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What Is…The Red Cross?

Do you Jeopardy? I used to…every night. It was always a competition around the house to see who could come up with the right answer first. Thank goodness it was […]

Obama Wants You…To Volunteer

The National Day of Service might be over, but that doesn’t mean that your commitment to volunteerism has to end there. A while back, I mentioned that Obama’s acceptance speech […]

Sign Up For Singles CPR Today!

Okay, it’s official. Go ahead and sign up now: www.oregonredcross.org/SinglesCPR And spread the word! The more people who attend (and enjoy) our first installment, the more likely we’ll get to […]

Imagine The Trauma Of Losing Everything…

This weekend, I received an update from our Disaster Action Teams that almost brought me to tears. It didn’t initially sound like an unusual situation — a house fire, one […]

Top Chef. Hero.

I’ve shared my fandom of Bravo’s Top Chef before, but even though I enjoy the show, I never really felt one way or another about the judges. Well, that’s all […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

The long weekend saw the following reponses: Saturday, Jan. 17: Two adults in Troutdale had their home destroyed by fire. Disaster Action Teams assisted with food, clothing, lodging, medications, and […]

Evil Robots and Old-Fashioned Back-Ups

You never know when super-intelligent robots bent on galactic supremacy could hack all your digital records. Oh, wait, I’m thinking of Battlestar Galactica (the final season of which premieres tonight […]

Inauguration Day: Flashing Back

Inauguration Day is almost here, and my trip to Washington, D.C. to march in the Inauguration Parade is about to begin. As it unfolds, I’ll return to a place that […]

Quick! Google The Heimlich Maneuver!

Thanks to our friend Dede, we’ve got another comic to share with you: This reminds me a little bit of the Stone Soup strips that I posted a while back. […]