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Florida's first United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps cadre unit was established in March 1912 in Jacksonville Beach under the leadership of Dr. Lyman G. Haskell, Clarence H. MacDonald, and Commodore Wilbert E. Longfellow

The organization became the American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps, Coast Guard Division One on April 17, 1914, after being chartered by the American National Red Cross

Over 100 years, Corps volunteers have contributed over 1,290,000 hours of service, performed 1,430 life-saving rescues and 1,753 life-saving assists, and logged more than 25,000 first aid cases

The American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps is the last such life-saving organization still in continuous operation in the United States

House recognizes the organization's 100th anniversary in 2012 and commends volunteers for dedicated services to citizens and visitors of Florida, with resolution copies to be presented to organizational leadership