– This post is by Claire Johnson, social media guru
If the Red Cross had a Halloween costume, it would be a Vampire costume (but a really nice world-saving Vampire costume)
Do you remember anything about 1992? All I remember is that I must have seen the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie every single weekend that year. [...]
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The doe reference is appropriate today as we’re being warned all over the news about the dangers of deer causing car accidents. Be careful out there.
Anyway, this here is the most update statistical report from hurricanes Ike and Gustav.
The numbers are staggering.
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Today’s Allthebestjokes.com joke of the day is:
Question:
What do you call a cat who’s joined the Red Cross?
Answer:
A first-aid kit!
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-By Bob Wade, Night Team Leader/Supervisor–ARC of SE Wisconsin–Milwaukee, WI.
Wednesday, Sept 12, 2007
It’s a little after 6pm, Wednesday evening. I am headed up to the attic for my daily workout, police scanner and two cell phones in hand. I’m on duty again.
The scanner crackles to life before I hit the bottom step [...]
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You may or may not be aware that we’re $50 million into raising our goal of $100 million for Disaster Relief.
It’s been a heck of a disastrous year and people (maybe even you) are hurting. You can help.
We’ve created a bunch of ways that you, social media savvy person that you are, can be a [...]
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Add to your Halloween festivities this year by donating blood! Up to 40,000 donors will receive a $2 coupon to Saw V, coming out this Friday. The Halloween horror flick’s fans have saved 235,000 lives by donating 80,000 pints of blood over the last 4 years.
Join them!
Happy Halloween. Mwahahahahaha
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– Originally posted by Stephanie on The Stout Family
I still can’t believe that we experienced a hurricane. We evacuated 5 weeks ago to Fort Worth and returned home on Friday.
[...]
As we crossed the causeway and drove down Broadway onto the island, I was stunned. Words can’t really explain the way I felt. Honestly, no one [...]
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– By Bob Wade, Night Team Leader/Supervisor–ARC of SE Wisconsin–Milwaukee, WI.
This diary entry is from April 25, 2008.
It’s 5:30pm, Friday evening, and I’m just waking up from a 30-minute nap after a long day at work. I can’t sleep, even though I only had about an hour and [...]
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In light of yesterday’s revelation that a town named Red Cross exists in NC, today we learn that there’s a 56, Arkansas.
QUESTION:
What does this have to do with the Red Cross?
ANSWER:
We’re all eligible to donate blood every 56 days! (sign up for a blood drive today)
I think we’re at the start of building a US [...]
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