Author: Red Cross Cascades Region

Monitoring Earthquakes…From the Coffee Shop

Got a laptop? You can help monitor earthquakes. As reported in the the Los Angeles Times, the “Quake Catchers” program aims to make earthquake detection easier and cheaper by using […]

Haiti: Two Months Later

This morning the American Red Cross published a two month progress report on relief efforts for Haiti. “As part of its largest international response since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, […]

2010 National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge

Speaking of challenges for youth… The 2010 National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge has begun and over the next month will include over 100 colleges/universities nationwide, allowing approximately 10,000 […]

A New EXIT Strategy?

I can imagine controversy over evacuation policy or emergency preparedness funding…but it took me a moment to realize that our most basic aid in the event of a disaster, the […]

Turkey’s Earthquake Proof Airport

With the news this morning of major aftershocks being felt in Chile, many of us are questionning just how vulnerable our homes and buildings are. A while back, I blogged […]

Meet Our Hero: Manuel Baquero

The 13th annual Oregon Trail Chapter Breakfast of Champions was held on Tuesday, March 9th, celebrating our community heroes. Manuel Baquero was one of two to receive the ‘Blood Hero’ […]

Meet Out Hero: Thomas Stapleton

The 13th annual Oregon Trail Chapter Breakfast of Champions was held on Tuesday, March 9th, celebrating our community heroes. Thomas Stapleton was one of two to receive the ‘Blood Hero’ […]

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 […]