North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Local Fire Chief Becomes Blood Hero
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No one will argue the fact that firefighters are heroes. But when a firefighter, or in this case a fire chief, takes time out of his already busy schedule to organize blood drives, it’s going above and beyond his call of duty. That’s the story you’ll hear today, the story of Columbia Township Fire Department Chief Ray Anthony, an American Red Cross Blood Hero.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Retired Nurse Steps Up During COVID
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We continue our countdown to the American Red Cross of North Central Ohio’s Hero Awards with the story of Pam Oglesbee. Pam is a retired Registered Nurse who was one of the first to volunteer to administer COVID-19 vaccinations at clinics around Putnam County during the onset of the pandemic. Pam is the inaugural recipient of the Clara Ayres Award for Extraordinary Service, and rightly so, as you’ll hear.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Tiffin Officer Intervenes To Save A Life
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Tiffin Police Officer Christofer Perry spoke with our host, Christy Peters, about the day he was called to perform a welfare check and wound up saving the life of a man he wasn’t even there to check on.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Driver Shot During Road Rage Incident Saves Others
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Cassie Cisar and Marissa Smith are coworkers for a local transportation company for adults with disabilities and Susan Miller is an assistant manager of a local storer. Little did any of then know that one day that their lives would be forever changed and connected after a road rage shooting in Amherst Township.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Caregiver Rescues Elderly Woman From Burning Apartment
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Melissa Roszman is a caregiver and was working in an elderly community when she saw smoke coming from a nearby apartment. Without hesitating, Melissa sprung into action, potentially saving a life that day.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Findlay Officer's Heroism Saves A Life
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Findlay Police Officer Nicholas Price joined our host of this episode, Kyle Adam, to talk about the day of the Findlay Art Walk, and how his training kicked in when a local man was suffering a medical emergency.
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Dozens of Blood Donors Save New Mom's Life
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A Disaster Volunteer's Story: Canada Wildfire Relief
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Northern Ohio Red Cross Volunteer Paul Hiszem tells about his recent deployment to Canada as part of the relief effort amid the country's worst wildfire season in 30 years.
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A Mother's Journey with Her Sickle Cell Warrior
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Demeatrice Nance has been advocating for her Sickle Cell Warrior, Makenzie, since she was diagnosed after birth in October of 2003. Since then she's become a champion for blood donation and a hero to sickle cell patients everywhere.
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Hero Awards: Three Ordinary Citizens Step Up In Extraordinary Circumstances
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info_outlineThree students of the Kent State University School of Nursing helped save a man in distress in downtown Wooster, Ohio. The man was experiencing a violent seizure when students Audrey Jokovich, Keenan Orr, and Marissa Tyger happened to be walking by as they were working on a school assignment. They provided aid and obtained valuable information about the patient before EMS arrived on the scene. All three credit their Red Cross Basic Life Support training for helping them know what to do and how to stay calm in a very stressful situation. Hosted by Jim McIntyre, Regional Communications Director of the American Red Cross of Northern Ohio (and proud KSU grad - class of '81.)