Torrential rain failed to dampen the spirits of many who volunteered for “A Cause for Alarms: Mega Blitz 2017.” About half of the 600 registrants showed up at the soggy staging ground outside Jack Casino despite the downpour. The goal was to install 1,200 free smoke alarms in nine neighborhoods in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. But because of the rain and shortage of volunteers, about half that number were installed. Still, organizers say, the Blitz was a blast.
Click on a thumbnail below to view photo gallery from the event.
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- Cincinnati Red Cross board members Suzanne McNabb, David Meyer, Marijke Woodruff, James Hagen, CEO Trish Smitson and Marcus Taylor
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- Xavier University mascot Blue Blob and Cincinnati Reds mascot Mr. Redlegs with Bob Herzog, event emcee and Local12 anchor
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- David Mann, Cincinnati vice mayor; Trish Smitson, Cincinnati Red Cross CEO; Delores Hargrove-Young, Red Cross board chair; Roy Winston, Cincinnati Fire Department interim chief; and Deborah Gentry Davis, Jack Casino vice president
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