{"id":42067,"date":"2013-08-20T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T12:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=42067"},"modified":"2013-08-21T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T12:22:18","slug":"lane-new-van-wert-red-cross-community-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/08\/20\/lane-new-van-wert-red-cross-community-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"Lane new Red Cross community executive"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/b>independent editor<\/i><\/p>\n

A few years ago, Sandy Lane was going through a tough time. She had recently lost her job when the Kongsberg plant closed and she was also going through a divorce.<\/p>\n

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New Red Cross Community Executive Sandy Lane at her desk in the local Red Cross office. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Typically, for Lane,, she reacted to her own personal troubles by deciding she would help others and started volunteering through the local chapter of the American Red Cross approximately 4\u00bd years ago. On Monday, Lane officially took over as the chapter\u2019s new community executive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed to do something positive,\u201d Lane said as the reason for her decision to volunteer with the Red Cross. \u201cI knew (former Red Cross executive) Edie (Laukhuf) and I came in and talked to her, and the rest is history,\u201d Lane said. \u201cI guess I\u2019ve always been wanting to help, but I never really did anything about it. Now, I have that opportunity to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane started out answering phones and then was talked into helping out with local blood drives. She eventually directed local bloodmobile operations.<\/p>\n

The new Red Cross executive had nothing but good words for Laukhuf, her predecessor. \u201cShe set the standard,\u201d Lane said. \u201cGood ethics, caring about the community, being a part of the community and getting things done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Red Cross executive added that Laukhuf still volunteers for the Red Cross and has assisted her in “learning the ropes” of her new position.<\/p>\n

While Lane hasn’t worked in the Red Cross\u2019 disaster response services area, she has an able Disaster Services director \u00a0in Mark Klausing, who has headed up that area for several years.<\/p>\n

Since her new job also involves recruiting new volunteers for the Red Cross, Lane said she is seeking people who want to help their community, much like she did when she first started volunteering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking for good ethics and a good heart,\u201d she said. \u201cSomebody who wants to help others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane, who also sits on the Van Wert County Disaster Team, said she is currently learning more about the other community agencies that provide assistance to local residents. She said she is meeting with other agency heads, including Major Art Barter of The Salvation Army and Deb Russell of the United Way, to ensure that the agencies aren\u2019t duplicating their efforts, while those in trouble get the services they need.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lane is happy and excited to head an organization she feels so positively about personally. \u201cI think (the Red Cross) is a wonderful organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor A few years ago, Sandy Lane was going through a tough time. She had recently lost her job when the Kongsberg plant closed and she was also going through a divorce. Typically, for Lane,, she reacted to her own personal troubles by deciding she would help others and started volunteering through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 21:55:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}