Last night the Oregon Trail Chapter put all business aside to celebrate and honor some of our amazing volunteers. During the course of the evening, we ate, mingled and celebrated […]

by Kim Elizabeth Manning, Red Cross volunteer Ready to serve! Upon approaching the Oregon State Capitol Building on Thursday, April 25, it was obvious that the Red Cross was up […]

In Roald Dahl’s classic book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka hides a Golden Ticket in five chocolate bars which are distributed worldwide. Charlie finds one of these golden […]

Tyler Grant is a one-time AmeriCorps volunteer turned Readiness Specialist extraordinaire.  He knows just about everything there is to know about disaster preparedness, and if he doesn’t know the answer, […]

Red Cross Response Specialist Curtis Peetz helped co-host a shelter simulation training March 9 at Talent Elementary School in Jackson County. Read what Curtis has to say about the importance […]

This afternoon an emergency response vehicle (ERV) prototype rolled into the Oregon Trail Chapter’s parking lot causing many oohh’s and aahh’s from the staff members who gathered outside for its […]

Did you know that approximately 800,000 people have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994? As we wrap up AmeriCorps week, we want to thank all of our AmeriCorps volunteers who […]

This article is part of Tricia Stone’s “What I Like About You” series of practical advice on preparedness tools. In my last post, I wrote about all the different kinds […]

Each year during AmeriCorps Week, the Oregon Red Cross recognizes the commitment of AmeriCorps members by highlighting the extraordinary impact these individuals make in our communities. AmeriCorps members have played, […]

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan. It’s estimated that nearly 19,000 people died or went missing due to the disaster and […]