Tag: youth
Staying Out Of Stranger Danger
What would your child do if they were home alone and there was a knock at the door? Or if they got a phone call from a stranger? It’s easy […]
Calling All Teen Red Crossers!
MTV Wants You! They’re casting for teens (age 15 – 19) who are making a difference. How awesome is that? Details: MTV is looking for ambitious and passionate teens that […]
Don’t Donate. Really.
Sounds pretty crazy, given my usual calls to action. But really, don’t do it. I mean, why would you want to help your neighbor after a disaster? Or communicate with […]
Babysitting Party
A mom called to inquire if she could set up a BBS class for her daughter’s birthday. She asked her daughter what kind of party she wanted for her birthday. […]
Grover Has Been Busy Lately!
You remember this candid interview with Sesame Street’s Grover, right? Well, it turns out Grover has been doing a lot of thinking about preparedness lately. He and his friends made […]
“I just had a feeling that I wanted to do something.”
You know I’ve got a soft-spot for teens with big hearts. And Raymond McGee just made my day. Raymond is a 13-year-old hurricane evacuee who didn’t want to just receive […]
Rock on, local teens!
Big props to our local high schoolers! They’re big news on OregonLive today because they donated blood in record numbers this year: 7,941 pints of blood, an 11.8 percent increase from […]
What did you do for YOUR birthday?
When I was in grade school I remember this girl came to school on her birthday and gave all of us these little watercolor paint sets. I was confused. It […]
Summer is coming. Do you need a babysitter?
Maybe you should hire one of these highly trained kids. The Register-Guard in Eugene reports that these kids feel confident as sitters after taking Red Cross babysitter training. Cassidy Robinhold, […]
Social Media In China: Young People Help Homeless Earthquake Survivors
At first glance this Yahoo News article is about the current challenge in China of sheltering hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors. But there are a few lines that jump […]