American Red Cross: One-on-One Interview Opportunity Today.

CLEVELAND -- American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter:

WHAT:  Mark Everson, President and CEO of the American National Red
       Cross, visits Cleveland and speaks at The City Club of
       Cleveland

WHERE: The City Club of Cleveland
       850 Euclid Avenue
       Cleveland, OH

WHEN:  Friday, Oct. 19, 2007
       Lunch 12 p.m.
       One-on-one interviews immediately following

ABOUT: The American Red Cross is about more than disasters and blood.
       It is a critical link in an international humanitarian chain
       that delivers help to the world's most vulnerable people at
       their most difficult times.

       Mark W. Everson, who became President and CEO in May 2007,
       tells how he is focusing on the management and the mission of
       the Red Cross to strengthen its capacity to help. The former
       Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service now heads a $3.2
       billion agency that provides almost half the nation's blood
       supply, responds to thousands of disasters each year, helps
       service men and women and their families, trains millions in
       lifesaving skills - and relies on donated time, money and blood
       to do its work.

       The Greater Cleveland Chapter helps people prevent, prepare for
       and respond to emergencies by providing shelter, food, clothing
       and mental health counseling to families affected by disasters
       in Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake Counties. All disaster relief is
       free and is made possible by generous donations from the
       American people. The Chapter also provides CPR, First Aid,
       Water Safety and preparedness training to thousands of
       individuals each year. The Greater Cleveland Chapter has been
       the respected humanitarian disaster response organization in
       our community for 102 years. For more information about the
       American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter, visit
       www.redcross-cleveland.org.