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Volunteer Profile: Erica Welch – Disaster Action Volunteer
Our Volunteer Profile series, written by communications volunteer Patrick Wilson, offers a glimpse at some of the incredible people who help to deliver our mission. We are grateful for their […]
Meet the Oregon Pacific Chapter’s New Executive Director
Meghan O’Hara recently joined the Oregon Pacific Chapter of the Red Cross as its new executive director. To get to know her, we asked Meghan a few questions. Q: How […]
Creating a State of Preparedness
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, more than 40 people from across the country met at a conference center in Turner, Ore. to learn about their new assignments in AmeriCorps, a national […]
Reaching Out to the Community
Last week our local volunteer Cindy Ward set up a Red Cross outreach booth at the IBM employee charitable contribution campaign kickoff event. Do you have what it takes to […]
Experiencing Where the Money Goes: A fundraiser becomes part of a disaster response team
Submitted by Rene Contakos As a member of the fundraising team for the American Red Cross Cascades Region, I spend my time divided between the office, visiting donors and participating […]
Volunteer profile: Jeff Anderson – Manning the emergency desk
Our Volunteer Profile series, written by communications volunteer Patrick Wilson, offers a weekly glimpse at some of the incredible people who help to deliver our mission. We are grateful for […]
Volunteer profile: Jaime Follett Holds Down the Fort in Eastern Oregon
Our Volunteer Profile series, written by communications volunteer Patrick Wilson, offers a weekly glimpse at some of the incredible people who help to deliver our mission. We are grateful for […]
Congrats AmeriCorps Graduates!
This week more than 30 members of the Oregon State Services Corps graduated in Portland’s scenic Overlook Park capping off 11 months of devoted service to improving lives, strengthening communities […]
A Day of Deployment with the American Red Cross
As director of communications for the Cascades Region (Oregon and SW Washington), I went on my first disaster deployment last month. I received a call on the day before Father’s […]
2013 Annual Meeting
On Tuesday, June 25, the Oregon Trail Chapter recognized some of our amazing community partners and individuals during our annual meeting. We would like to thank everyone who attended this […]