Keep an eye on the widget to your right (RSS readers will have to click through) and keep visiting our Disaster Online Newsroom for updates on the Red Cross response to the icy weather and power outages in 8 states. 4,800 people woke up in Red Cross shelters this morning. Related: >> Press Release
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We don’t want to play favorites, but we have a bunch of Kurt Warner photos from last year’s midwest tornadoes and storms. Enjoy and good luck to both teams this Sunday.
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Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the major (and sometimes small, but interesting) international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of nice little bite-sized links for you… PHILIPPINES: Local Red Cross chairperson was able to meet face-to-face with the three kidnapped ICRC workers. SRI LANKA: Approximately a quarter [...]
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– Cross posted from the Disaster Online Newsroom. We asked YOU over twitter to tell us how you prepare for winter weather: Here is what you told us: Carydc Please also remind people to ensure they have shovels, sand, ice scrapers and snow brushes in their cars for the winter weather. Carydc Tip for knowing [...]
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We recently stumbled across this 52 Ways to Save the World podcast. One of the ways is by giving blood. Have a listen: Give Blood Podcast
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Here’s a sampling of your Tweets about Red Cross this week. Keep em comin! devonroberts: Red Cross time. Left arm tapped as the right hand types. sram9: My partner @ CPR class – Red Cross http://twitpic.com/166zq CLTour: @zappos My movement would be to get people to volunteer with the American Red Cross. They do so [...]
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Our good friend and preparedness expert John Solomon has just weighed in on the importance of blood donation: As I have mentioned previously, I was diagnosed with leukemia in October. As part of my treatment, I regularly receive blood and platelet transfusions after chemotherapy. While I sit watching the bags drip into my arm in [...]
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Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the major (and sometimes small, but interesting) international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of nice little bite-sized links for you… GAZA: Unexploded munitions pose a threat to civilians and humanitarian workers as the ICRC helps to repair homes, businesses and vital water supply [...]
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-By Bob Wade, DAT Night Team Leader/Supervisor — ARC of SE Wisconsin — Milwaukee, WI. Sunday, January 18, 2009 The Red Cross Duty Worker called me just after 9am this morning to let me know that the family we placed into the La Quinta Inn on Friday night–due to burst water pipes and subsequent flooding in [...]
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Bundle up! Our own Maya Chawla is on the mall today and tomorrow. She stopped her duties for a moment to give everyone planning to be in DC a few pointers for staying warm and safe. Red Cross Inauguration Photos Follow us on Twitter: RedCross Claire Sale from the mall Laura Howe from headquarters
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