Fundraiser

The Tri-County Red Cross is having it's inaugural Mayor's Jail and Bail to raise money for local disaster relief.  Mayors from all 22 towns have been invited to participate, as have other community leaders such as school board members, business leaders, religious leaders, police and fire chiefs and more.

Mayors Colleen Mahr of Fanwood and Vic Sordillo of Warren are our chairs for this event, which will be held on October 2, 2010 at the Fanwood Municipal Court, 75 N. Martine Avenue, Fanwood, NJ. The following people have already committed.

2010 Mayors Jail and Bail Co-Chairs
Colleen Mahr, Mayor of Fanwood (Jail Bird Page)
Victor Sordillo, Mayor of Warren (Jail Bird Page) 

Mayor Jail Birds
Antonia Ricigliano, Mayor of Edison (Jail Bird Page) | Michael Giordano, Mayor of North Plainfield (Jail Bird Page) | Jim Kennedy, Mayor of Rahway (Jail Bird Page) | Joseph DeLorio, Mayor of Roselle Park (Jail Bird Page) | Nancy Malool, Mayor of Scotch Plains (Jail Bird Page) | Albert Ellis, Mayor of Watchung (Jail Bird Page) 

Elected Official Jail Birds
Derek Armstrong, Councilman of Linden (Jail Bird Page) | Mary Forbes, Councilwoman of North Plainfield (Jail Bird Page) | Everett Merill, Councilman of North Plainfield (Jail Bird Page) | Douglas Singleterry, Councilman of North Plainfield (Jail Bird Page) | Jamel Holley, Councilman of Roselle (Jail Bird Page)

Community Leader Jail Birds
Michael Prasad, Tri-County Red Cross Emergency Services Director (Jail Bird Page) | James Rodino, North Plainfield Public Works Director (Jail Bird Page) | Beverly Rolston-Blenman, Vice President Solaris Health Systems (Jail Bird Page) | Nathan Rudy, Tri-County Red Cross Executive Director (Jail Bird Page) | Mark Vernick, Branch Manager, TD Bank of Scotch Plains (Jail Bird Page) 

TURN YOURSELF IN!

You don't have to be a Mayor to get arrested at the Red Cross Mayors Jail & Bail -- anyone can be a "Jail Bird"! All you have to do is sign up and turn yourself in at the Fanwood Court on October 2, 2010 to be "arraigned." A celebrity judge will set "bail" at an agreed upon amount, and you then make some calls

to raise the bail in donations to the Red Cross.  You can sign up to be a Jail Bird using our personal fundraising web tools here.

HELP US RAISE BAIL

Jail Birds from all 22 towns served by the Tri-County Red Cross are being arraigned on October 2, 2010 at the Fanwood Court. You can

help them avoid jail  by donating towards their bail. All of the money raised for bail will go to support disaster prevention and relief in Union, Somerset and Middlesex Counties. Call us at (908) 756-6414 or visit a Jail Bird to bail them out of Jail!

Do you sell stuff on eBay?  Then you can raise money for the Red Cross!

Do you buy stuff on eBay?  Then you can raise money for the Red Cross!

eBay has a great program called MissionFish where you can sell items and designate a portion of the sale to go to the Tri-County Red Cross.  All you have to do is post your stuff on eBay, designate between 10% and 100% of the sale as a donation and you have helped provide disaster relief in the greater Union County area.

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Donate to support Red Cross Flood Relief in NJ

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As you know, New Jersey got hit with a wicked storm last weekend that flooded large parts of our community.  The Tri-County Red Cross opened shelters in North Plainfield and Cranford that served families from seven towns, and our volunteers continue to help in our chapter and around the state.

 

In Branchburg there is still a shelter open for residents of Bound Brook.  It's heartbreaking that people have to stay in a shelter for two weeks before they can get back in their homes.

 

The Red Cross has sheltered about a thousand people, and volunteers have served close to 90,000 meals and snacks at the shelters and in people's homes who still don't have heat or electricity. 

 

Needless to say, this is very expensive and the Red Cross needs your help to offset the costs of this ongoing operation.

 

Please consider making a gift today of $50, $100, $1000 or more to replenish our American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.  You can make the gift online at our website, by calling Corinna at (908) 756-6414, or mailing it to 332 West Front Street, Plainfield NJ 07060.

 

But even more importantly, please consider holding a fundraiser at your home, school, workplace or in the community.  A pot-luck dinner, a cocktail party, or just collecting change at work are all good ideas, but you can go with anything you think is worth it.  Give me a call at (908) 756-6414 and I'll be glad to help out.

 

Believe it or not, this is how I first got involved with the American Red Cross.  In 1999 I was a volunteer for North Plainfield helping pull people out of their cars and homes along Somerset Street and Greenbrook Road for the town's Office of Emergency Management.  Whenever we rescued someone we took them to the Red Cross shelter at the community center.

 

I was so impressed with the Red Cross and their operation that I organized a fundraiser with local restaurants.  We got pizza, Mexican, sandwiches, Chinese and lots of other food one evening after the water receded and charged $10 or whatever someone could afford to come for dinner.

 

Believe it or not we raised a few thousand dollars that night.  I did it again after 9/11, the tsunami and Katrina.  I hope you'll consider getting involved with us, as well.  It's really gratifying and helps a lot of people.

 

Thanks for your support, and I look forward to hearing from you!

 

Best regards,

Nathan Rudy

Executive Director, Tri-County Red Cross