Stories tagged with: Muskingum Valley Red Cross

February 8, 2010 - 1:03pm
3 years 14 weeks ago


People are still without power and another winter storm is moving in Tuesday and Wednesday. The Red Cross  want you to be prepared if you lose your power.

Julie Davis from the Muskingum Valley Red Cross tells us how to prepare for a power outage in a snow storm.

"If you have elderly neighbors or people with younger kids you need to make sure they are okay. The problem is, is it going to be safe to try and get out," Davis said.

That's why you need to...

February 1, 2010 - 6:22pm
3 years 15 weeks ago

The Muskingum Valley Red Cross says it has responded to 39 local fires since July 1st of last year, and 25 people have suffered from eight fires in January alone.

Readiness and Development Coordinator, Keely Warden, says that number rivals the halfway mark of fires the organization dealt with this time last year.

"We are ahead of the pace, and we are a little bit worried about where we are going, " says Warden.

The Red Cross' Disaster Relief Fund is in the red too...

February 1, 2010 - 12:49am
3 years 15 weeks ago

A Thornville family is homeless after a fire consumed their home.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon.

WHIZ's Emily Baird has more.

"Upon arrival, we had the second and first floor fully involved, " saus Thornville Township Assistant Fire Chief, Rob Sands.

Sands, says flames were shooting from the home as crews raced up the driveway to the home at 7335 Township Road 87.

A total of five crews were called in to assist, and some tankers had to...

December 17, 2009 - 10:26am
3 years 22 weeks ago

A New Lexington family receives help from the Muskingum Valley Red Cross when a fire breaks out in their home. The home of Howard and Kelli Dickerson and their two sons at 4434 State Route 13 caught fire Wednesday night in the kitchen area. The Red Cross is assisting the family by providing funding to go shopping and for groceries.

November 2, 2009 - 5:02pm
3 years 28 weeks ago

The Muskingum Valley Red Cross is trying to rebuild some funding.

Executive Director, Dan Hartman, says the red cross might not have a lot right now, but it is doing a lot with what it has.

"We've had tremendous opportunity within the last four months to serve a lot of families...disaster families...a lot of military families...a lot of families needing blood, " says Hartman.

Hartman says like other Red Cross organizations across the country, the Muskingum Valley...

November 1, 2009 - 4:34pm
3 years 28 weeks ago

The Muskingum Valley Red Cross is helping out a New Lexington man who lost his home Friday afternoon.

Executive Director, Dan Hartman, says the organization is providing clothing and food to Matt Plaisted.

Hartman says the 3595 Palmer Road home is a major loss, but luckily, he says Plaisted wasn't injured because Plaisted wasn't home at the time of the fire.

Hartman says Plaisted is currently staying with family.

The Muskingum Valley Red Cross has help more than 10...

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