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Disaster Prevention In The Animal Kingdom
That’s what my friend Teresa called it when she sent me this story about a mama thrush who used her own body as a dam to stop her nest from […]
Vroom vroom vroom…
Ladies and gentleman, start your engines…because Red Cross Racing time is here! The NASCAR season is upon us and the Red Cross Racing blood donor competition is back for it’s […]
The Ultimate Disaster Movie!
Hooray for Dinosaur Comics pulling through again with the Red Cross topics. Cartoon courtesy of qwantz.com
Crisis Camp: Calling All Preparedness Super-Geeks!
FYI for any of you interested in the intersections between disaster response and technology… June 13 & 14th will mark the first ever CrisisCamp. This conference (or rather, unconference) in […]
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 […]
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. […]