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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…[The place names link to […]
Slideshow: Courting Donors Blood Drive
As Tara mentioned yesterday, today is the annual Courting Donors Blood Drive — one of our favorite events. We get to meet princesses, get free massages, eat cake and check […]
Water Safety: A Page From The Past
Imitating a motorboat. Floating like a mud-turtle. Kicking like a sternwheel. Yep, this is how you learned to swim with the Red Cross back in 1921. The article below was […]
Roses are red, violets are blue…
…sign up to donate blood, and people who need it will love you! This is me with my mom Rose (right). My mom is the prettiest Rose I know. That’s […]
Giant Fire-Fighting Robots!
I swear I’m not making this up. His name is Clear Cut. And he fights forest fires. …Or at least that’s the concept. Designer Jordan Guelde sees this giant robot marching […]
Taking A Page From Knit Lit
There is not an ounce of craftiness in my body. I can’t garden or cook or scrapbook or make a cute first aid kit. And I absolutely, definitely can’t knit. […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Cordless Coffee Maker
Dealing with a disaster can be headache enough. You don’t want a caffeine crash as well! So if you just can’t go without your daily java fix, the Coleman Camping […]
(Everything But) Raindrops Keep Falling On Our Heads
Lately we’ve been thinking about things falling on our heads. Not nice things like raindrops and feathers and pancakes. But heavy, sharp and inherently dangerous things that could, quite frankly, […]
The Lightning Always Strikes Twice
We’ve talked before about being fans of weird weather phenomena, but here’s a good one. On Tuesday night in Seattle, lightning struck THRICE. Check out the video: You can read […]
Happy Birthday to Us…and Mr. T.
It’s so cool to share a birthday with Mr. T! But you know who was even cooler than Mr. T? Clara Barton (or CBar, as I like to call her […]