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Heart Attack? Better Hope You’re Not In A Hotel…
Did you catch this article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal?It’s all about how AEDs — standard equipment on airplanes and in airports, casinos, health clubs and many public buildings — […]
Trivia Time! Guess how many…
Okay, so this is sort of like that game where you guess how many jelly beans are in the jar – except in this case it would be really tough […]
Building A Pool Of Oregon Babysitters
There’s a lot of talk here in Oregon about schools moving to a four-day week. Whether it’s about cost-cutting or streamlining to make things more consistent, schools are dealing with […]
Connecting Pets And People After Disaster
I am a dog person. Robin, as you can tell by her love for www.icanhascheezburger.com, is a cat person. But I think it goes without saying that, no matter what […]
Happy Birthday, Barbara!
Just wanted to take a moment to point out this weekend’s article about “volunteer extraordinaire” Barbara Peck. If you haven’t read the article, Barbara just turned an impressive 100 years […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
On Feb. 22 Two families had a fire in their duplex, in Newberg. When the American Red Cross Yamhill County responders arrived they found 2 adults and 7 children were […]
Parent Asks Son To Follow Geneva Conventions In Video Game
Have you seen this yet? It was posted yesterday on boingboing.net and is beginning to make the rounds. A father writes about how he agreed to let his son play […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
On Feb. 21, at 6:30 pm there was an apartment fire in Aloha. When the American Red Cross volunteers arrived they found that 10 adults and 15 children needed food […]
Red Cross Takes On Best Pic Noms
On Sunday night, I’m headed to my first ever Oscar party. To be honest, I’ve been out of touch with movies as of late, so I’ve only seen one of […]