From the Lake Worth CRA: Volunteers Unite to Educate Lake Worth Residents About Fire Prevention

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (September 1, 2013) – The American Red Cross Palm Beaches-Treasure Coast Region, Compass and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue will partner on Saturday, September 7, 2013, from 10 a.m. until noon, to educate residents in Lake Worth about fire prevention and fire awareness. The event will mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks for the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. Volunteers will educate visitors at the Compass Community Center located at 201 N. Dixie Hwy. about fire prevention, and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue will be on hand to discuss fire awareness and tips to prevent house fires. In addition, Red Cross volunteers will go door-to-door in the community to discuss fire prevention tips to residents from N. 3rd St. to S. 3rd St. and N. Avenue A to S. Avenue H. September 11th was designated a national day of service by the 2009 Kennedy Serve America Act. The Corporation for National and Community Service leads the annual event, working with MyGoodDeed and hundreds of nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations, and schools and businesses nationwide.

This year’s projects will enlist volunteers in delivering meals, refurbishing schools and community centers, collecting food and clothing, signing up as mentors, reading to children, and more.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service each year through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and other programs; improves communities through the Social Innovation Fund; and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. For more information, visit nationalservice.gov.

About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at Redcross, Wicklow, Ireland