Today marks the last day you can get your Holiday Mail for Heroes cards in the mail. Address: Holiday Mail for Heroes PO Box 5456 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456 If you can’t get your cards in the mail today, you’ll still be able to sign our GroupCard through the end of the year. And you [...]
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- This post is by Claire Sale, Red Cross social media guru Starting today, personalize your Google homepage with a Red Cross theme. The theme rotates disaster relief photos throughout the day at the top of your iGoogle page. Show your support for the Red Cross: Get the American Red Cross iGoogle theme Other ways [...]
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Donating platelets lasts about the same amount of time it takes to watch your average movie. Many donation sites offer a choice of movies and we often see donors blog about the movie they watched while sitting in the chair. What movie do you think goes best with saving lives? Here are a couple of [...]
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Michael Johns (who you probably remember from last season’s American Idol) has recorded a holiday song called Another Christmas. He’s donating 50% of the proceeds to the American Red Cross and the other 50% to ALS. Click the banner above to download on iTunes today! >> Listen to his rationale for being such a great [...]
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Every once in a while we like to show you the things people are saying about the Red Cross on Twitter. Here are our favorites from the past few days: trexsandwich: I’m now half an inch away from being a Red Cross volunteer. Excitement! Danger! Passion? examorata: Why yes, Red Cross, you may have some [...]
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We’ve been talking about (and encouraging you social media leaders to help) the Campaign for Disaster Relief for the past couple of months. The goal is to raise $100 million and we’re almost there. We’ve raised nearly $70 million and have $30 million to go. To inspire you, our President and CEO Gail McGovern recorded [...]
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Have you ever wondered if your chapter is Tweeting? We’re gathering all chapters who have a Twitter account and listing them for you.
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You won $50,000 for the American Red Cross in Western Union’s Our World Gives Facebook competition by voting 18,582 times. Thank you for taking time to add the application and for returning every day to vote. Sign up to find out about other ways to get involved with the American Red Cross.
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You can feel great about your holiday gifts this year if you stock up on items from the Red Cross Store. Our vintage gear is always a great gift for fashion savvy do-gooders: Of course you can’t go wrong with preparedness items:
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As you all head off to enjoy Thanksgiving we just wanted to say thank you for supporting us in this wacky world of social media. We’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you to brush up on your Thanksgiving safety tips. Travel safely, cook safely, eat safely. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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