Tag: volunteers
Volunteer Delivers Lifesaving Blood Products
Olivia Wolf/Red Cross Cascades Region Every Friday, Chris Schwartzkopf delivers essential blood supplies from the Portland Red Cross facility to an Oregon coast hospital. About half of the time, his […]
Red Cross Volunteers Reflect on Critical Role in Disaster Response
Olivia Wolf/Red Cross Cascades Region A four-alarm fire around downtown Portland displaced more than a dozen residents of an old apartment building the morning of Tuesday, May 16. The fire […]
Passionate Volunteer Finds Career Fulfillment with the Red Cross
Harriet Vanderbilt/Red Cross Cascades Region Michael Mawdsley fell in love with the Red Cross at the tender age of 13. After volunteering at a local blood drive, he became enamored […]
Meet Service Award Winners Tara and Jake!
Harriet Vanderbilt/Red Cross Cascades Congratulations to Tara and Jake! These two Lincoln High School students qualify for the prestigious Youth Presidential Service Award, having logged over 100 hours of service. […]
Local Volunteer Grateful for Life-Saving Blood Donations
Red Cross Cascades volunteer Ashlie Freeman saved by lifesaving blood transfusion.
He Will Never Know How Many Lives He Saved
Patricia Griffiths / Red Cross Cascades Region With the whir of a screwdriver and chirp of a tested alarm, Jon Grasle wraps up another day’s work. Since 2016, the Portland-based […]
Everyday People Showing Strength After Hurricane Ian
Rebecca Marshall/Red Cross Cascades Region “To help is to live. Not to help is to die. When I saw the Red Cross trucks, I saw life.” Those were the words […]
Disaster Mental Health – A Vital Service
Colleen Hathaway/Red Cross Cascades Region What is Disaster Mental Health? Did you know that the Red Cross provides counseling services after a disaster? Disaster Mental Health, or counseling services by […]
Disaster Services Volunteer Answers the call for Shelter Help
Harriet Vanderbilt/Red Cross Cascades Region “I signed up on the weekly response on-call list on Volunteer Connection” recalled Cascades Region volunteer, Roman Perez. “On Wednesday, August 3rd, I received a […]
Disaster Academy Where Red Crossers Go to Learn
Story by Darrell Fuller/Red Cross Cascades Region The name sounds ominous – Disaster Academy. But its purpose is incredibly hopeful. On the first weekend in June 2022, American Red Cross […]