AMERICAN RED CROSS, ROTA NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2014

HOLA ROTA!

Become an American Red Cross Rota Volunteer Today!!

Volunteer Orientation is held the first Wednesday of each the month, from 12-1

pm in the Community Support Building, 3293. Come to the Red Cross office

and we will get you signed in and directed to the classroom. Our next Volunteer

Orientation will be on November 5th, 12-1 pm.

There are several different ways that we can use your help! Our Special Events

Committee, DGF, and Housing to name a few, are always looking for more

volunteers. In addition, we have a number of volunteer leadership positions

available within the American Red Cross Rota.

Orientation is the perfect time to find out

more about these exciting opportunities.

Tell your friends and co-worker about volun-

teering with the Red Cross Volunteer!

IN THIS ISSUE

NURSE GIBB’S HEALTH & SAFTEY CORNER

FIRE PREVENTION MONTH

TEAM RED CROSS VOLUN-

TEER APP

HOLIDAY MAIL FOR HEROES

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

5 NOV– VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION

6 NOV– VETERANS DAY HEALTH FAIR

LATE NOV- HOLIDAY MAIL FOR HEROES

SORTING PARTY

November Birthdays:

Abraham Lopez, 1st

Cynthia Sanchez, 4th

Melissa Tacheron, 21st

Leah Lindsey, 22nd

Victoria Le, 25th

Alexander Cardenas, 27th

Charles Hampton, 29th

NOVEMBER: Tobacco Free Living Month

Nurse Gibbs Health & Safety Corner

According to the National Cancer Institute, 87% of lung cancer deaths are caused by cigarette smoking. On the other hand, smokeless tobacco also contains carcinogens, and its use has been linked to oral, esophageal, and pancreatic cancer.

This month, the Health Promotions & Wellness division of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center has des-ignated November as Tobacco Free Living Month. To join in their efforts, we have included a list of tips from their website,

on how to become tobacco free:

1. FIND YOUR REASONS TO QUIT. You may have support to quit or even peer pressure to continue using tobacco so the decision comes from you!

2. SELECT A METHOD THAT FITS YOU. Going cold turkey, cutting back, using medication or finding what works best for you.

3. SET A QUIT DATE. Plan a time. Choose a day in the next few weeks and commit. Circle that date on your calendar or planner. Plan to be tobacco free.

4. SUPPORT. Ask your friends and family to support your efforts. Ask former dippers and smokers what helped them quit.

5. RECOGNIZE YOUR TRIGGERS. Which triggers may be easy and which triggers seem to be difficult? For example: upon awakening in the morning, after drinking coffee or after a meal? Plan in advance how you will handle these situations without using to-bacco.

6. MAKE A QUIT PLAN. When is the best day? Which method will work best? Who will support me? How will I make my surroundings a tobacco free zone? What other strategies will I use?

NURSE GIBBS-HEALTH & SAFETY CORNER: TOBACCO FREE LIVING MONTH

NURSE GIBBS-HEALTH & SAFETY CORNER: TOBACCO FREE LIVING MONTH

7. TELL SUPPORTERS. Inform your family and friends of your quit date. Ask for their support and remind friends not to ask you out to the deck or to offer tobacco. (You didn’t run out, you quit!)

8. MOTIVATION. Write down reasons for quitting. Read it several times during the day, especially when you have cravings. Keep written reasons where your pack or can used to be. Instead of grabbing the tobacco products you’ll grab a hand full of rea-sons to quit!

9. QUIT WITH SOMEONE. Everything is better when you do it together! Spouses, friends, co-workers or maybe a group may want to give it a try. You can take breaks, walk and talk with the same people, and quit together.

10.MAKE A QUIT BAG. Get a survival bag with items to help you. Some common things are toothpicks and cinnamon sticks, sugarless hard candy and gum or stress balls, pens and rubber bands for your hands.

11.RESIST CRAVINGS. When a craving strikes, try to distract yourself. The four D’s can help: Deep breaths, Drink water, Do something else, and Delay.

12.AVOID UNHEALTHY REPLACEMENTS. Replacing tobacco with alcohol, high calories drinks, candy, fatty foods and deserts can lead to other problems. Your metabolism changes when you quit smoking. If you replace one habit with another, make a healthy choice.

13.INCREASE EXERCISE. Exercising will help you stay in shape, feel better, rid your body of toxins and keep your weight in check.

14.LEARN FROM THE PAST. If you have tried to quit before and suffered a set-back, remember your triggers. Be prepared! Stay motivated! If you slip up, remember it is never too early or too late to try again. WANT ADDITIONAL HELP? Call or Log onto: http://www.ucanquit2.org/ http://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/ http://www.nmcphc.med.navy.mil/Healthy_Living/ National/

State Free Quit Line 1-800-QUIT-NOW 1-800-784-8669 Call theTricare Smoking Ces-sation Quitlines: North Region 1-866-459-8766 South Region 1-877-414-9949 / West Region 1-866-244-6870

Till next month!

American Red Cross Fire Safety and Prevention (Home Fires) By Scott Humphreys, Disaster Chair

Fire Safety & Prevention

Did you know that if a fire starts in your home, you may have just two minutes to es-cape?

The most effective way to protect yourself and your home from fire is to identify and remove fire hazards. 60 percent of house fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke alarms. During a home fire, working smoke alarms and a fire escape plan that has been practiced regularly can save lives.

Fire Safety Tips

If a fire occurs in your home, GET OUT, STAY OUT and CALL for help.

Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.

Test smoke alarms once a month, if they’re not working, change the batteries.

Talk with all household members about a fire escape plan and practice the plan twice a year.

Preparing and Preventing a Home Fire - Steps You Can Take Now

Keep items that can catch on fire at least three feet away from anything that gets hot, such as space heaters.

Never smoke in bed.

Talk to your children regularly about the dangers of fire, matches and lighters and keep them out of reach.

Turn portable heaters off when you leave the room or go to sleep.

Smoke Alarms

Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.

Teach your children what smoke alarms sound like and what to do when they hear one.

American Red Cross Fire Safety and Prevention (Home Fires) By Scott Humphreys, Disaster Chair

Test smoke alarms once a month, if they’re not working, change the batteries.

Smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years. Never disable smoke or carbon monoxide alarms.

Carbon monoxide alarms are not substitutes for smoke alarms. Know the difference between the sound of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms.

Fire Escape Planning

Ensure that all household members know two ways to escape from every room of your home.

Make sure everyone knows where to meet outside in case of fire.

Practice escaping from your home at least twice a year and at different times of the day. Practice waking up to smoke alarms, low crawling and meeting outside. Make sure everyone knows how to call 9-1-1.

Teach household members to STOP, DROP and ROLL if their clothes should catch on fire.

Cooking Safely

Stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen, even for a short period of time, turn off the stove.

Stay in the home while simmering, baking, roasting or boiling food. Check it regu-larly and use a timer to remind you that food is cooking.

Keep anything that can catch fire—like pot holders, towels, plastic and clothing— away from the stove.

Keep pets off cooking surfaces and countertops to prevent them from knocking things onto the burner.

Caution: Carbon Monoxide Kills

Install carbon monoxide alarms in central locations on every level of your home and outside sleeping areas.

If the carbon monoxide alarm sounds, move quickly to a fresh air location outdoors or by an open window or door.

Never use a generator, grill, camp stove or other gasoline, propane, natural gas or charcoal-burning devices inside a home, garage, basement, crawlspace or any partially enclosed area.

TEAM RED CROSS VOLUNTEER APP

We just received boxes of holiday cards for our Holiday Mail for Heroes Campaign. We need

help sorting the cards, making collages, and garland out of them. So, if you’re feeling crafty

and enjoy listening to holiday music then we could use your help. Please join us November

20th and 21st to sort and decorate cards for offices around base! For more information or

to sign up for a couple hours, a full day or both days please contact the office at 727-2333 or

by email at rota@redcross.org

HOLIDAY MAIL FOR HEROS COMING SOON!

Contact Us:

American Red Cross

BLDG 3293

Phone: DSN 314-727-2333

CIV: 956-82-2333

E-mail:

Rota@redcross.org

Facebook:

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Leadership Volunteers:

Winnie S. Boyle Station Chair Kathleen Banlaoi Recognition Chair Leslie Barstow Health & Safety Chair Stephen Berkey Special Events Chair Lars Engberg Publicity Chair Scott Humphreys Disaster Chair Shunacee Stills Hospital/Dental Chair Paid Staff:

Debbie L. Dustman Station Manager

Kayla A. Valenzuela Field Office Assistant