We’ve been using a service called Utterz to get real-time audio updates from the field. Below you can listen to a handful of the reports we have coming in from the flood region in the central United States. [click links to play] Joe Hansen from the ground in Iowa Iowa Shelter Resident Larry Dobbins Describes [...]
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Please visit our Online Newsroom for up-to-date info on the Red Cross response to the flooding and tornadoes throughout the central United States. From public affairs team member Joseph Hansen on the ground in Iowa (this is an email he sent back to his chapter in Florida upon arriving yesterday): After a long travel [...]
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We’re still working furiously to respond to those affected by the flooding and storms throughout the central United States. But, here in Washington DC (where the heat wave has broken thank goodness) we’re joined by busloads of well-dressed women visiting headquarters for our Tiffany Circle Summit. This afternoon I had the privilege to sit in on their luncheon where I was [...]
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Franklin IN 6-9-08 Franklin IN 6-9-08 Pt 2 Our own public affairs volunteer Jill Bode had deployed from Indiana to help those affected by flooding in West Virginia when she got word that her own home had flooded back in Indiana. She describes her experience in the videos above. Please visit our Central US Flooding [...]
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? Grab this Headline Animator Remember this map of all the disaster operations the Red Cross is responding to right now? It blew up over the weekend with new flooding in seven states: Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa. So, we’ve created a separate blog where we’ll give you tactical updates on the [...]
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Last Friday morning our headquarters building in DC hosted a roundtable discussion about how the United States is and will continue to support recovery efforts in China following the earthquake there. President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice came over to address the group of nonprofits, corporations, and governmental agencies assisting China in relief efforts. [...]
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Earlier this week we caught up with Arizona Cardinals Quarterback and Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet Member Matt Leinart at training camp to answer a couple of questions about training and CPR: What is your personal experience with CPR and AED? I have fortunately never had to use CPR on anyone. However, I had the opportunity [...]
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View Larger Map This map indicates events that national headquarters disaster operations center (DOC) is assisting. It does not include the hundreds of incidents that individual chapters respond to every day (we’re working on being able to visualize that info). In the past two months, the DOC has opened 24 large scale operations, many of [...]
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