Fayette Branch Location (serving Fayette & Colorado Counties):

255 Svoboda Lane, #111

La Grange, TX 78945

(979) 968-8931

Hours: Monday-Thursday 8AM - 5PM

Email: stacey_norris@riocoloradoarc.org

Ellinger C of C Parade

Pictures form the Ellinger C of C parade Sunday 5/30/10, where the Red Cross military drive was conducted. Pictured by the ERV are two new Volunteer DAT members, Left to right is Rocky Tappen and Doris Wittkamm.

LaGrange Optimist Club Donates $200.00 to the American Red Cross Heores Campaign.

Left to right is Carroll Rogers, volunteer Branch Office Manager of Fayette and Colorado county, accepting a check from Rhonda Henstcell and Misty Touchet

Help the Red Cross Reach Its Goal

LA GRANGE, TX, April 14, 2010 – Eugene Niemeyer and local Farm Bureaus became “Heroes for the American Red Cross” today. Through their donations, the Fayette County Farm Bureau of $600, Cistern Local Farm Bureau of $300 and Niemeyer's personal donation of $100, your local Red Cross office has raised over $5,700 for its Heroes Campaign. These funds will be used to support disaster relief, assistance for fire victims, emergency military communications, first aid and CPR training and disaster preparedness information for our community as well as an Americorps Vista for 2011 for Fayette and Colorado counties.
All support for local Red Cross services comes from individual donations in Fayette and Colorado Counties and Health and Safety Course Fees. When those funds are expended, funds are pulled from the total chapter budget to support emergency services. There were nine Single Family Fires since July, 2009 with expenditures totaling over $7000. The ideal funding is for each county to receive designated funds, however Fayette and Colorado Counties have not been self sufficient since the Chapter assumed responsibility for the counties in FY 2006 so funding is pulled from the chapter general funds.
The fundraising goal for Fayette and Colorado counties is $16,000. Our current local Heroes include Second Chance Emporium, Flatonia Farm Bureau, La Grange Noon Lions Club, Hospice Brazos Valley, Fayette County Farm Bureau, Cistern Local Farm Bureau, Eugene & Barbara Niemeyer, and individual donors. Please visit the following businesses to support the Red Cross Counter Canisters - LifeChek Drug, F.H.'s Brisket & Brew, Le Petite Gourmet, and Jayne's Place. If your group or organization would like to participate in this campaign, please contact Stacey Norris at 979-968-8931 or Stacey_Norris@RioColoradoArc.org and we will get you started. Personal donations can be sent to American Red Cross, 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange, please include Heroes Campaign in the memo line.

(Right to Left) - Eugene Niemeyer presenting Red Cross Volunteer Carroll Rogers with three checks totaling $1000 at Heroes Campaign Thermometer located in front of the courthouse in La Grange.

1st Picture: (Left to Right - Marlise Lonn and Christy Claxton from Hospice Brazos Valley - Ice Cream Fundraiser On the Square in La Grange on March 26, raised $300 for the Red Cross)
 

2nd Picture: (Left to Right - Red Cross Volunteers Doris Wittkamm and Carroll Rogers with Heroes Campaign Thermometer located in front of the courthouse in La Grange)
 

Military Drive
The American Red Cross branch office serving Fayette and Colorado counties is collecting military addresses for servicemen and women serving overseas. The military personnel must be a resident of either Fayette or Colorado county and currently serving outside the United States. The Red Cross will use the addresses to send care packages to these servicemen and women on a quarterly basis. The next batch of care packages will contain yummy girl scout cookies!

Please forward the addresses to Stacey Norris, Community Outreach Coordinator, at Stacey_Norris@RioColoradoArc.org or American Red Cross, 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange, 78945 by May 21. Make sure to include your local contact information to ensure addresses stay current for future care package drives.

Volunteer Orientations
The American Red Cross office serving Fayette and Colorado counties is recruiting volunteers. These volunteer positions include office volunteers, CPR Instructor Aides, military caseworkers, and Disaster Action Team members. Volunteer orientations will be offered on Thursday, May 27 at 6pm, Wednesday, June 2 at 12noon, and Wednesday, June 9 at 6pm in the Agricultural Building - 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange. Reserve your seat today by calling or emailing Stacey Norris, Red Cross Community Outreach Coordinator, at 979-968-8913 or Stacey_Norris@riocoloradoarc.org.
 

Thanks to these 2010 Heroes for the American Red Cross Contributors:

Second Chance Emporium
Flatonia Farm Bureau
La Grange Noon Lions Club
Hospice Brazos Valley
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Cistern Local Farm Bureau
Round Top State Bank
City of La Grange
LifeChek Drug
F.H.'s Brisket & Brew
Le Petite Gourmet
Jayne's Place
Whataburger
First Baptist Church
Texas One Stop
Greater Lighthouse Assembly of God
Prosperity Bank
Migls Supermarket
Round Top Mercantile Company
Copper Shade Tree
Wild Women/Wise Women
Whataburger

Dates & Events:

May 27th, June 2nd, and June 9th - Volunteer Orientation

The American Red Cross office serving Fayette and Colorado counties is recruiting volunteers. These volunteer positions include office volunteers, CPR Instructor Aides, military caseworkers, and Disaster Action Team members. Volunteer orientations will be offered on Thursday, May 27 at 6pm, Wednesday, June 2 at 12noon, and Wednesday, June 9 at 6pm in the Agricultural Building - 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange. Reserve your seat today by calling or emailing Stacey Norris, Red Cross Community Outreach Coordinator, at 979-968-8913 or Stacey_Norris@riocoloradoarc.org.

Supporting Our Troops

The Red Cross military drive was a huge success! Through the generous donations from the students and staff of Sacred Heart School in La Grange, the La Grange Service Unit Girl Scout troop, Fayette County 4H Horse Project Club, Fayette Savings Bank, La Grange Rotary, and the communities of Fayette and Colorado counties, the Red Cross was able to collect enough items to share with over thirty servicemen and women. The first Red Cross military drive was completed in December of 2009 and the next one will take place in July 2010. Please contact Stacey Norris at 979-968-8931 or Stacey_Norris@RioColoradoArc.org for more information.

 

Picture (Left to Right) Carroll Rogers, American Red Cross Branch Manager and Stacey Norris, Community Outreach Coordinator

LaGrange Middle School Helps Haiti

LaGrange Middle School student council representative Zachary Ledwik presents a check for $256.30 for earthquake relief in Haiti to American Red Cross representative Carroll Rogers. The students raised the money by selling chain links to fellow students.