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World Blood Donor Day is June 14th

May 28, 2025

Rebecca Marshall  American Red Cross Cascades Communications Director   Every year, 194 countries around the world, including the United States, celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The event, which happens on June […]

The Red Cross Remembers the 1936 Great Fire of Bandon, Oregon

May 14, 2025

By Julie Furnas A little-known fact about the city of Bandon is that its former name was Averill until 1874 when Lord George Bennett renamed the city after his birthplace […]

Wildfire Season is Approaching Fast – Get Ready Now! May is Wildfire Preparedness Month.

May 8, 2025

By Patricia Griffiths, Red Cross Volunteer Brown skies, stinging eyes and poor air quality are some of the memories Oregonians living near urban areas have of wildfires in 2020 and […]

Red Cross Volunteer Marks 10 Years of Installing Free Smoke Alarms but This Year is Extra Special.

Apr 29, 2025

On a sunny day in April in Madras, Oregon, 42 Red Cross volunteers and partners from Warm Springs Fire and Safety and Jefferson County Fire and Emergency gathered to spend […]

Born out of the ashes of the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, Rogue Food Unites is rebuilding community, one meal at a time

Apr 25, 2025

By Rebecca Marshall, Cascades Communications Director It’s been almost 5 years since the Alameda and Obenchain fires ripped through Jackson County, destroying 2,500 homes in a matter of hours.  The […]

Red Cross Blood Transportation Volunteer Marks 5 Years on the Job

Apr 24, 2025

Every year, the Red Cross Cascades Region collects about 182,000 units of blood from our generous donors. But, that is just the first step in the process. We rely on […]

Starting the Burns Floods Recovery Process, One Shovel at a Time

Apr 5, 2025

By Isabel Anderson, Regional Communications Manager As Burns, OR residents start the clean-up process amid a historic flood, we have opened a distribution site that is open from 9am-4pm daily […]

Burns Residents Wade Their Way to Recovery After Record Breaking Floods

Apr 3, 2025

Written by Isabel Anderson, Regional Communications Manager In August of 2024, Burns Oregon was hit with devastating wildfires and with the damage from that still visible, Burns is now facing […]

What Motivates Red Cross Volunteers?

Apr 1, 2025

This Disaster Action Volunteer Sums it up. By Volunteer Debra Slade The call to be a volunteer stands out as a powerful testament to human empathy, compassion, and the desire […]

Floods and Mudslides Rip Through Southern Oregon as Spring Arrives

Mar 23, 2025

By Rebecca Marshall The Red Cross has been on the scene since heavy rain, floods, and mudslides affected several counties in Oregon in March 2025.  We had a shelter opened […]