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Good babysitters are hard to find

May 18, 2012

A new American Red Cross poll found that in the past 24 months, 55 percent of parents surveyed decided to stay home because they couldn’t find a babysitter. The survey […]

Iris Newhouse, 85-year-old volunteer, transitions service role after 110 disaster relief tours

May 17, 2012

“I figure life has been good to me so why not share some of that with other people?” This statement embodies 85-year-old Iris Newhouse’s philosophy throughout her remarkable (and continuing!) […]

Prepare-aphernalia: Map Mega Sale

May 17, 2012

As a ‘Geo Geek’, I have a love for paper maps – even if they are a bit old fashioned compared to modern technology. In the past we have talked […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

May 16, 2012

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]

Practice makes perfect.

May 11, 2012

Our Red Cross volunteers never shy away from hard work, and that’s just what they did last weekend in Nehalem.  About 30 volunteers gathered at the North County Recreation District […]

SATURDAY: Grab A Free Pint (From Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream) By Giving A Pint

May 10, 2012

Loving the weather? Enjoy a free pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream AND help save lives by giving a pint on Saturday! Check out Willamette Week’s Swag Rag on […]

Do your slippers have steel soles?

May 10, 2012

While driving to work this morning I heard an NPR story about the preparedness craze that continues to build in Japan more than a year after the Tōhoku earthquake.  What, […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

May 9, 2012

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]

World Red Cross Day – May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Celebrate World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day by supporting patients in need of safe, lifesaving blood products. Check out our American Red Cross Blood Donors photo album on the event!

Get Inspired to Prepare (for the Zombie Apocalypse)

May 3, 2012

(Re-posted courtesy of Gloria Huang at redcrosschat.org) Did you know that more people feel prepared for a zombie apocalypse than for a tornado? Last week, we asked people on Facebook […]