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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 […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

May 3, 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 […]

Meet “Disaster” and “Preparedness”

Apr 30, 2012

Check out this awesome, funny (and important) video on conquering disasters! Our only “two cents” would be that preparedness also means thinking about community resilience, through actions like donating blood […]

Tomorrow! “Dark Shadows” helps bring the need for blood to light

Apr 27, 2012

  American Red Cross blood donors have chance to win movie-themed prizes Vampire Barnabas Collins may be condemned to the shadows for eternity, but the American Red Cross and the […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

Apr 25, 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 […]

Support Local Restaurants, Help Save Lives

Apr 25, 2012

It’s National Dine Out Week and Restaurant.com is teaming up with the Red Cross to celebrate blood donation now through April 29, 2012 with a special treat! Also, when customers […]

‘Space’ for more preparedness!

Apr 25, 2012

Apparently there is space for more preparedness, thanks to a new program NASA is leading. For the West Coast, they are working on developing the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster […]