SEMO Red Cross Halloween Open House

Laura Simon

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire-themed demonstrations.

SEMO Red Cross emergency services director Jamie Koehler helps Deanna Gholson, 4, prepare shelter for a ghost Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. The Halloween-themed open house allowed participants to learn about CPR and First Aid, donating blood, disaster preparation and volunteer services. Such themes were how to survive a zombie apocalypse, how to shelter and feed a ghost population, and how to revive a zombie. To learn more about disaster preparedness visit redcrossreadyrating.org (Laura Simon)
Emergency services director Jamie Koehler shows off her spooky teeth Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire demonstrations. (Laura Simon)
Sara Gerau times Phil Patterson of Marble Hill, Mo., as he performs chest compressions on the CPR dummy Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

The CPR "mummy" Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
Deanna Gholson, 4, prepares a shelter for a ghost as her brother Carlos,2, watches Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. The Halloween-themed open house allowed participants to learn about CPR and First Aid, donating blood, disaster preparation and volunteer services. Such themes were how to survive a zombie apocalypse, how to shelter and feed a ghost population, and how to revive a zombie. To learn more about disaster preparedness visit redcrossreadyrating.org (Laura Simon)
Volunteer services manager Ann Knopf calls time as Fred Eggley, center, and Lester Wells race to finish sheltering their ghosts Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire demonstrations. (Laura Simon)
Brooke Gerau, 8, applies spooky makeup to emergency services director Jamie Koehler Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire demonstrations. (Laura Simon)
The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire demonstrations. (Laura Simon)
The SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 featured zombie, ghost and vampire demonstrations. (Laura Simon)
Five-month-old Gabriela Gholson snuggles up next to a ghost on the cot Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 during the SEMO Red Cross Halloween open house party in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)