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Video: One Month In Haiti
What makes a bigger impact — words or images?How about both?This “one month in review” video tells the story of the Red Cross’ work in Haiti — what we’ve done […]
Photos: Singles CPR Gets Hot!
What did you do on V-Day? These fine folks made out with dummies, enjoyed lavish food and drink and learned the skills to save a life. And by fine, I […]
Things I Love: The Dimes’ “Save Me, Clara”
Things I love:Songs that relate to the Red Cross. Clara Barton. Portland bands. So you can only imagine the joy I feel knowing that local band The Dimes have written […]
Got Ideas? DHS Wants To Hear From You
Not a fan of color-coded threat levels? Wish hazard risk assessment tools were open source? Have ideas for how disaster preparedness information could reach more citizens? For the next month, […]
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 […]
February 19: Honoring Vanport Survivors
When you think about NW Oregon’s biggest disasters, there are two that quickly come to mind. One is the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. And the other? The Vanport Flood […]
Wes Bentley Gives Blood
In light of this, I give you this, and ask that you do this. I didn’t actually recognize this actor (Wes Bentley). Good-looking, talented, famous, AND a blood donor? Now […]
Year of the Tiger
*This is a re-post from last week =) While Tara will be lamenting not being able to attend Singles CPR this Valentine’s Day, I will be eating nuomici and watching […]
Will You Be My Valentine?
Faux card available from someecards. Real emergency contact card available from us. Happy Valentine’s Day, All!
Haiti Earthquake: One Month Later
One month ago, I was planning my brother’s birthday, getting ready for a friend’s fashion show and attending NTEN’s non-profit mapping showcase. One month ago, residents of Haiti were going […]