Red Cross

Taking its name from the national humanitarian organization, Gabrielino Red Cross aims to raise awareness for first aid and disaster response. 

   It is a local chapter based in Area 2 of the LA county, extending from the San Gabriel Valley to Pomona, offering service hours in the form of information sessions where members can work with younger kids and teach basic safety.

   President Kaylyn Thai, 12, tells us “you can get firsthand experience working with doctors and nurses”, as well as being apart of a broader community of high school volunteers.. Members can even gain experience in drawing blood, reflective of Red Cross’s blood drive which was conducted the week before Thanksgiving break.

   On the importance of this drive, Thai stresses that 1 pint of blood saves 3 lives which amplified to the scale of a high school saves countless lives. “We’re very lucky that we can reproduce blood”, she furthers.

   Red Cross’s other major event, Sound the Alarm, takes place in the second semester, where members will offer to check the smoke and fire detectors and replace them if need be.

   Red Cross meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in B208.