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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 Disasters! […]

“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 […]

It’s International Day For Disaster Reduction!

Oct 8, 2008

Get your party hats ready — it’s time to celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction! As Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of United Nations, said last year, “Disaster risk reduction is about […]

Today was one of my favorite days of the year!

Oct 7, 2008

Every year we have a special Build A Kit Day when staff and volunteers get a big discount on emergency kit supplies.  It’s an excellent day when we totally get […]