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Happy 131st Birthday the American Red Cross!
131 years ago the American Red Cross was started, leading the way to the humanitarian organization you know today! Clara Barton and a circle of acquaintances founded the American Red […]
Good babysitters are hard to find
A new American Red Cross poll found that in the past 24 months, 55 percent of parents surveyed decided to stay home because they couldn’t find a babysitter. The survey […]
Iris Newhouse, 85-year-old volunteer, transitions service role after 110 disaster relief tours
“I figure life has been good to me so why not share some of that with other people?” This statement embodies 85-year-old Iris Newhouse’s philosophy throughout her remarkable (and continuing!) […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Map Mega Sale
As a ‘Geo Geek’, I have a love for paper maps – even if they are a bit old fashioned compared to modern technology. In the past we have talked […]
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Practice makes perfect.
Our Red Cross volunteers never shy away from hard work, and that’s just what they did last weekend in Nehalem. About 30 volunteers gathered at the North County Recreation District […]
SATURDAY: Grab A Free Pint (From Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream) By Giving A Pint
Loving the weather? Enjoy a free pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream AND help save lives by giving a pint on Saturday! Check out Willamette Week’s Swag Rag on […]
Do your slippers have steel soles?
While driving to work this morning I heard an NPR story about the preparedness craze that continues to build in Japan more than a year after the Tōhoku earthquake. What, […]
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
World Red Cross Day – May 8, 2012
Celebrate World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day by supporting patients in need of safe, lifesaving blood products. Check out our American Red Cross Blood Donors photo album on the event!