Tag: shelter
The Burdoin Wildfire Destroys Homes in the Gorge Sends Hundreds Scrambling
By Rebecca Marshall, Red Cross Cascades Communications Director On July 21, 2025, two sisters sit on lawn chairs next to their RV in front of a Red Cross shelter in […]
Five Years Strong: Julie Bolt’s Journey Sparked by Oregon’s 2020 Wildfires
By Katherine Liu, Red Cross Volunteer When wildfires tore through Oregon in 2020, thousands were forced to flee from their homes. The year saw the most destructive fires on record […]
Red Cross Opens Shelter During First Big Wildfire of the Season
On June 11, a wildfire quickly spread to the town of Rowena, Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge. The wind-whipped flames forced Level 3 (Go Now) evacuations for over 2,000 […]
Disaster Can Bring Out the Best of a Community
Written by Isabel Anderson – Red Cross Communications Manager Cascades Region The Darlene 3 Fire in Deschutes County forced families to evacuate their homes and in response the Red Cross […]
VIDEO: Red Cross Responds In Joplin
“We don’t just have wounded bodies, we have wounded spirits.” — Nurse and Red Cross volunteer Christine Stockwell, on the ground in Joplin, MO.
Gimme Shelter
Let’s play a game called Guess What iPhone App I Just Downloaded? Hint: it’s not Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja. (Though those are both fun apps.) Nope. It’s the new […]
Fire Rages, Red Cross Responds
As I type this, there is a wildfire raging in Central Oregon. And, as I type this, the Red Cross is operating a shelter in Sisters for everyone who has […]
We’re Going To Graceland!
No, not Elvis’ home with the world famous Jungle Room, but rather the “Graceland of Atomic Tourism,” a disaster shelter built in the mid-1950’s for our very own government leaders. […]
Mass Care Newsletter: First Issue
From international disasters such as the devastating earthquake in Haiti, to local emergencies such as house fires and floods, the American Red Cross is iconic as a shelter and feeding […]
This Weekend: Damascus Shelter Exercise
A fast moving wildfire has broken out in heavily wooded areas just 10 miles east of Damascus. Fifty residents will be forced out of their homes – would you be […]