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Watch 30 Hour Day. Be Entertained. Support A Good Cause.

Jul 2, 2010

And so it begins.Starting this afternoon at 4 pm, a dedicated group of individuals will do their best to entertain YOU around the clock. All online and all on behalf […]

What is LOVE?

Jul 2, 2010

I witnessed an event the other day that totally brought new light to what love might be. I was shadowing another Americorps Together We Prepare presentation for the elderly/disabled (they […]

Baseball and Apple Pie!

Jul 1, 2010

Do you like free pie, free t-shirts, free entertainment and discount coupons to see Portland Beavers baseball? The Portland Red Cross, with our history of pie-themed events, will host the […]

Celebrate Independence Day At The Bagdad

Jul 1, 2010

I frequently proclaim how much I love disaster movies. Heck, Robin and I even held Disaster Movie Mondays last September! So you can only imagine how much it shames me […]

Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up

Jun 30, 2010

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 […]

It’s A Lifesaving World After All

Jun 30, 2010

I love sharing save stories. Here’s a great one from Larry in Florida: —— I saved a lady at Epcot in Disneyworld. We were eating at the Japanese steak house. […]

Paranoia Or Just Being Prepared?

Jun 29, 2010

We’ve talked before about luxury doomsday bunkers and “preppers;” now check out this video from ABC News and tell us what you think.

Meet Emily, The Robot Lifeguard

Jun 28, 2010

Every summer, the American Red Cross teaches thousands of people the basics of lifeguarding. But there’s one guard on duty that didn’t take a Red Cross class — meet Emily, […]

Exciting Publicity On Portland Blood Donation

Jun 25, 2010

The latest edition of The Portland Observer came out yesterday…and it featured two Red Cross articles! The first is a cover story on the critical need for blood donation through […]

Never a dull moment at the Red Cross…

Jun 24, 2010

I am finding it difficult to finish my smoothie as I witness Troy Jenkins, a certified First Aid/CPR instructor and EMT, amuse the classroom with horror stories of bloody incidents. […]