– This post originally appeared on Live Lightly, Laugh Often, and is authored by Susan Henschen.
About 6 years ago, Josef and I had an experience that has stayed with us and probably always will.
We took a course in CPR together at Boston’s Red Cross headquarters. Our instructor was a really neat guy called Alejandro,
“But [...]
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Grover explains how to get prepared on good friend John Solomon’s blog.
Grover!
Our cohorts in Portland point out that he reveals his last name in the process. Can you find his last name in this video?
Today is the last day of National Preparedness Month. Did you Pledge to Prepare?
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- This post is by Chad Queen, the Louisville-area Platelet Apheresis Donor Recruiter for the Red Cross in the River Valley Region
I know how crazy, a fast-paced society we all live in. Slowing down isn’t really an option, it’s more of a not speeding up so much that we just fall apart.
For a long time, [...]
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>> AUDIO: Red Crosser Jason Broaddus performs first-aid.
While paying for gas at a gas station, located in Rochelle, Illinois, I performed first aid for a lady who smashed her thumb in her car door. I had a Red Cross first aid kit in my car ready for action and it worked perfectly.
broaddusj’s Mobile post sent [...]
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Our Red Cross Racing driver Greg Biffle is a winner! He’s won the last 2 Spring Cup races so we have high hopes that the third time’s a charm this weekend when the Red Cross paint scheme will be on his car!
If you’ll be at the race this weekend, you’ll find our traveling display on [...]
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Did you know the Red Cross has published nearly 600 photos from response efforts during the 2008 hurricane season?
These photos convey the impact Hurricane Ike and other disasters had on the people who live in the affected areas, and how the Red Cross is there to help.
From the image on the left we created a [...]
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– This post originally appeared on John Solomon’s blog, In Case of Emergency, Read Blog.
One of my main objectives in starting this blog was to encourage and help other citizens to get more involved in emergency preparedness by describing my own experiences. So, I couldn’t have been more thrilled to receive an email last week [...]
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>>AUDIO Actress Andrea Bowen comes to headquarters
Andrea Bowen visited Red Cross headquarters today and was kind enough to record an Utter! Here she explains her interest in the Red Cross and why she thinks service is important for all youth.
Mobile post sent by AmericanRedCross using Utterli. Replies. mp3
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As of today, when you read a story or press release on RCO (redcross.org) you’ll see the option to share that story on most social networking sites.
Please use the button to easily share this content with your friends and family. Put your cursor over the share button and you’ll be greeted with sharing options.
Look for [...]
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September is National Preparedness Month. We had lots of stuff planned to inspire you to get prepared, but then Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit and we had to focus our attention on response efforts.
Even though we got off course a bit, we hope the silver lining of these hurricanes is that you all realized the [...]
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