Those of us that work here at the Red Cross know that this organization saves and rebuilds lives. That’s what we work for, and it feels good to do so. […]

Clean my desk. Every few months I clear and organize my workspace…and then a disaster or a big project comes along and I abandon all my neat little filing systems […]

I know it’s a little late for a holiday post, but these pictures really deserve to be shown. Right before I went on vacation, we had a holiday decorating contest […]

When I think of companies donating to disaster relief, I think of HUGE stores like Wal-Mart donating truck loads of bottled water. But during the December floods in Oregon, a […]

Even though the campaign ended a few weeks ago, donations from volunteers have continued to arrive in the mail. We’re now up to nearly $33,000. We’ve bested last year’s total […]

Today I learned a lesson about how one person can touch many lives. No, not through giving blood, or using and AED, or any of those kinds of things. Through […]

It’s the Holiday Season! (In case you hadn’t noticed.) Have you bought your disaster kit? What better way to show someone you care than to give them a gift that […]

I’m originally from Kansas (the heart of Tornado Alley) so this sort of fascinates me. Women’s Entertainment (WEtv) has a new show called “Twister Sisters” about two female storm chasers […]

The floods this December knocked out power and communications lines for thousands of people. Thankfully, the Red Cross has a team of ham radio operators who could use their radios […]

One of our public affairs volunteers wrote up this touching feature story, and it got posted on the front page of the national redcross website, http://www.redcross.org/ . The story profiles […]