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Kids Prove To Be Useful

Jun 25, 2008

Who knew?I just spotted this story and wanted to share. I’m not sure who I’m more impressed with — the 3-year-old who called 9-1-1 when her mom fainted or the […]

Do You Dragon Boat?

Jun 25, 2008

We do. From what I can tell from this spreadsheet, the Red Cross Racers made it to the finals of Sub Division Four where they proceeded to come in first […]

Watch a Year of Accomplishments in Just Six Minutes

Jun 25, 2008

Last night I experienced my first Oregon Trail Chapter annual meeting and I’m pleased to say that it was a rousing success. We gave out tons of awards to our […]

More NASCAR Goodness

Jun 24, 2008

You’ve seen my previous posts about NASCAR and I assure you that I haven’t been won over by the sport just yet…but I will say that these racers seem to […]

I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain…

Jun 24, 2008

…and they’ve led to some pretty disasterous situations across the country. We’ve got wildfires raging in California and floodwaters bursting through levees along the Mississippi. And though we haven’t yet […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Jun 24, 2008

On June 19, 2008 a family had a single family fire in Clatskanie. When the Red Cross volunteers arrived they helped the family of 6 adults and 2 children with:–Lodging […]

Have You Seen This Cross?

Jun 24, 2008

Since Robin just reminded you of our I’m Red Cross Ready Flickr group, I wanted to chime in that there’s another Flickr group just waiting for your photos. I added […]

Look at what the cute little fireman has to say!

Jun 24, 2008

I’m so proud of my hotel! I came back this evening to see this cute note under my door saying that they would be testing the fire alarm system. “Please […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Jun 23, 2008

On Sunday, June 22, 2008 a family had a fire in their apartment in Portland. When Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted the 2 adultswith:–3 nights stay in a […]

Me to new CEO: “You know I’m gonna blog you.”

Jun 23, 2008

I’m here in Washington, D.C. at a good time. Not only because I can help with the disaster response, but also because today is Gail McGovern’s first day at work. […]