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We’ve Got Good News (Blog)!
Hey, we made the Red Cross’ “Good News” blog! I think they highlighted Together We Prepare Our Neighborhood because it’s still Fire Prevention Week. For those unfamiliar with this particular […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
Yesterday morning a house slide down a hill into other homes. Ten Red Cross disaster volunteers, responded to this incident doing the following: –Helped 3 families, 7 adults, and three […]
Alabama Red Cross Chapter Hit By Tornado
Have you ever wondered just how prepared a Red Cross chapter is for disaster? I mean, if a quake hit Portland, not only do we have to respond and help […]
More On The Landslide…
Driving out to the landslide today was a little bit of a walk down memory lane. Where it occurred is literally just a few blocks from where I went to […]
A Piece of Cake
Once you get a week past your birthday you assume you’re safe from all surprises, right? Wrong. My team somehow found out that my birthday was last week, so today […]
Guess What We’re Responding To This Morning?
I’ll give you a few hints: 1) It’s not a fire.2) It’s been raining a lot around here, after a period of dryness.3) We’re headed over to SW Portland’s Burlingame […]
It’s International Day For Disaster Reduction!
Get your party hats ready — it’s time to celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction! As Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of United Nations, said last year, “Disaster risk reduction is about […]
Today was one of my favorite days of the year!
Every year we have a special Build A Kit Day when staff and volunteers get a big discount on emergency kit supplies. It’s an excellent day when we totally get […]
Co-Workers Pitch In to Help Red Cross Volunteer
Did you know that there are still 45 Oregonians on the ground helping with relief efforts for Hurricane Ike? One of them is the Oregon Pacific Chapter’s Saundra Romero, whose […]
I Only Drink Tap Water
Yay! Our arch rivals, I mean, good friends at the Portland Water Bureau just sent us some super cool schwag: a Bull Run Water carafe, and a bunch of hip illustrated bumper stickers […]