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Byline: The Register-Guard

Free training available

to Red Cross instructors

COOS BAY - Area residents who volunteer to teach Red Cross courses can receive free instructor training through the Oregon Pacific Chapter of the American Red Cross.

The three-day course, which prepares people to teach Red Cross health and safety courses, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-9 at the Coos Bay Red Cross office, 1165 D Newmark Ave.. The course typically costs $200. The fee will be waived for those who agree to become a volunteer Red Cross instructor or a paid, on-call instructor. The free training is due to a grant from the Ford Family Foundation.

Participants will be required to pass a standard first aid class and the Fundamentals of Instructor Training course to be eligible to begin teaching.

Participants must register in advance and meet eligibility requirements to begin training. For more information or to register, call [phone] or [phone].

Car seat safety clinic

offered free in Florence 

FLORENCE - A free car seat safety clinic will be held Monday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue firehouse.

The clinic aims to ensure that when parents drive away, their children are safely secured in a correctly installed safety seat.

The firehouse is at 2625 Highway 101 in Florence. For information, call [phone].

The clinic is organized by Lane County SAFE KIDS, as well as the Western Lane Ambulance District, Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue, Lane County Fire District No. 1, the Florence Kiwanis Club and the Western Lane Community Foundation. The event is important, organizers say, because the area is mostly rural with fast highways, and because there are limited child safety resources nearby.

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