You all are at it again – telling the Red Cross story better than we will ever be able to. Seeing and reading about the ways your lives intersect with this charity is priceless. For example, Mom of G explains why she went through volunteer training: I have completed the requirements for Volunteer Staff Orientation [...]
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1. Speaking of SAF, Red Crosser Virginia Wright-Peterson is currently in Iraq as part of an SAF team. She’s keeping a remarkably fascinating chronicle of her time there on her blog, On Deployment Now. 2. Many chapters are adopting social media by starting blogs of their own. Keep an eye on our blogroll (right hand column) [...]
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Do you have the winter blues? “They” say this is the most depressing time of the year. I think a good remedy for the blues is a dose of perspective. Today, I was jolted with just such a spoonful of medicine when I saw this clip about recovering soldiers at Walter Reed on CNN. When you click through you’ll see [...]
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Remember Alex Boylan (hint: he won Amazing Race II)? We have an update on his whereabouts. He’s several months into a social media experiment that has him attempting to circle the globe with only the help of online friends (that is, without money), called Around the World for Free. What the heck does this have [...]
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It takes two to make a thing go right. Behold! The 2008 American Red Cross TV PSAs. You can find more on RCO (have we talked about this? Internally, we call redcross.org RCO) and on our brand new YouTube Nonprofit Channel. UPDATE: Red Cross Youth blogger Ralph Chislett has unearthed an ad from 1974.
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Luis Suarez started an “8 Things You Didn’t Know About Me” meme back on December 19. It’s been passed around and around the blogosphere and has finally made it’s way to Red Cross Chat! Johnny Weismuller, winner of 5 Olympic gold medals who played Tarzan in a dozen movies, was an active Red Cross swimming instructor. [Find [...]
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The West is experiencing wicked storms. Stay safe out there and stay tuned to this space for updated information as it becomes available. Official American Red Cross Information about the storm Storm press release and preparedness details Follow the Red Cross Twitter channel to receive disaster information updates if the storm is severe. Santa Cruz [...]
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We’re planning many exciting social media forays in 2008, the first of which is to get our Nonprofit YouTube channel up and running. Personally, I’d love to figure out a way to use this video to promote blood donation. After having viewed it approximately 100 times and sharing it with every friend I have, [...]
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