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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 […]
Augmenting Reality for Blood in Japan
The idea of giving blood is popping up all over the place! I had a pretty low-key night yesterday, yet still found a ‘Give Blood’ advertisement in the first level […]
Tornado Chasers on Science Friday… *Swoon*
Storm chasers. Every 10-year-old in the Midwest dreams of being one (or was that just me?). They’re the Indiana Joneses of weather geeks – risking their lives on high speed […]
Let Me Take You On A Trip…
Good things come in small packages. And just yesterday, I got one of these good things…my shiny new passport! Sure, the photo is abysmal, but the freedom it grants is […]
Survive In Style With This $10 Million Bunker
Let it be known that I’m saving every penny of my tax return to purchase this: The super sweet bunker, created by California company Vivos, includes “internal power generation system, […]
Australian Red Cross Blood Advertisement
I’m often astonished by the amazing and creative ideas that ARC undertakes to recruit blood donors! In this case, I am not talking about the American Red Cross (which is […]
Gift of Life Marathon (Vermont)
As someone whom has been very active with the intense work that goes into a large blood drive, I greatly appreciate hearing how other communities take up the challenge. The […]
Scene It? The Red Cross Edition
If you’ve never seen Hotel Rwanda, this film is definitely in my top five. Rewatching it the other day, I recalled how heavily the movie featured the Red Cross. That, […]
Ah, Springtime!
I can’t think of a better someecards to capture my mixed emotions about spring. Sure, spring means cherry blossoms on the waterfront and — much more importantly, my birthday — […]
365 Things to do in Vancouver
I’ve lived in Vancouver for about a year now and talked some relatives into actually moving up as well. They keep asking, ‘what is there to do in Vancouver?’. Now […]