanding community partnership

ldquoWe work with Leisure Services to provide WaterSafety Injury Prevention and Risk ManagementTraining We partner with Saskatoon Fire andProtective Services and the City of Saskatoon indisaster referral and response We also work withSaskatoon City Police in prevention educationrdquo saidMcDonald as she addressed Council

ldquoThe grants the city generously provides us withallow us to put funds where they are needed themost The grants provided to offset taxation enablefunds that would be spent on taxes to go directly topeople in need Our organization depends on thisincome we are a charity and receive no operationalfunding from the Federal governmentrdquo she toldmayor and council

The life-changing local work the Canadian RedCross does in the NorthCentral SaskatchewanRegion is not without its price

For example the Red Cross provides food shelterand guidance to people who have no place to turnwhen a crisis such as a house re leaves them

homeless

It costs $837 per family of four to provide basicnecessities for the rst three days following such a

disaster In 2005 and 2006 the Red Cross helped 58families more than 230 people who were left withno place to stay after house and apartment res

ldquoWe are just so pleased to be in a position to showour gratitude to the City of Saskatoon for being suchan excellent partner Mr Ripplingerrsquos donation hasallowed us to leave a tangible legacy which speaksvolumes to the kind of cooperation and partnershipfound in this city and this provincerdquo

City of Saskatoonrsquos generosity recognized

Chriss Gates CRC Mayor Don Atchinson and Region Council Volunteer President

Elaine McDonald hold up the Ripplinger print presented to the City of Saskatoon

Did you knowbull members of theSaskatoon police force

sit on the RespectED Advisory Board andassist by identifyingservice gaps for RedCross to ll

bull Saskatoon Fire andProtective Services willrefer victims of houseand apartment res to

the Red Cross for helpbull the City of Saskatoonpartners with Red Crossand Saskatoon Tribal

Council to provide pre-school children withwater safety lessons



Each regionmaking up theRed Cross issupported bya volunteerCouncil madeup of volunteerleaders fromcommunitiesacrossNorthCentralSaskatchewan

The counciloffers its skillsexpertise and

experience toidentify practicesguiding RedCross programsand services

The Red Crossneeds councilmembers frommany diverse

communitiesacrossSaskatchewan



Red Cross Now Accepting Applicationsfor Volunteer Region Council Members

Join the worldrsquos largest volunteer-led humanitarian organization as a RegionCouncil member and let your voice be heardMake a difference at the strategic level the Governance level

The Red Cross Needs You

For more information contact

Carmel WaddingtonRecruitment CommitteeBox 62Ruthilda SK S0K 3S0carmlyalsasktelnet





New Katimavik Volunteers here to help

Hugh Merson one of Red Crossrsquo newestKatimavik volunteers wants to help people

ldquoIt may sound cheesy but I joined the program to dogood things and to help people rdquo said the 18-year-old volunteer ldquoThis is a really good opportunity tosee what I can do with volunteering I hope to makeit a really good experiencerdquo

His rst posting traded the big city lights ofhometown Toronto for tiny Grand Falls NewBrunswick where he worked with special needschildren His second posting in Saskatoon will becontinuing the work Erin Hagen started on theGlobal Education project - a curriculum-based pilotproject which aims to engage children and youthin a variety of international issues such as conict

environmental degradation water scarcity andlabour inequity

Just barely settled into his new home Hugh Merson

has already started putting a dent into the pile of

work needed to get the Global Education project

ready to go by the new school year

Saskatoon Prince Albert

After an exhausting trip to Saskatchewan which

took two days and several airports - Audreacutee Gourde

says she was very happy to nally make it to Prince

Albert She is working in AdministrationData Entry

Audreacutee Gourde 18 is nding a healthy dose of

Saskatchewan sunshine a welcome changefrom Vancouverrsquos rain Not to mention it was greatto actually get to her new home - bad weather hadcaused her plane to be delayed and routed througha number of different airports - turning a short tripinto an endurance event ldquoWe were so tired theentire grouprdquo said Gourde smiling ldquoIt was good to

get to Prince Albert I like it here because Irsquom tiredof Vancouverrsquos rainrdquo she said ldquoItrsquos small (the city)but everybody is really friendly and welcoming soitrsquos nicerdquoGourde left her home in Laval Quebec and spenther rst three months in the program in Vancouver

After her Prince Albert posting is nished she

will go back to her home province and nish her

experience in Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec She iscurrently doing a variety of administrative work inthe Prince Albert ofce



NCSK News Issue 7 Febuary 2007 Page 5


Katimavik volunteer says Red Cross has been GreatBy Bonnie Wilken CRC

Many teenagerswho donrsquot know

what they want to

do after high schoolmight be tempted tolay on their parentrsquoscouches until a betteridea emerges ndash notso for Erin Hagen

Hagen 18 decidedshe wanted tosee Canada nowand gure out her

university plans laterSo she set aside sixmonths to travel withKatimavik a Nationalyouth volunteerorganization

Katimavikparticipants are fromall the country and the programrsquos goal is to helpyoung people learn life skills through volunteerismat local organizations and exposure to new people

and ideas Program groups live communally havelimits on TV consumption prepare their own foodand follow a strict budget in addition to participatingin structured learning actives in Environment

Ofcial Languages Healthy Living Cultural

Diversity and Leadership

ldquoItrsquos been really positive We nd fun and interesting

ways to entertain ourselves such as an lsquo80rsquos night ordance partiesrdquo laughs Hagen who hails from MapleRidge BC ldquoIrsquom learning French and skills I can usein the futurerdquo

Hagen picked the Canadian Red Cross to do hervolunteer work Although ofce work isnrsquot all she

thought it would be Hagen said she feels like shersquosreally made a difference working on the GlobalEducation Project

ldquoShersquos been an absolute gemrdquo said LauraBeddome Community Outreach Coordinator CRCldquoErin worked for us on a full time basis from October

4 2006 to January 5 2007 as the HumanitarianIssues Program Assistant Her job was to researchand develop a series of global education workshopson topics of international conict cooperation

and development to be delivered to children andyouth throughout the province Erin did everythingfrom research to proling to creating a teachers

resource guide and fact-sheets

The climate in Saskatchewan may have been asomewhat uncomfortable experience for the BCnative but overall Hagen said her time in Saskatoonand at the Red Cross has been great

ldquoI wanted to learn more about the Red Cross and itsounded like one of the best placements they hadrdquo

said Hagen ldquoI really like it here but itrsquos very at andreally cold ndash not anything Irsquom used to Hagen leavesthe Red Cross for Shelburn Ontario ndash a small townof about 1000 people in northern Ontario

ldquoItrsquos been a real pleasure having Erin here shewill be missed and all of us at the Red Cross inSaskatoon wish her the best of luck in her travels I

just hope she has time to send us a postcard everynow and thenrdquo said Beddome

Erin Hagen has spent the last three months spicing up the Saskatoon Red Cross ofce

with her great attitude and fun-loving personality Here she points to the Katimavik logo

posted outside the Saskatoon Red Cross ofce





to help meet the International Red CrossRed CrescentMovementrsquos Strategy 2010 objectives of engaging the public more

broadly and promoting an understanding of the FundamentalPrinciples to support the Canadian Red Cross 2003-08 StrategicPlan especially in the areas of Organizational Capacity andHumanitarian Values to comply with amendments to the Canada Corporations Actthat require organizations to maintain a list of ofcial members

who have the right to be notied of meetings and hold voting

privileges

To become a

member go to

wwwredcrossca

or visit your local

Red Cross ofce

Become a Member of the Worlds Largest Humanitarian OrganizationThe Canadian Red Cross has implemented a national Membership program for three reasons

Teachers in Saskatchewan now have theopportunity to learn

more about how to preventabuse and violence intheir classrooms Materialsfrom the Red CrossRespectED Violence and

Abuse Prevention programincluding a care Kit professional workbooksfrom Prevention in Motionand Beyond the Hurt Kid

Crusader comic booksposters Red Cross School

Resource packages and acopy of Sheldon Kennedyrsquos book Why I Didnrsquot Say

Anything now have a new home in the halls of theSaskatchewan Teacherrsquos Federation (STF) Library

Eunice Begg RespectED Coordinator and Trainercontacted the STF about making RespectEDinformation available for teachers in their library andher offer of materials was accepted

ldquoItrsquos a partnership because it will help their teachersknow what resources or programs RespectED hasrdquosaid Begg ldquoWhat I really think is good about this isthat itrsquos a great way of getting our information out toteachers all over the provincerdquo

RespectED resourcesfnd a new home at STF

Eunice Begg

RespectED Coordinator

and Trainer

New helping hand in RespectED

Jessy Whelerrsquos rst day in her new role with the RedCross was January 18 and she nishes the end of

March

Jessy Wheler is no stranger to the Red Cross -shersquos been a volunteer with the RespectED and

lent her skills to many projects and presentations

ldquoIn addition to her RespectED training andvolunteer work Jess is a trained reghterPrimary Care Paramedic and a Red Cross First

Aid instructorrdquo said Eunice Begg RespectEDCoordinator and Trainer ldquoJessrsquo employment

was made possible by our partnership with theprovincial government who chose Red Cross for itsCanSask Community Works Employment Grant rdquo

Welcome Jessy



NCSK News Issue 7 February 2007


By Bonnie Wilken CRC

City councils can sometimes be regarded ashotbeds of municipal debate where concernedcitizens and elected council work together to build abetter city ndash but therersquos a softer side to city counciland it was shown at the rst council meeting of theNew Year

And who better to bring about kindness andcooperation than the Canadian Red Cross

At the January 8th city council meeting RegionCouncil Volunteer President Elaine McDonaldand Region Director Chriss Gates presented hisWorship Mayor Don Atchinson and City Councilwith a beautiful print created by renowned localartist Henry Ripplinger

Ripplinger donated several artworks to the Societyin order for the pieces to be used in recognition ofoutstanding community partnership

ldquoWe work with Leisure Services to provide WaterSafety Injury Prevention and Risk ManagementTraining We partner with Saskatoon Fire andProtective Services and the City of Saskatoon indisaster referral and response We also work withSaskatoon City Police in prevention educationrdquo saidMcDonald as she addressed Council

ldquoThe grants the city generously provides us withallow us to put funds where they are needed themost The grants provided to offset taxation enablefunds that would be spent on taxes to go directly topeople in need Our organization depends on thisincome we are a charity and receive no operationalfunding from the Federal governmentrdquo she toldmayor and council

The life-changing local work the Canadian RedCross does in the NorthCentral SaskatchewanRegion is not without its price

For example the Red Cross provides food shelterand guidance to people who have no place to turnwhen a crisis such as a house re leaves them

homeless

It costs $837 per family of four to provide basicnecessities for the rst three days following such a

disaster In 2005 and 2006 the Red Cross helped 58families more than 230 people who were left withno place to stay after house and apartment res

ldquoWe are just so pleased to be in a position to showour gratitude to the City of Saskatoon for being suchan excellent partner Mr Ripplingerrsquos donation hasallowed us to leave a tangible legacy which speaksvolumes to the kind of cooperation and partnershipfound in this city and this provincerdquo

City of Saskatoonrsquos generosity recognized

Chriss Gates CRC Mayor Don Atchinson and Region Council Volunteer President

Elaine McDonald hold up the Ripplinger print presented to the City of Saskatoon

Did you knowbull members of theSaskatoon police force

sit on the RespectED Advisory Board andassist by identifyingservice gaps for RedCross to ll

bull Saskatoon Fire andProtective Services willrefer victims of houseand apartment res to

the Red Cross for helpbull the City of Saskatoonpartners with Red Crossand Saskatoon Tribal

Council to provide pre-school children withwater safety lessons













































what they want to































privileges

To become a

member go to

wwwredcrossca

or visit your local

Red Cross ofce











Eunice Begg


and Trainer



March






Welcome Jessy













































what they want to































privileges

To become a

member go to

wwwredcrossca

or visit your local

Red Cross ofce











Eunice Begg


and Trainer



March






Welcome Jessy



NCSK News Issue 7 Febuary 2007




what they want to































privileges

To become a

member go to

wwwredcrossca

or visit your local

Red Cross ofce











Eunice Begg


and Trainer



March






Welcome Jessy



NCSK News Issue 7 Febuary 2007





privileges

To become a

member go to

wwwredcrossca

or visit your local

Red Cross ofce











Eunice Begg


and Trainer



March






Welcome Jessy

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