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Flickr Find: Our Hero
Okay, so this flickr photo has embedding disabled so I can’t post it here, but you should click this link to check it out. This photographer has decided to take a […]
How The Red Cross Thinks Green
In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d post a few ways the Red Cross is responding to global climate change: The Climate Center (er, I mean Centre) Yes, we have […]
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 […]
Drill-a In Umatilla
This month, we’ve been busy with lots of drills; testing our capacity to respond to disasters around the state. Yesterday there was one out in Umatilla…here’s a recap: (BTW, we […]
Deferred!? Rejection!
Last week my mom and I made appointments to donate blood together. Give blood, then “re-hydrate date” at Trebol’s happy hour. Fun! Except for one little thing: I’m deferred from […]
Going Organic In Honor Of Earth Day
Today is Earth Day and I thought I’d do a little investigating and see what help the World Wide Web could give us when it comes to organic products for […]
Meet Loki, The Camping Cat
Loki loved to go hiking and camping. By the time she was 6, she had been up and down the West Coast and seen everything from deserts to mountains. This […]
Singles CPR: Calling All Men (Again)!
Real men know mouth-to-mouth. That’s why we need them to sign up for tomorrow night’s Singles CPR class. We ran the numbers and now more than half of the class […]
Sign (Language) Of The Times
The Oregon Red Cross likes to do things a little different. Whether it’s Comedy or Singles CPR, we think outside the box…and it shows. I got an e-mail this morning […]
“Big earthquake coming sooner than we thought…”
That’s what the Oregonian headline says. And yes, they may be right. According to geologists it looks like the frequency of big (and I mean BIG) earthquakes in our neck […]