Local Red Cross sends 16 to help; Holds training to recruit new volunteers to deploy PORTLAND, Ore., October 7, 2016 — The American Red Cross has launched a massive sheltering […]

The Red Cross Cascades Region welcomes ten new AmeriCorps service members who are helping to save lives through smoke alarm installation.  Ten Red Cross Corps members from across the nation […]

RED CROSS HOLDS FREE EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATIONS ACROSS OREGON THIS FALL September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross is encouraging preparedness by kicking off a series of […]

August 30, 2016 – 7:50 p.m. Disaster responders with the American Red Cross Cascades Region are assisting individuals and families evacuated by a wildfire near Selma, Oregon. The Red Cross […]

The magnitude of the devastation in Louisiana is hard to fathom. More than 110,000 homes have been damaged in and around Baton Rouge. At the peak of the flooding, more […]

Local Red Cross Sends Eight Responders to Help With California Wildfires; Others Continue to Help in Louisiana PORTLAND, Ore., August 18, 2016 — The American Red Cross Cascades Region (Oregon […]

As flood waters rise in Louisiana, the situation has quickly become the worst disaster since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The scene is chaotic – roads are wiped out and communication […]

Local Red Cross Continues to Send Disaster Responders to Louisiana; 17 Volunteers Deploy to Aid Massive Relief Effort PORTLAND, Ore., August 16, 2016 — The American Red Cross Cascades Region […]

Local Red Cross Sends 17 Disaster Responders to Louisiana to Help with Worst Disaster Since Superstorm Sandy Seventeen Red Cross disaster responders from Oregon and Southwest Washington deploy to Louisiana to […]

The number one disaster threat to homes and families isn’t a dreaded Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.  It’s not torrential rains and massive flooding.  It’s not even a colossal freeway pileup.  […]