Happy New Year’s Eve!

Are you looking forward to 2009?
Before we hop into the new year, we thought we’d take a look back at your 10 favorite posts from this year (the ones you clicked on the most).
Here’s to you and your part in creating many more good stories in the coming 365 days. Thanks for being [...]

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-By Bob Wade, DAT Night Team Leader/Supervisor — ARC of SE Wisconsin — Milwaukee, WI.
Christmas Morning — Thursday, December 25, 2008
At 2:10am this morning my teammates and I were dispatched to a working structure fire on the southwest side of the city here in Milwaukee.
Upon arrival at the scene, I was told that there were two [...]

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- This post is by Claire Sale, Red Cross social media guru. This post has been re-posted from the Online Newsroom.

On December 20, a passenger plane skidded off a runway in Denver Colorado. Charley Shimanski, CEO of the Mile High Chapter, describes the Red Cross response:
In all, 38 people were transported to five local [...]

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Looking at boston.com’s The Year 2008 in Photographs this morning, I was struck by how many of the photos involved events the American Red Cross responded to this year.
Tropical Storm Hanna
The Big Picture’s photo of the year #4

The American Red Cross obviously responded to Hanna in the United States, but we were also present in [...]

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Reminder: With $10 and a Facebook account you can give (in a friend’s name) the equivalent of 2 real blankets to a family affected by a disaster.
It’s a great holiday gift idea for those on your gift list who are Facebook-obsessed.

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It’s cold out there and the Red Cross has shelters open in several places around the US for those who have lost power and heat.
The photos above were taken yesterday at a shelter in Londonderry, NH when Santa stopped in for a visit.
Stay tuned to the Disaster Online Newsroom for more [...]

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Editor’s Note: The activity described below is NOT recommended. Do not try this at home.
A snowball story from A Wanderer’s Tale:
I so rarely have felt it in my life. I have felt accomplishment and pleasure and relaxation…but rarely joy.
Until today…today in Portland there was a boreal snowstorm…wicked cold…and this is me saying its cold. [...]

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Thanks to everyone for participating in the National Day of Giving last Saturday.
To reiterate just how important the Campaign for Disaster Relief is, Mother Nature is handing much of the United States some winter doozies right now. Your American Red Cross is providing services such as warming centers, shelters, and food and blankets in the [...]

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The National Day of Giving has arrived!
Yours truly is putting on layers now to head out to our 17th Street building here in DC with all of my colleagues. I’ll try to report back later with pictures.
In the meantime – do your part!

Your incentive (besides feeling good that you’ve just made someone affected [...]

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We don’t know who made this video, but we’ve been giggling about it all morning.

>>Find your own nearest blood donation site

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