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What is LOVE?
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!
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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…
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. […]