RED CROSS WORK

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 298, 17 December 1942, Page 4

RED CROSS WORK

AMERICAN SERVICES

AUCKLAND CO-OPERATION

The gratitude of the American Red Cross and the medical authorities for the services of the Grey Ladies of the Auckland -Red Cross Society was voiced by Mr. R. G . Parker, field director of the American Red Cross when speaking at a meeting of delegates of branches of the society. tv,«T r ' Pa r ker . who was the guest of the evening, thanked the AucklanH sa "a speaker said he could not let thai Instance he* had exceeded expectations As an faciffio 5 ? th? a the .Unctions and Mr Park or ,lf Am , erican Red Cross, vice tor S o.diS re f^l f e h 5 e tnno f ■ deatl ?< sickness or ill f or ' of the rJh't y - became the task cases anrf tCross to investigate these Possfh?e r every assistance * 'f here w ere always ample funds for these activities. fiid, of COUrSG. was? a nrnmi aim 1 of'thL re A°' R f d Cross work. The aim of the American Red Cross wac of fhpnn-f aider ln every home instrnrVirt States Last year they instructed seven million students in first aid, and during that period the Cross tex t book made UnitSrt ef C ,° rd l or a "y book the hiaJ States, for the first time in history ousting the Bible from the primary position. Training and orga niwtion of nurses for holpitals and of the n" ltS ™ eF ? a ' SO the tasks ot the Red Cross in America.