Tag: California
Volunteer Spotlight: Through Humor and Compassion, Volunteer Linda Morris Finds her Calling with the Red Cross
Story by Julia Green/Red Cross Cascades Region Standing in their living room in Oregon, Linda Morris and her husband watched as Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in October of 2017. […]
New Central & Eastern Oregon Executive Director Experiences First Red Cross Deployment
Story by Bhavna Verma/Red Cross Cascades Region It’s been a whirlwind few months for Nadine McCrindle, the new Red Cross Cascades Region Executive Director for Central & Eastern Oregon. She […]
A Marriage With A Mission
Having worked a summer job as a sports camp counselor, one might think back on memorable baseball games, dodgeball and maybe even a first bee sting. Few would assume, however, […]
3-D Earthquake Photos From 1906
Since we’re talking about today’s anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, I thought I’d point out these images: If you’re unfamiliar with the technology, these are 3-D, color stereoscopic photographs […]
April 18, 1906: Mother Nature 1, San Francisco 0
From Wired: 1906: San Francisco is destroyed by an earthquake so powerful that it is felt from Coos Bay, Oregon, to Los Angeles, and as far east as central Nevada. […]
Donating Blood for Community Preparedness
Here is a video from our media partners at KNDU (Richland, Washington). The American Red Cross Pacific Northwest Blood Region includes much of Oregon and Washington, meaning that a donation […]
California Community Rolls up Sleeves to Donate for Officer
A regular lesson in the Red Cross is that tragedy can bring people together to do amazing things. This story comes out of the Bay Area over the past two […]
Preparedness Now
From Preparedness Now’s description:Up-and-coming film director, motion graphics designer and Art Center College of Design alumnus, Theo Alexopoulos, takes you on a visceral journey through the USGS ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario.The […]
Real World – Red Cross, CA
I don’t really know what’s going on with these cartoon preparedness videos from California’s Bay Area Red Cross, but I figured I’d share them with you fine people anyway. Red […]
Artists’ Firsthand Accounts of the California Wildfires
[Re-posting since I accidentally left some links out yesterday.] Some things are irreplaceable. Awards you’ve won. Paintings you’ve created. The sense of home you built up in a place over […]