We have bad news. The relatively new President and CEO of the American Red Cross, Mark W. Everson, was asked to resign yesterday.
Yes, the reason for his departure is disappointing . Yes, we insiders (employees and volunteers) are as shocked as you might be to learn about this. Yes, we’re a big team of people accomplishing a big job. And yes, we will move [...]
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Just a quick note to let you know that we have joined the new holiday project from Facebook Causes – Charity Gifts. They’re just like the regular Facebook Gifts but actually contribute to a charitable cause.
American Red Cross Gift:
You can help provide a bit of warmth to people who have lost everything. Your gift [...]
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I don’t mean to scare you, but turkey day is dangerous!
Thanksgiving Day has more than double the number of home cooking fires than an average day according to the U.S. Fire Administration. In fact, each year more than 4,000 fires occur on Thanksgiving Day.
Don’t leave Tom unattended!
Evidently it’s not just turkeys that make Thanksgiving dangerous.
In [...]
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Hello fellow bloggers,
I’m just popping in here this afternoon to share a few new audio PSAs we have available. Lots of you are writing about preparedness and blood donation, so I figured you may want to grab these snippets of audio to reinforce your point.
Who’s the voice? It’s none other than Raven Symone!
As a person [...]
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Do you have any fun CPR instruction stories?
Do you want to become an instructor?
Tell us in the comments!
Last week we ran across a couple of enlightening blog posts by American Red Cross Health & Safety instructors.
1. Nerd Heaven admits that his knowledge of proper CPR technique is getting in [...]
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Our thoughts are with those affected by the flooding in Tabasco.
Please visit the Response to Mexico Floods page for information about how the American Red Cross is assisting.
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As part of our ongoing series examining how people Get Red Cross Ready, I want to show you two bloggers who have recently taken it upon themselves to get prepared.
A certain Bustopher Jones is expecting a baby. As part of her nesting instincts, she’s done the following:
Another nesting thing I’ve done in the past month [...]
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Earlier this month, a group of Red Crossers traveled to Madagascar to participate in a two-week children’s health campaign aimed to protect against measles and malaria. The project was led by the government of Madagascar and supported by the Measles Initiative.
Below you’ll find a first-person account of the trip by my colleague Michael Oko:
On our first day, we travel [...]
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I told you a while back that we wanted to document on Red Cross Chat our own real life experiences with getting ourselves prepared.
This is the first in a long series of posts that will do just that. We hope you’ll share with us some of your personal preparedness stories in the comments or on your [...]
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