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Eastern Seaboard Storm Causes loss of 8,000 Blood Donations
Portland has felt pretty balmy the past few day’s, but on the East Coast there’s a different story. This week, the area got walloped with a winter storm that forced […]
Emergency Warming Centers: Providing Hope
It’s hard not to feel downtrodden after watching the recent news stories of disasters happening in our city, our country and around the world. Flooding, mudslides, shootings. It’s overwhelming and […]
Reminder: The Race isn’t over yet…
It might not be race season, yet you can still end up a winner for the ‘laps’ you’ve taken to your local Red Cross blood donation site! Red Cross Racing, […]
Dr. King Would Be Proud
“Life’s most persistent question,” he once asked, “is what are you doing for others?” Well, this Saturday, January 15th from 9-2 you can join fellow Red Crossers along with volunteers […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
WATCH: Deadliest Earthquakes
I alluded to this in my previous post, but if you don’t have the honor of attending a red carpet premiere, I’d highly suggest tuning in to PBS’ NOVA tonight. […]
Walking The Red (Cross) Carpet
What are your Tuesday night plans? Sitting at home watching NOVA? Catching up on last night’s episode of The Bachelor? Going to a glamorous red carpet premiere? Oh wait, those […]
“Be Human. Give Blood.” during National Blood Donor Month!
Love vampires, werewolves, ghosts and…donating blood? In conjunction with the launch of the new series “Being Human,” the SyFy Network and the American Red Cross have partnered to encourage viewers […]
Have You Seen Our Annual Report?
Just trying out a new service for posting documents and I thought I’d try it with our annual report. And once I did that, I thought I’d post it for […]
You Can’t Put Ben Affleck In Your Disaster Kit
It will likely come as no surprise to you that sci-fi disaster movies like 2012, Armageddon, and Volcano aren’t terribly realistic. But for the official word on such matters, the […]