Tomorrow is our annual Day of Sharing. This means we all pick a local non-profit and go volunteer there. Most people are volunteering at one of these sites;Transition ProjectsOutside InThe […]

There’s a common myth that people who have recently been tattooed can’t donate blood. (Even I thought it was true!) Well that’s not necessarily true, and our folks in Blood […]

I love stories so I’m happy to see that Redcross.org (the national site) has started posting little vignettes about Red Cross folks (volunteers, donors, etc.). For example: Patti Shannon, Hawaii […]

I’m going to pack, an Apple, a Beret, a Cello… Did you ever play that game? Each person takes a turn adding another item with the next letter of the […]

A new disaster product, the Water Bathtub Oblong Bladder, or WaterBOB™ for short, was just released. Oh man, that came out sounding weird about releasing bladders… Um, what I meant […]

Our COO, Gareth, is from England, and for his birthday a few of the folks here threw him a surprise tea party in the conference room. It was, again, the […]

…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 […]

…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.)

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 […]

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 […]