Yesterday was our preparedness fair at Humboldt Elementary. We had booths set up with first aid info, build-a-kit info, coloring activities for kids, and even a prize wheel. And of […]

Well, our feet are aching, but we’ve all got smiles on our faces. Today was a very rewarding day. We walked throughout the entire Humboldt neighborhood bringing hundreds of families […]

Tomorrow we hit the streets! We’re starting a brand new project in which four times a year the whole staff takes a day to visit one neighborhood  – a neighborhood […]

The Disaster Action Team volunteers responded to a single family fire in Oregon City on April 2, 2oo8. The volunteers helped 2 adults and one child with motel and clothing.

Can you tell the difference between these two logos? No? Well, stay tuned for the answer at the end of this post. As Lise mentioned, National has just come out […]

The Yamhill County Volunteers responded to a single family fire in Grand Ronde Oregon on March 27, 2008. The volunteers helped 4 adults and 2 children with food and clothing.

Now that I’m back in Portland (after having survived a horrendous 12+-hours in the Baltimore airport which Delta customer service will be hearing about), I thought I’d finish re-capping the […]

Lise just returned from the 2008 National Convention, and she brought back some souvenirs for her hard-working staff. T-shirts from the Threadless.com “American Red Cross Loves Threadless” t-shirt design competition! […]

Just in. Late report: The Disaster Assistance Volunteers did also open a case and assisted a Single Family Fire in Estacada, Clackamas County, last Friday, March 28th. Three adults and […]

Columbia County Disaster Volunteers responded to a Single Family Fire in St. Helens on March 29th. They assisted four adults with food and clothes. The Metro Disaster Assistance Volunteers responded […]