Tag: hero
“A Battle Between A Young Man & A Chicken Nugget…”
This morning, we held our biggest event of the year — the Fred Meyer Breakfast of Champions, honoring local heroes. KGW morning show go-to guy Drew Carney was on hand […]
Get The Red Cross Experience and Help Save A Life!
Haiti. Chile. New Zealand. Our hope is that Oregonians never have to experience a major earthquake, but the reality of a Cascadia subduction zone quake is likely in Oregon’s future. […]
One Heroic Cat
Fellow cat people rejoice! Finally a feline is being honored as a hero. A cat named Nudge saved his humans from a fire by waking them in the night. And […]
Red Cross Superheroes!
True superheroes give blood and learn CPR. A while ago, real life superheroes from Zetaman.TV visited the Portland Red Cross to donate blood, become CPR certified and “fight the great […]
I Wanna Be Like Mike
Did you see the story about the Hillsboro custodian who has saved the lives of not one, but TWO, choking students? Here’s a snippet from the article: [Head custodian Mike] […]
Our Red (Cross) Carpet Debut!
A while back, I told you about Kathy Ryan, a runner who collapsed during Hood to Coast, Oregon’s most famous relay race. The team that saved Kathy’s life was honored […]
Think You Can’t Donate Blood? Investigate and Be Sure!
“I was out of the country for a year…” “My iron level is always too low…” “I just got a tattoo…”There are many reasons for why people think they can’t […]
Meet Our Salem Heroes
How many heroes are there in Oregon? Hundreds? Thousands? Well, they’ve just added 15 more to their ranks, thanks to our friends at the Willamette Chapter in Salem. Read the […]
Friday Final Cut
Due to a massively malfunctioning computer, I’m blogging from home today. This, sadly, means that I don’t have access to my folder of awesome (but no time to blog) links […]
Lifesaving At A Wake
My morning started with coffee…and lifesaving. As I walked past the coffee cart, trying to resist a vanilla soy latte (I failed), owner Nancy stopped me with a story. Turns […]