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Sending Help and Hope to Alabama

Apr 29, 2011

Today we’re deploying three Oregon volunteers to Alabama. Tomorrow morning one more will hop on a plane bound for Birmingham. Other volunteers are already on the ground, and have been […]

Saturday: Win Tickets to the Timber’s U.S. Open Match on May 3rd!

Apr 28, 2011

Can’t make it to our Portland Timbers Blood Drive on May 7th? This Saturday, April 30th, all presenting donors at both our Clark County and our Portland Donor Centers will […]

Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up

Apr 27, 2011

Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday 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 […]

Eat Ice Cream, Help Firefighters

Apr 26, 2011

Portland is expecting some unseasonably cold weather on Wednesday night, which means that you should DEFINITELY want to eat ice cream. Right? Right. And the only thing better than ice […]

What The Heck Is Liquefaction?

Apr 25, 2011

As you might imagine, we’ve been talking a lot about earthquakes lately, especially the risk of a Cascadia subduction zone quake right here in Oregon. One word that has come […]

Red Cross + Loads Of Hope

Apr 22, 2011

I’m a fairly stoic person, but it’s always the heart-tugging commercials that bring me down. This one, for example, always makes me a little teary… The first time I saw […]

Prints Of The Taishô Earthquake

Apr 20, 2011

In 1924, the Japanese publisher Hoshino Seki issued a set of thirty-six prints depicting scenes from the aftermath of the September 1, 1923 great Tokyo earthquake. He commissioned six artists […]

Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up

Apr 20, 2011

Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday 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 […]

Show Your “Green” at the Red Cross!

Apr 20, 2011

Fútbol fans! The Portland Timbers, in their inaugural MLS season, continue their partnership with the Red Cross through a Timbers blood drive event and sale of a limited edition t-shirt! […]

Everything Swept Away In An Instant

Apr 20, 2011

Before I get started rounding up the news from around the world, I just had to share this moving story from a family right here in the United States staying […]