The Palo Alto Area Red Cross is offering free CPR training in English and Spanish during two sessions at the 16th annual CPR Saturday on March 11 at Foothill College Middlefield Campus, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

During each four-hour class, certified instructors will prepare participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies using cardiopulmonary resuscitation on mannequins. Participants will receive American Red Cross CPR certification upon successful completion of the class.

The morning session is from 8 a.m. to noon; the afternoon session is from 1-5 p.m. Those certified in the morning class are eligible to take the First Aid Certification class in the afternoon for $20.

For more information or to register, call the American Red Cross at 688-0417 or e-mail CPRSaturday@paarc.org.