Eat Ice Cream, Help Firefighters

Portland is expecting some unseasonably cold weather on Wednesday night, which means that you should DEFINITELY want to eat ice cream. Right? Right. And the only thing better than ice […]

Filling Your Tummy For Japan

As a self-proclaimed PDX foodie, I feel it is of the utmost importance to point out two tasty ways to support Red Cross Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami relief efforts […]

Celebrate Fat Tuesday, Eat A Cupcake!

What better way to celebrate Fat Tuesday than with CUPCAKES?! That’s right — our incredible friends at Cupcakes Jones have whipped up a special one-day-only promotion. All day long, 5% […]

Saving the Galaxy One Pint at a Time

On January 1, 2011, the Red Cross will host an epic battle between the ultimate galaxy warriors: Stormtroopers vs. Klingons! Blood and platelet donors from the greater Portland area will […]

Photo Frenzy!

Our Flickr site has blown up with all of the latest Red Cross action! If you’ve been following the blog, you know that Blood Services hosted multiple Thanksgiving Day blood […]

Diversapalooza!

Tuesday was the third annual “One Red Cross” Multi-Cultural Celebration, but as a newbie to this chapter it was my first time attending. As I write this I’m already looking […]

One Last Summer Festival!

Summer means a few things to me: awesome concerts (like Portland’s own Musicfest Northwest), outdoor movie nights, fun at the coast and elephant ears. Yep, no summer would be complete […]

Photo Frenzy!

Our Flickr site has blown up with all the Red Cross activity going on lately! A Star Wars blood drive, youth awards, a Zombie Squad preparedness night, Twilight movie jewelry […]