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20-Minute Neighborhoods and Emergency Response: A Potluck Presentation Tonight
A 20-minute neighborhood is one in which “you can walk to essential amenities and services in 20 minutes.” These “essential amenities” typicall refer to restaurants, schools, parks and other daily […]
A Little Laugh To Start Your Day
Thanks to our friend Dede for yet another great CPR-themed comic our way… Via DailyINK.com If you want to brush up on your “dance moves,” sign up for a short […]
Together We Prepare Hillsboro
Just in case you weren’t able to join us in Hillsboro, here are a few photos I snapped during the this weekend’s festivities:
Red Cross Spotting: Loïe Fuller
We’ve noted before that the Red Cross pops up everywhere. That’s why we created the “Red Cross Spotting” Flickr pool, so that when you spot a cross, you can snap […]
“Wii-PR?”
So…just like Lise is fairly certain the writers for The Office read our blog (see here, here and here) …I’m pretty sure Nintendo’s game developers are following us as well. […]
More First Aid Myths From The Oregonian
The Oregonian agrees: some of what you “know” about First Aid is probably wrong. This weekend’s article even puts some hard stats behind that hunch: More than half of 654 […]
A Thank You to Blood Donors
A few months ago, I told you about a brave little boy from Portland named Alex who was battling cancer. Alex’s fight with T-Cell Lymphoma and his need for blood […]
8 Common First Aid Mistakes And Myths That Make Things Worse
Have you ever put butter on a burn or heat on a sprained ankle? Well, chances are you were making the injury worse rather than better. A friend sent me […]
Live to Give This Summer
KGW news reporter Drew Carney donated blood live on the air on Friday, July 3, at the Red Cross Portland Donor Center. Guided by Daphne Mathew, our blood services Communications […]
Weekend Plans…
What are you doing this weekend? Whether you’re in Hillsboro or North Portland, you’re bound to see Red Crossers out in the community, doing good things. For example, in Hillsboro, […]