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Making National’s News

Jun 17, 2008

If you’re a regular reader, you know that our little Oregon chapter has made the big-time before. Big-time meaning http://www.redcross.org/, of course! You can see our past stories here and […]

Support Pride, Give Blood

Jun 17, 2008

Instead of just enjoying parades and parties during Pride Week, why not do something important? Saving a life, perhaps? Tomorrow — June 17 — is a very special blood drive, […]

“Woohoo! Red Cross!” : The Parade Recap

Jun 16, 2008

As I predicted, yesterday turned out to be wonderful weather for marching in the Pride Parade. Sunny with a lovely cool breeze. We wore our Red Cross t-shirts, carried banners […]

We’re Number 38!

Jun 15, 2008

Okay, last post. I have a life, you know. Our blog — formerly known as “The Red Cross is here” but NOW known as “Cross Blog” — just got a […]

Two More Volunteers Head To Midwest

Jun 15, 2008

Just a quick update on the number of people we have deployed to help with relief efforts in the Midwest. Today, two more people left. One is heading to Cedar […]

Meet Cynthia — She Predicts Earthquakes

Jun 15, 2008

Saturday afternoon and I’m catching up on work. Ugh. But I did want to blog an interesting e-mail before it’s old news… Tom Traver, another one of our amazing public […]

Russert’s Death Serves as Sad Reminder

Jun 13, 2008

Did you hear that Tim Russert of NBC’s Meet the Press just died of a heart attack at the age of 58? And that he collapsed right on the job […]

You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em…

Jun 13, 2008

As you know, this year’s storm season in the Midwest has been unusually intense. I’ve been getting updates about every other day from my family in Kansas. Things like: “Hi […]

How Oregonians Can Help the Midwest

Jun 13, 2008

At this point, we’ve sent eight local volunteers to Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana, as well as one more to the Red Cross national disaster operations center in Washington, D.C. The […]

Where are they now?

Jun 13, 2008

Here are some photos from the flood-stricken areas of the Midwest where our local volunteers are helping out. Iowa. And Indiana.