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Volcano Views and Brews
Tonight, after you give a pint you might want to go have a pint. Once a month the Mount St. Helens Institute hosts a presentation at the Lucky Lab brewpub […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
On June 13, 2008 a family in St. Helens had a fire in their house. When the Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted the family of 8 by providing:–3 […]
Making National’s News
If you’re a regular reader, you know that our little Oregon chapter has made the big-time before. Big-time meaning http://www.redcross.org/, of course! You can see our past stories here and […]
Support Pride, Give Blood
Instead of just enjoying parades and parties during Pride Week, why not do something important? Saving a life, perhaps? Tomorrow — June 17 — is a very special blood drive, […]
“Woohoo! Red Cross!” : The Parade Recap
As I predicted, yesterday turned out to be wonderful weather for marching in the Pride Parade. Sunny with a lovely cool breeze. We wore our Red Cross t-shirts, carried banners […]
We’re Number 38!
Okay, last post. I have a life, you know. Our blog — formerly known as “The Red Cross is here” but NOW known as “Cross Blog” — just got a […]
Two More Volunteers Head To Midwest
Just a quick update on the number of people we have deployed to help with relief efforts in the Midwest. Today, two more people left. One is heading to Cedar […]
Meet Cynthia — She Predicts Earthquakes
Saturday afternoon and I’m catching up on work. Ugh. But I did want to blog an interesting e-mail before it’s old news… Tom Traver, another one of our amazing public […]
Russert’s Death Serves as Sad Reminder
Did you hear that Tim Russert of NBC’s Meet the Press just died of a heart attack at the age of 58? And that he collapsed right on the job […]
You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em…
As you know, this year’s storm season in the Midwest has been unusually intense. I’ve been getting updates about every other day from my family in Kansas. Things like: “Hi […]