Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 18, 1993 TAG: 9302180576
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Heartsaver Saturday planned this weekendThe American Heart Association will hold its fifth annual Heartsaver Saturday this weekend, in observance of February as Heart Month. The event is to teach Roanoke Valley residents cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other life-saving techniques.
Volunteers from Roanoke Valley hospitals and rescue squads will teach two sessions of CPR Saturday at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 515 Third St. S.W. The first session will be from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and the second from 1-5 p.m. There is a $5 fee, and the number of people in each session will be limited.
CPR is a technique for providing limited, temporary, external support to the breathing and circulatory systems to unconscious victims who are not breathing and have no pulse. If CPR is not started in at least six minutes, the victim's recovery outlook is grim.
Roanoke Valley emergency crews received more than 300 cardiac arrest calls last year, according to Jane Lindsey, a Heart Association volunteer.
To register for the Heartsaver Saturday sessions, call Carilion Physician Referral and Health Information at 981-7641.
For information on other CPR classes, call the Heart Association at 989-2810.
Volunteers needed to help Asian refugees
The Roanoke office of Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services needs volunteers to help newly arriving families from Southeast Asia get settled in the Roanoke Valley.
The families will need help with getting driver's licenses, finding their way around, comparison shopping and other tasks of daily life.
Tutors also are needed to teach conversational English. No teaching experience is required, and training and materials are provided. Tutoring schedules are flexible.
Call Jann Guyre at 342-7561 for more information.
Foster parents sought to care for infants
The Roanoke office of the Children's Home Society of Virginia is in need of foster homes for infants.
The babies are cared for in foster homes temporarily until they are returned to their birth families or placed in adoptive homes. Foster care usually starts immediately upon the infants' release from the hospital.
The agency provides formula, clothing and medical care for the infants, and foster parents are paid a daily stipend. Prospective foster parents must complete a home study before being approved.
For more information, contact the Children's Home Society at 344-9281.