Preparing Our Neighbors…

This weekend, Red Cross staff and volunteers will be delivering the message of preparedness and prevention through our “Together We Prepare Hazelwood and Mill Park” project. In order to best […]

Hey! Like free stuff that saves your life?

If you answered no to this…you may want to seek professional help. The point of this post is, for qualifying individuals (senior citizens and those with disabilities or lower incomes), […]

“Everybody remain calm!”

Fire Marshall Bill tries hard but fails to prevent avoidable emergencies in this (somewhat graphic?) video below: For RELIABLE fire safety tips from the Red Cross, the Oregon Trail Chapter’s […]

Disaster Preparedness In Urban Immigrant Communities

There’s a paper making it’s way around Red Cross circles that I thought might interest you preparedness junkies. Entitled “Disaster Preparedness in Urban Immigrant Communities: Lessons Learned from Recent Catastrophic […]

We’ve Got Good News (Blog)!

Hey, we made the Red Cross’ “Good News” blog! I think they highlighted Together We Prepare Our Neighborhood because it’s still Fire Prevention Week. For those unfamiliar with this particular […]

Get Prepared — It’s Free!

It’s a Wednesday afternoon. You’re at work, twiddling your thumbs (or playing SuperStruct). You wish there were something more exciting going on. Well, your wish is our command. On Wednesday, […]

Tsunami Drill: We Survived!

By all accounts, yesterday’s tsunami drill went well. You’ll be able to read all about it in next week’s Tillamook Headlight Herald — we’ll post it when we see it. […]

Tengo Queso En Mis Pantalones

[We’re so glad to welcome Francisco, our Latino Outreach Coordinator who will be blogging for us in Spanish! -L] Qué tal mundo de los bloggers, un grandísimo hola de parte […]

Come Celebrate Fiestas Patrias!

This weekend, apart from being busy with Ike, the Oregon Trail Chapter will be celebrating patriotic holidays, better known as “Fiestas Patrias.” We’re all headed out to Hillsboro Stadium to […]

Making National’s News

If you’re a regular reader, you know that our little Oregon chapter has made the big-time before. Big-time meaning http://www.redcross.org/, of course! You can see our past stories here and […]