TULALIP — Local heroes and Red Cross volunteers were to be honored Thursday for acts of courage, selflessness and service to community. The 2016 Red Cross Centennial Heroes Breakfast, at the Tulalip Resort Casino, is a fundraising event to help support the American Red Cross serving Snohomish County.
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Spirit of Service: Richard and Kathy Kennard
Richard and Kathy Kennard, of Snohomish, are volunteers with the American Red Cross in Snohomish County. During more than 45 years of marriage, they have traveled for ministry and mission work. In the past couple years, their time has been devoted to a local Red Cross disaster action team.
Featured in The Herald in August, they described how the team responds at all hours to help people in the aftermath of home fires and other emergencies. Richard Kennard has headed a countywide smoke-alarm campaign, which last year installed 788 fire warning devices. The alarms last a decade, and don’t require new batteries each year.
Kathy Kennard helps teach people about fire prevention and escape plans. The retired couple are on call twice a month to bring Red Cross help to people affected by fires.
“They just had a fire and they don’t know who to turn to, where to go,” Richard Kennard told the Red Cross. “A lot of people don’t realize that there are disasters going on in your neighborhood,” his wife said.
Julie Muhlstein: 425-339-3460; jmuhlstein@heraldnet.com.
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