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CPR4LGBTQ: Do You Know What It Means?

Apr 30, 2009

Before you Red Dress, Red Cross!This Saturday, the Oregon Trail Chapter will offer the first in a new series of classes: CPR4LGBTQ. Held in the comfortable, casual “living room” at […]

Earthquake Drill!

Apr 30, 2009

We practice the preparedness we preach here at the Red Cross.  Today – the final day of Earthquake Preparedness Month – our AmeriCorps team surprised us with the annual office […]

Flickr Finds: The Flu Tap

Apr 30, 2009

No more fist bump, now it’s the flu tap. Thanks @newmediajim!

We Love Taxes!

Apr 30, 2009

Honest, we really do. But not until 2009. That’s when your Oregon Red Cross will (finally!) appear in the tax booklet, allowing you to check off that you’d really like […]

Face Mask Fashion

Apr 30, 2009

Staying safe doesn’t have to mean giving up your sense of humor. In Mexico, people are embracing “face mask fashion,” doodling and drawing on basic blue surgical masks. Really, when […]

Swine Flu And You: 3 Secret Ingredients For Preparedness

Apr 30, 2009

After posting today’s official swine flu preparedness tips (please read the full list), I thought I should share with you my own three key ingredients for shooing away the flu: […]

From Halibut to Hazelnut

Apr 29, 2009

Housemade ravioli with roasted beets, local goat cheese and horseradish cream. Halibut cheeks ‘picatta’ with quanciale, lemon and capers, accompanied by salt cod mashed potatoes. Hazelnut brown butter cake with […]

Swine Flu And You: More Ways To Prepare

Apr 29, 2009

Today the Red Cross released our official recommendations for swine flu preparedness. It’s a good checklist for staying healthy and being ready should you need to take a few sick […]

Fire Preparedness by the Numbers…

Apr 29, 2009

Following up to the post on the Oregon Trail Chapter’s weekend mitigation project, here’s a more numerical layout of what the Red Cross accomplished during the Hazelwood and Mill Park […]

Cheap Ice Cream Alert!

Apr 29, 2009

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream…especially when it’s just 31 cents. If you head over to participating Baskin Robbins’ stores tonight from 5-10 p.m., you can […]