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Cascades Region volunteers sacrifice holidays with family to support those impacted by Kentucky tornadoes

Story by Dawn Johnson/Red Cross Cascades Region Nearly a month after an outbreak of deadly tornadoes cut through the heart of the Midwest and South in December 2021, Red Cross […]

A Year Later, Historic 2020 Fires Recall Memories of Love and Loss

Story by Harriet Vanderbilt / Red Cross Cascades Region One year ago, on Sept. 7, 2020, Mother Nature unleashed a catastrophic series of events upon thousands of Oregonians.   First, there […]

Bootleg Fire Showcases Importance of Collaboration During Disaster Response

If you walk into the Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team headquarters for Zone 1 of the Bootleg Wildfire you will find yourself in a sea of green pants […]

Klamath Tribes Delivers Key Community Support During Devastating Bootleg Wildfire

Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Just three days into the massive Bootleg fire raging in Oregon, the Red Cross opened an evacuation shelter at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. […]

Red Cross Volunteer Supports Wildfire Response as own Home is Threatened

Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Hank Nowak of Joliet, Montana (about 30 miles outside Billings), flew to Medford, Oregon on Saturday, July 10th, 2021 to serve as a Red Cross shelter […]

‘Leave now or you’ll die,’ How the Red Cross is Supporting those Impacted by the Bootleg Fire

Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region Tim McCarley is a retired sheriff’s deputy from Reno. He, and his bride Dee, moved to Oregon along with her adult son, David, to build their dream retirement home in the […]

Historic multi-day heatwave, pushes Cascades Region volunteers to adapt to yet another disaster like no other

Story by Sarah Cagann/Red Cross Cascades Region We saw the forecasts and read the headlines; a dangerous multi-day, triple-digit heatwave was coming to the Cascades Region. Yet it was still […]

One Company’s Creative Solution to Fundraising During Oregon Wildfires

Story by Julia Green / Red Cross Cascades Region The 2020 fire season was one of the most destructive fire seasons in the state of Oregon’s history. In a matter […]

Red Cross Volunteers Show Resilience During a Fire Season Like No Other

Story by Julia Green / Red Cross Cascades Region It’s early September in Oregon, and Rebecca Marshall has worked as the Regional Disaster Officer of the Red Cross Cascades Region […]

The Oregon Wildfires Inspired Me to Help, The Oregon Spirit Left Me in Awe

Story and photos by Anne Stearns / Red Cross Cascades Region My name is Anne Stearns and I was one of Disaster Health Services Supervisors for the wildfire disaster relief […]

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