Volunteers from both Georgia and national headquarters represented The American Red Cross in Morgan County at the site of the popular ABC tv show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on Tuesday. The show will be in Madison, Georgia all this week filming and building a home for the Anaiah Rucker family. 9-year-old Anaiah Rucker pushed her younger sister out of the way of an oncoming truck resulting in the loss of her own leg and kidney. Loretta Berryman, a Morgan County school bus driver, stopped at the scene and performed CPR which saved Anaiah’s life. In honor of Loretta the Red Cross is offering a Citizen CPR course all week at the Morgan County Lion’s Club. Classes are offered at 10A.M., 11P.M, and 2P.M., every day until Friday. The class lasts about an hour and ends with a chance for those who signed up to practice their new knowledge on CPR dummies.
Before the 1:00P.M class on Tuesday, the Extreme Makeover Home Edition crew arrived to film the class and volunteers. One of the stars of the show, Paige Hemmis came along with the camera crew. Many volunteers were excited to hear that Paige used to be a CPR course instructor. Jeff Taylor, executive director of the American Red Cross East Georgia Chapter, ended Tuesday’s class by presenting Loretta Berryman with a Certificate of Recognition for Extraordinary Personal Action.
So far the course has been a great success and a wonderful opportunity for the Red Cross. Our volunteers hope that people will continue to sign up all week. Anyone interested in taking the course this week may sign up at the volunteer tent in the Beacon Heights shopping center. Look for the Red Cross tent and volunteers to get on the class list. Make sure to watch for the episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to air in late fall!
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