· Provided 66,312 hours of service from 440 volunteers, with a dollar value of $1,536,956.
· Helped 1,185 people suffering losses due to house fires and flooding, providing $186,519 in direct assistance.
· Trained 7,461 people in First Aid and CPR.
· Trained 274 Lifeguards.
· 13 local volunteers helped with 5 national disaster relief operations for a total of 194 days.
· Trained 146 young people in Babysitting skills.
· Trained 177 companies and 25 schools in lifesaving skills.
· Provided 1,381 services to military families during times of crisis.
· Added 73 new instructors in CPR, AED and First Aid.

The Greater Chattanooga Area American Red Cross serves more than 725,000 people in 13 counties, which includes those assisted in the four counties served by the Hiwassee American Red Cross chapter in Cleveland, TN.

History of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Chapter

The Greater Chattanooga Area Chapter received its charter three months after the United States entered World War I in 1917 and began as a surgical dressing unit making bandages and dressings for wounded soldiers. Volunteers provided outstanding services through the railroad canteen located at the terminal station, which is now the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Volunteers worked ten hours each day serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks to hundreds of soldiers. Volunteers were sometimes called in the middle of the night to prepare meals.

Today, the Greater Chattanooga Area Chapter is one of five regional chapters in Tennessee. Our services range from teaching CPR and first aid to responding to fires, tornadoes and floods. All services provided by the chapter are made possible through generous donations of money and time from the American people.