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5 Things, January 16: Give a Pint of Blood, Get a Pound of Dunkin' Donuts Coffee

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Upcoming Blood Drive; O'Donnell Middle School 8th Grade Concert; Teddybear Storytime at the Library; And More...

"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Blood Drive The 7th Masonic District American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Saturday, Jan. 19 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Stoughton Masonic Lodge at 925 Pleasant St. in Stoughton. All donors will receive a voucher or a free pound of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. For an appointment, call 1-800-Red Cross (1-800-733-2767) or visit www.redcrossblood.org. 2. O'Donnell Middle School Winter Concerts Kick Off The 8th Graders at the O'Donnell Middle School have their Winter Concert Wednesday, Jan. 16 starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Stoughton High auditorium. The 8th Grade Chorus, 8th Grade Band and Wednesday Jazz Band will …

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How You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Sandy

The New York Red Cross offers ways you can help friends and family devastated by the storm.

The New York Red Cross provided the following information with suggestions for helping those affected by Sandy's impact.

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TELL US: Are You Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse?

The American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts has launched a website to help residents prepare for an emergence of zombies.

Certainly in the spirit of Halloween, but more appropriate for the long-debated Mayan Apocalypse, the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts this week launched a new website that aims to prepare everyone for dealing with the potential rise of zombies, according to a report in the Metro this week.   The website, SavingZombies.com, provides readers with a count-down to the alleged "apocalypse" that some have suggested on the internet is predicted for Dec. 21 by the ancient Mayans (several resources have debunked the myth on the Internet, such as NASA.com; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meanwhile, has released tongue-in-cheek "zombie warnings," but has also denied the existence of Zombies, according to The Huffington …

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Stoughton Resident Among Local Volunteers Sent to Help with Flooding After Isaac Hits Gulf Region

The American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts sent volunteers to the Gulf Region - including Tom Grimsley of Stoughton - to help those affected by Hurricane Isaac.

The following is from the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts: Tom Grimsley of Stoughton is among the hundreds of volunteers across the U.S. who are deployed to help those affected by Hurricane Isaac. A specialist in health services, Grimsley answered the call early to deploy to Miami last week to await landfall. Now that the storm has changed track and the greatest need is in the Mississippi Delta, Grimsley will be traveling first to Houston and then to New Orleans to help the relief effort there. As of Wednesday night there were nearly 80 shelters that were run by or supported by the Red Cross for Hurricane Isaac across 7 states. More than 4,700 people stayed in these shelters. Every hurricane is different, and with Isaac the …

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Stoughton Resident Sent to Florida to Help Area Prepare for Arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac

The American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts is sending volunteers to Florida - including Tom Grimsley of Stoughton - to help before storm’s possible landfall.

Information from an American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts press release used in this article: A Stoughton resident is part of a group of people from Massachusetts “volunteering to jump on a plane [Friday] to help Florida prepare" for its response to Tropical Storm Isaac, according to Kat Powers, Communications Director of the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts. “Tropical Storm Isaac is threatening parts of the Caribbean and could affect southern Florida early next week,” Powers wrote in an email. “Isaac could bring strong winds gusting as high as 75 mph and 4 to 8 inches of rain. The American Red Cross is helping prepare individuals and communities in the path of the storm, while taking steps to respond in Florida if needed…

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Stoughton TRIAD Meeting Tackles Red Cross Disaster Preparedness

Seniors were given tips on how to deal with unanticipated emergencies.

TRIAD Chairman, Donald Interrante recently facilitated a group discussion on Red Cross Disaster Preparedness at the Stoughton Senior Center.   Stoughton Fire Chief Mark Dolloff established the importance of this topic by polling the group as to how many seniors lost electricity during last summer’s hurricane/tropical storm.   With half of the group experiencing a loss of electricity, Dolloff continued to express the timeliness of this meeting with winter now upon us and the drastic impact that utility loss would have in colder temperatures. The Red Cross commended Stoughton’s preparedness saying, “It’s fantastic.” In case of an unanticipated emergency, the Red Cross stresses the importance of having three weeks of supplies on hand.   Some …

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About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Give a Pint, Get a Pound; Job Search Workshops (And More…)

Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.

GIVE A PINT, GET A POUND: There's an American Red Cross Blood Drive taking place on Friday, January 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the New England Sinai Hospital & Rehabilitation Center.  It will take place at the 150 York Street facility, in the Brenner Conference Room on the first floor. To make reservations to donate, call 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/.  All presenting donors receive a coupon for a pound of Dunkin' Donuts coffee in honor of National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. *** FARBER TO BE FEATURED: Stoughton's own Shirley Farber, editor and publisher of Shalom Magazine, will be featured speaker at Temple Israel in Sharon at a 10 a.m. brunch on February 12. Farber, a journalist, …

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