Meet One Compassionate Kid

Meet Blake. This adorable seven-year-old was watching OPB last night (smart kid, no?) and saw the devastation that Hurricane Ike was causing in Haiti. He told his parents to come […]

Did You Get This Tweet?

Check it out: Find out more about the Red Cross Text 2Help program right here. For just $5, it’s a very easy way to make a difference, especially along the […]

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav is making headlines and the American Red Cross is getting ready. Chapters across the Southeast are preparing to receive evacuees. Over the next two days the Red Cross […]

Making Lemons Into Lemon Aid

Speaking of things most people do when they’re kids, I read a story this morning about Kayla and Mara Arnold, two sisters from Iowa who set up a lemonade stand […]

It’s not just in the Portland area…

I just saw this article and had to post it. Apparently it’s not just our Chapter that has been responding to an unusual amount of house fires. The Register-Guard reports 30 house […]

Unusual Frequency

So, yeah, it looks like we have actually been responding to more fires than usual lately. Yesterday, Rodney in Emergency Services sent out a special volunteer recruitment email that started […]

Hello again!

I’m back in Portland, safe and well.  Only partially buried under a backlog of emails that piled up while I was away. I’ll dig myself out eventually! I have a lot […]