Author: Red Cross Cascades Region
Volunteering with Blood Services
It is National Volunteer Week and it is worth note that many American Red Cross volunteers work with the Blood Services side of operations. Hundreds of volunteers are needed each […]
Bolting Down The House
Spring cleaning? How about spring seismic retrofitting? That’s what Richard Rosenhaft is doing to his 100-year-old NE Portland home. Like most homes built before 1976, the frame was not bolted […]
The Seismologists Are Coming! The Seismologists Are Coming!
Q: What did one earthquake say to the other earthquake? A: It’s all your fault! I apologize for that painfully bad joke, but I’m willing to bet that downtown Portland […]
Why I Help: Rajina Pradhan Logs Checks, Learns Customs
[In honor of National Volunteer Week, we’re featuring a volunteer every day here on the blog!] Rajina Pradhan came all the way from Nepal just to volunteer for the Oregon […]
Paper? Plastic? Or Tarp?
Plastic bags. Some places won’t let you have ’em. Some places let you make a donation if you skip ’em. Some places even enter you into drawings for free grocery […]
34 Gallon Blood Donor gathers National attention
Here is a great story that CNN picked up from Westfield, Massachusetts. Richard Gaylord started donating at High School in 1946. Now he is 81 years old and has donated […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
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 […]
Why I Help: Michael Rudis Knows Failure Is Not An Option
[In honor of National Volunteer Week, we’re featuring a volunteer every day here on the blog!] There’s only one job I can think of that might be cooler than volunteering […]
Together We Prepare Lents
Several years back the Red Cross decided to expand our reach in the realm of neighborhood disasters. Instead of only responding to disasters we would implement a program to help […]
Tune In Tomorrow!
Around preparedness circles in the northwest, we call it “The Big One.” This refers to a major earthquake (over 9.0 in magnitude) that state geologists are predicting in Oregon’s future. […]