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Mt. View School District Families Receive Free Smoke Alarms Through the American Red Cross by Michele Earle El Monte
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American Red Cross mobilized more than 150 volunteers and local community partners to save lives in El Monte, California. Volunteers took to the streets and went door to door installing more than 260 free smoke alarms and making critical fire escape plans in more than a hundred homes. “Seven people die per day in a home fire in the United States. This is why we are working with local fires departments, school districts, and community organizations to reduce home fires. We are happy to report that we reached more than 500 people in one day in El Monte”, said Jarrett Barrios, CEO for the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region. The initiative is part of the American Red Cross’ response to the alarm-
ing number of home fires in the United States. The nationwide Home Fire Preparedness Campaign was launched in October 2014, and aims to reduce the number of fire related injuries and deaths by 25 percent in the next five years. “We recommended two easy steps to help protect their homes and increase chances of surviving a fire: have working smoke alarms and create home fire escape plans” added Barrios. Partners for the event in El Monte included the Mountain View School District, Southern California Edison, El Monte Police Officers Association, LA County Fire Department Explorers, CERT, AMR, El Monte / South El Monte Chamber of Commerce, Parks & Recreation Department, City of
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El Monte, Tzu Chi, Americorps, and other community partners. “We couldn’t have done it without the collaborative efforts of the staff and volunteers from the Mountain View School District,” said Alex Rose, Disaster Program Manager, American Red Cross Los Angeles Region. “Your participation and support with this campaign is so important and this event is a very significant milestone in the PrepareSoCal campaign to increase the disaster readiness and resiliency in South
El Monte and El Monte.” In the past year the Los Angeles Region of the American Red Cross and community partners have installed more than 1,200 free smoke alarms. Over 100,000 smoke alarms have been installed across the country and there have been 15 documented lives saved across the nation due to this important program. “We greatly appreciate the outreach of the American Red Cross and their efforts to ensure the safety of families in the community,” said Angelica Sifuentes Donoso,’
Chelsea Clinton Inspires Future Leaders
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by Kim Dennis Pasadena/ San Gabriel
Last month Chelsea Clinton released a book entitled “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.” This book is about young people all over the world who are making positive changes to benefit others, including the environment, and humanitarian causes. I took a delegation of students from San Gabriel Mission High School to this book signing in order to gain valuable cultural education, give them the chance to meet a “First Daughter” of the United States, and provide them the opportunity to witness a young woman who is using her influence to provide positive messages of hope to those who will listen. Ms. Clinton was down to earth, sweet, and genuine; she was also receptive, interested in the students, and seemed eager
to please, in the hopes that we might even be able to use the book in our school. Yolanda Sanchez, a junior, affirmed the experience as a valuable one, saying,
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“It was important to me to times I question, ‘what could meet someone who was so I possibly do?’” inspired at my age. It really What continues to ring helped to see what I could do in the world because at Chelsea Clinton continued on page 6