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Serving Oregon’s Native American Tribes

Oct 9, 2008

I’m concerned that Red Cross in Oregon has sometimes viewed Native American Tribes primarily as potential donors from proceeds of their gaming operations, or casinos. While I’m fine with asking […]

Doing Even More for Portlanders

Oct 9, 2008

We’re eager to expand our partnership with the City of Portland to meet the needs of even more Portlanders. This morning I delivered the following letter to Mayor Potter and […]

Stop Disasters!

Oct 9, 2008

Game Week might be over, but it doesn’t mean we’ll stop sharing cool sites with you when we find ’em. While researching International Day For Disaster Reduction, I found Stop […]

“Cross” Your Fingers For Us…

Oct 9, 2008

Robin and I have another big night ahead of us…we’re off to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Spotlight Awards! These honors are given out annually to celebrate the […]

We’ve Got Good News (Blog)!

Oct 9, 2008

Hey, we made the Red Cross’ “Good News” blog! I think they highlighted Together We Prepare Our Neighborhood because it’s still Fire Prevention Week. For those unfamiliar with this particular […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Oct 9, 2008

Yesterday morning a house slide down a hill into other homes. Ten Red Cross disaster volunteers, responded to this incident doing the following: –Helped 3 families, 7 adults, and three […]

Alabama Red Cross Chapter Hit By Tornado

Oct 8, 2008

Have you ever wondered just how prepared a Red Cross chapter is for disaster? I mean, if a quake hit Portland, not only do we have to respond and help […]

More On The Landslide…

Oct 8, 2008

Driving out to the landslide today was a little bit of a walk down memory lane. Where it occurred is literally just a few blocks from where I went to […]

A Piece of Cake

Oct 8, 2008

Once you get a week past your birthday you assume you’re safe from all surprises, right?  Wrong. My team somehow found out that my birthday was last week, so today […]

Guess What We’re Responding To This Morning?

Oct 8, 2008

I’ll give you a few hints: 1) It’s not a fire.2) It’s been raining a lot around here, after a period of dryness.3) We’re headed over to SW Portland’s Burlingame […]