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Activate your community and help save lives. {NAME} — we’re kicking off our annual effort to Sound the Alarm in at-risk communities by educating 100,000 people nationwide about home fire safety. Even though volunteering in-person is more difficult these days, you can still help in other ways to activate your community and save lives. The first step is [taking the pledge to keep your family safe by taking 2 simple steps.]( Next, help amplify this message by sharing this email with 3 of your friends and loved ones so that they can commit to these two steps to be prepared in case of a home fire. Forward the message below to 3 of your friends and loved ones so they can commit to these 2 steps to prevent home fires. Home fire preparedness starts with each of us, {NAME} — families in their homes taking precautions together. But we can also save lives by spreading awareness and motivating our communities to be prepared. Together, we can champion home fire safety and save lives. Thank you for your support. —Alison Having trouble viewing this message? [Click Here]( [Take the time to make a plan today - Sound the Alarm]( One Important Minute of Your Day Today Could Help Save a Life Take the [pledge to prepare]( and help your family and your community stay safe from home fire disasters. [Take the Pledge]( Dear {NAME}, Unless it’s happened to you, having your home destroyed by fire is unthinkable. The physical dangers of a quick-spreading fire, the loss of irreplaceable possessions, and to compound it all, the lack of a personal shelter safe from the spread of COVID-19… it is hard to imagine a more devastating circumstance. In fact, home fires claim seven lives in the U.S. every day and are the most frequent disaster the American Red Cross responds to. Sound the Alarm launches today — with the important goal of helping keep families safe from the dangers of home fires. To do our part, the Red Cross is committed to educating 100,000 people nationwide about home fire safety over the next month! We will help families create their escape plans and work with fire departments to install smoke alarms in homes where it’s safe to do so. And, here’s what you can do right now to join this lifesaving movement: [Sign the Pledge to Prepare!]( By signing the pledge, you’re committing to take small but important steps to be home fire safe: by creating an escape plan in the event of a fire, and regularly testing your smoke alarms. [2021 Sound the Alarm Preparedness Checklist]( {NAME}, it is more important than ever that we do everything we can to prevent this most common of tragedies. Are you ready to join us as we Sound the Alarm this spring? Thank you in advance for your participation! [Alison Teres] Alison Teres Executive Director, Humanitarian Services American Red Cross [Lowes | Delta] We thank Delta Air Lines and Lowe’s for supporting the mission of the Red Cross. [Subscribe]( | [Contact Us]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Staying in touch via the American Red Cross email list is the best way we have of keeping in regular contact with supporters like you, letting you know about how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from disasters and other emergencies, and how you can support our life-saving work. [Click here]( to unsubscribe from our list, but please know that if you leave, it will be harder for you to stay involved with the Red Cross and continue the work of which you’ve been such a critical part. It is only because of supporters like you that the Red Cross is able to respond when a disaster strikes or a home is impacted by fire, when someone needs CPR or a lifesaving blood transfusion, or when a family needs to contact a deployed service member in an emergency. And we don’t want to lose you! Thanks for your support! © [2021 American Red Cross]( | 431 18th Street NW Washington DC 20006 Donate by phone: 1-800-RED CROSS(1-800-733-2767) | [Donate by Mail]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( [Prepare, respond and help families recover from home fires.]( [BBB] [Seal of Transparency - Platinum]( [90¢] The Red Cross is proud that an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need.