Author: Red Cross Cascades Region

Disaster Action Team Responses

On Monday, July 7, 2008 3 families had a fire in their apartment in Portland. When Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted 5 adults and 3 children with: –3 […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

The long Holiday weekend (4 – 6 July 2008) saw activity for the DATs: An apartment complex in Milwaukie had a lightning strike during last week’s thunder storm. A small […]

Burundi Refugee Story Goes National

There’s nothing more fun (read: lazier) than repurposing stories for multiple publications. Take, for example, the sweet story of Beaverton’s Jacob Kabura, a Burundi refugee. Not only did I send […]

One Hour To Vote On Our New Domain Name…

We’ve had 26 votes so far, including those of you who’ve voted from both home AND work (I know who you are). It’s neck and neck between www.oregonredcross.org and www.redcrossoregon.org, […]

Capturing Humanity Through Photography

My sweetie went to San Francisco last weekend and brought me back something super-exciting… An invitation to a Red Cross photo exhibit! (Okay, it’s really just a postcard for it. […]

Reminder: Time to check your smoke detectors!

Yesterday one of my friends posted on twitter “First Sunday of the month–time to check your smoke detectors!” He posts these reminders every month, and he’s not even a Red […]

Study: Extreme Heat Waves Ahead

Being a native Oregonian, it should be no surprise that I love the weather around here…most of the time. Last weekend, it got HOT — heading into the triple digits […]