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Serving Oregon’s Native American Tribes
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
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!
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…
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)!
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
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
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 […]
A Piece of Cake
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 […]