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Are You Prepared For A Frog Fall?
This August, Portland’s 48 Hour Film Project will return.To get you geared up in the interim, I bring you inspiration from Springfield, MO, the home of SATO48 (and our friends […]
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 […]
Get a Scoop, Help a Firefighter
Reminder: tonight is 31 Cent Scoop Night! Why do we care? Because we love firefighters. They call us (an average of ten times a week in Oregon!) after house fires […]
Understanding Earthquakes and Volcanoes… with snack foods! (Part 2)
There are some easy ways to demonstrate how volcanoes and earthquakes work! Last year I was fortunate to work with Oregon State’s Robert Lillie, a Professor of Geology and Public […]
Who Knew? Earthquakes
Fellow blogger Scott just tipped me off to a really cool series of videos — Yahoo’s Who Knew? daily takes on topics in the news. Monday’s video examined earthquakes and […]
Portlanders: It’s Time For Burgerville Tonight!
TODAY, Madison High School’s Red Cross Club is hosting a fundraiser at Burgerville! To participate, simply visit Burgerville at 8218 NE Glisan between 4-8pm and 10% of all sales will […]
Understanding Earthquakes and Volcanoes… with snack foods! (Part 1)
There are some easy ways to demonstrate how volcanoes and earthquakes work! Last year I was fortunate to work with Oregon State’s Robert Lillie, a Professor of Geology and Public […]
Red Cross Racing is taking another lap!
NASCAR is starting to get a big Pacific Northwest following thanks to Vancouver driver Greg Biffle. And not only is he promoting racing to the region, but also blood donations […]
The Bystander Effect
Are you familiar with the “bystander effect?”If you’ve taken a psychology class, you might already know about this phenomenon. In short, the greater the number of people present, the less […]
How To Name A Volcano
Now that flights in Europe are resuming and Iceland’s volcanic ash clouds are fertilizing the oceans, our attention is drawn to the “wilting” flower industry. With that said, I thought […]