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Caring Is Sharing! Give Blood On Valentine’s Day
Come celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Red Cross!Do you love chocolate? All presenting donors at our Clark County Donor Center on this special day will receive a small box of […]
Where Do You Fit?
Graphic courtesy of socialgraphics.files.wordpress.comNo matter what your blood type, the need is constant. Sign up to donate at redcrossblood.org or 1-800 RED CROSS today!
The Red Cross Has Redesigned Its Logo!
The American Red Cross officially unveiled its new logo last Thursday, featuring the iconic Red Cross in a button, to symbolize the personal investment of volunteers, employees and supporters in […]
Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan Earthquakes
Our friends (and partners) at OMSI have piqued our collective Red Cross interest again with February 22nd’s Science Pub Portland topic! “Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan […]
Can You Save a Life by Singing?
A couple of days ago, I posted a funny blog entry regarding chest compressions as demonstrated in a Superbowl ad by Hyundai. On a more serious note, I ran across […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday 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 […]
How the Red Cross Responded to January’s Storm, and How They Will Respond in the Future
Two weeks ago, the Oregon Red Cross set up an Emergency Disaster Relief Shelter at the Newport Fairgrounds for victims of the recent storms and floods. The shelter was only […]
Speaking of Super Bowl Ads…Awesome Job Neymarc Brothers!
A HUGE congrats to our award-winning friends at Neymarc Visuals, who, before creating their hilarious Super Bowl commercial for Dannon (earning them the title of “Youngest Ever Directors in Super […]
“Think Fast” – take a Red Cross CPR class
During the Superbowl, Hyundai demonstrated an amusingly inefficient way to perform chest compressions on a comatose patient. Not a substitute for taking a Red Cross CPR class, but this sure […]
Blaze sparks at SE Portland apartment complex
Oregon Red Cross volunteers are assisting several SE Portland residents displaced by an apartment fire in the 2000 block of SE 122nd Avenue. Red Cross volunteers are prepared to provide […]