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HOW TO: Survive A Plane Crash
If you pay attention to the news, you know that the American Red Cross doesn’t just respond to natural disasters — we respond to transportation disasters as well.In fact, you […]
More Cookies, More Juice and More Donors Needed!
The Red Cross is experiencing an abnormally low turnout for blood donations due to the recent heat, holidays and summer vacations. The Red Cross is asking all eligible donors to […]
Red Cross Community Gallery Seeks New Artists
The Life’s Crossing Community Gallery, located at the Red Cross Portland Donor Center (3131 N. Vancouver Ave.), is looking for varied artistic media to bring to its building! This highly-visible […]
SLIDESHOW: Together We Prepare Boise & Eliot
Over the weekend, Red Crossers visited the Boise and Eliot neighborhoods — right in our own backyard! — distributing flashlights, whistles and preparedness information.The whistles appeared to be a big […]
We’re Going To Graceland!
No, not Elvis’ home with the world famous Jungle Room, but rather the “Graceland of Atomic Tourism,” a disaster shelter built in the mid-1950’s for our very own government leaders. […]
Good bye AmeriCorps!!
So yesterday marked the last official day of our chapter’s AmeriCorp team’s service year! AmeriCorps members devote a year of their lives to “getting things done”, strengthening communities, developing their […]
How do you predict the weather?
Oregon is known for some very interesting weather transitions. One day we are close to a record low, the next could be a record high! I have a meteorologist friend […]
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 […]
Here’s Looking For You, Kid…
There’s nothing like a Red Cross Missed Connection to make my day.If you were at Portland Community College last Friday (for a blood drive, I’m guessing?), the missed connection could […]
Red, White and Vroom!
Even though World Cup fever might be over, a summer of sports is still heating up. In Portland this upcoming weekend, NASCAR will be taking over as the K&N Pro […]