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O Katrina! An (Unconventional) Video Remembrance

Today marks the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And as New Orleans holds memorial ceremonies, residents are also preparing for Gustav and the likelihood of evacuations…the first since 2005. In […]

Vacation Volunteer Extraordinaire

We here at the Red Cross depend on volunteers and we appreciate every one of them. They do every imaginable job for us, from cleaning and preparing manikins, to deploying […]

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav is making headlines and the American Red Cross is getting ready. Chapters across the Southeast are preparing to receive evacuees. Over the next two days the Red Cross […]

25 Deployed; 3,500 Needed

Just in case you’re wondering, we have about 25 people from around Oregon going to Gustav so far. And if you’re wondering how many total volunteers are needed for the […]

Cross Blogger In Denver To Offer DNC Help

Everyone’s abuzz about the Democratic National Convention in Denver, but do you know the Oregon Trail Chapter’s personal connection to the events? If you guessed Cross Blog’s own Eric Corliss, […]

Oregonians Deploy For Tropical Storm Gustav

Though Tropical Storm Gustav isn’t projected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast until the end of Labor Day weekend, the American Red Cross is preparing for the anticipated hurricane […]

Wondering Who Won the BLOG OFF?

While we’ve all been twiddling our thumbs in anxious anticipation, our BLOG OFF 2008 moderators (Corey Pein of Willamette Week and Amy J. Ruiz of the Portland Mercury) have been […]

Preparing for Gustav

Around here the word “Katrina” is uttered with reverence and almost always accompanied by a sigh of remembered exhaustion.  Nobody wants anybody to have to go through that again. And […]