Slideshow: Starlight Parade

As I mentioned last week, the Red Cross participated in the Rose Festival Starlight Parade this past Saturday 5/30. We weren’t just at the parade, we lit up the night! […]

Are You Ready to Rock?

The Red Cross knows that blood donors totally rock. We also think that giving blood and helping to save lives doesn’t always have to be as serious as it sounds. […]

Vroom vroom vroom…

Ladies and gentleman, start your engines…because Red Cross Racing time is here! The NASCAR season is upon us and the Red Cross Racing blood donor competition is back for it’s […]

Slideshow: Courting Donors Blood Drive

As Tara mentioned yesterday, today is the annual Courting Donors Blood Drive — one of our favorite events. We get to meet princesses, get free massages, eat cake and check […]

Roses are red, violets are blue…

…sign up to donate blood, and people who need it will love you! This is me with my mom Rose (right). My mom is the prettiest Rose I know. That’s […]

Donate Blood: Do it for the Babies

Last week, Jeff (our Blood Donor Scheduling Supervisor) came to me with a powerful plea: “Donate blood today. Do it for the babies.” That’s really all he had to say. […]

Lizzie Bell in the ICU

Remember Lizzie Bell? Her touching story about her constant need for blood transfusions caught America’s attention last March when she was featured on the hit television show Extreme Makeover Home […]

Blood Everywhere!

Robin, Lise, and I have more in common than our love for all things Red Cross; as true Portland girls, we also love to thrift shop! Over the weekend Robin […]

Doing Good While Looking Good

My birthday is next week. My boyfriend has serious “gift pressure anxiety” and always claims he doesn’t know what to get me for my birthday, albeit my obvious attempts to […]

Honoring National Nurses Week

Ok, class, get out your freshly sharpened #2 pencils and put away your textbooks because…it’s Trivia Time! Today’s Topic? Red Cross Nurses. Why? Because it’s National Nurses Week and we […]