Gentrification and Healing Through Storytelling

Gentrification. It’s a hot topic in Portland, and especially in the North Portland area where our building stands. Today’s Oregonian has an article about an innovative program that seeks to generate healing and […]

Our New Blog Tagline

Do you see it? Up above? Yesterday, the marketing team was messing around with our e-mail signatures to see if we might use that as a tool to promote the […]

Can Country Music Change a Life?

Let me start by saying I’m not the biggest fan of country music. Twang makes me shudder and any mention of trucks or rodeos will cause me to promptly cover […]

Our Chapter Makes National News

Okay, that’s a bit of a misnomer. It should probably read “Our Chapter Makes National’S News,” if I’m being honest. But really, it’s just as exciting as CNN or Newsweek […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Red Cross Volunteers disaster responded to third fire, a single family fire, on Tuesday, April 15. When the disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted the adult and child affected by the […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

On Tuesday, April 15, 4 families had a fire in their apartment in Hillsboro. When the Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted 8 adults and 12 children affected by […]

Stay Off Logs

On a lighter note, a coworker found this magnet in the recesses of our warehouse storage. Not sure if it was made by the Red Cross or what. It’s good […]

More on Apartment Fire Safety

Just a follow up to my post yesterday. The Oregonian gave a verbal smack-down to the city about its lax fire inspections. And because I just have to mention preparedness […]

BoC: The Story Behind the Story

As we all know, Portland is a small town that likes to think it’s a big city, so it’s not really a surprise to run into people you know. Even […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

On Saturday, April 12, an adult and child had a fire in their apartment in SE Portland. When Red Cross disaster Volunteers arrived, they assisted the family by providing:–3 nights […]