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Meetings are fun

Feb 2, 2008

…when you’re a member of the American Red Cross Youth Council! Just now I was just working late, holed up like a hermit in my office, when I heard giggling […]

Blood. It’s not funnnnyyyyyy…

Jan 31, 2008

…or maybe sometimes it is. This kid obviously knows blood is quite important. (P.S. Don’t worry. Apparently it was only a minor cut, and the mom took care of it.)

Blood and History

Jan 31, 2008

Oh man, isn’t this the best poster ever? Totally trippy. But on a more serious note, we do actually need blood pretty urgently right now. They’ve been sending out all-staff […]

A Thousand Words

Jan 24, 2008

This morning in the all-staff meeting I gave a presentation on how to take good photos. Then we played a game I call Alright! or Not Quite. I would show […]

Pictures of Peace

Jan 23, 2008

More from the Hands of Peace event last weekend… Check out the rest on our Flickr page.

Hands of Peace

Jan 22, 2008

Remember the Hands of Peace event I blogged about on Friday? Well, it was a big success. The Daily Astorian called it “a lively, heartfelt commemoration of the life of […]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan 18, 2008

The Chapter will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. But according to my ever-eloquent supervisor, “While the Chapter will be closed in honor of […]

Happy Birthday Bert!

Jan 17, 2008

Happy Birthday to Bert Kile, our Chief Programs and Services Officer. This afternoon the whole staff gathered in the conference room to surprise him. Our CEO tricked him into coming […]

Don8 Bl%d

Jan 16, 2008

Wow, I just found out about this! Blood Services (partnering with Cricket wireless, Z100, and Oaks Park) is running a blood drive contest in Portland area high schools. The “don8 […]

Got Kids?

Jan 15, 2008

It’s Tuesday! The day that dvds are released. And this Tuesday there’s one dvd to be particularly excited about: SeeMore’s Playhouse: Fire Safety SeeMore’s Playhouse is a weekly PBS childrens […]