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 […]

A big debate in the health and safety training realm is whether CPR certifications should last for two years or just one. Some of our competitors offer CPR certifications that […]

This morning my Campaign RED teammates and I hosted a treasure hunt. Five clues were hidden throughout the building that led to an awesome prize – two center court Trail […]

…Er, cross half full I guess. Anyway, we’re past the halfway mark for our fundraising goal! We’re at $18,664.56 Candy gram sales are also in full swing. ($1.50 to send […]

Two exciting pieces of news regarding Red Cross bloggers: 1. Our online specialist, Erica Arevalos, has contributed an enlightening article on emergency water supplies to the Portland Water Bureau blog. […]

Thanks to Good Morning America, I just learned of a lot of exciting new technologies related to safety training. Follow this link and watch the video to learn about them […]

Yesterday afternoon was the kick-off event for Campaign RED, our annual workplace giving campaign, and I think the sugar buzz has yet to wear off. (I ate one too many […]

Apparently he wanted a job. Today we spotted a rooster wandering around our parking lot in front of the “now hiring” sign. I feel sorry for HR who will have […]

Whew! Topoff is over, which is a good thing for many, many people around here. It was an extremely valuable exercise and every department here at the OTC learned something […]