Crossposted from Keith at AAVRMAG: Today, I participated in a ritual that I began back when I was a senior in high school. I donated my blood. To me, it’s not a big deal, it’s something I do. When I was younger I used to have a lot of blood tests, so when I Was [...]
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Here’s a news article from the Daily Republic in the Dakota Plains Chapter area highlighting a recent food preparation training: What goes into preparing and distributing hundreds of hot lunches on very little notice? Local Red Cross volunteers learned the answer Wednesday with a little mock disaster training. Fifteen trainees cooked, packed and served lunch [...]
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Matthew Cochrane, our Red Cross colleague based in Johannesburg, South Africa, is traveling around Zimbabwe this week to see the cholera situation for himself and is keeping a diary. Day 4: Thursday, February 4, Kadoma Our swing through Zimbabwe’s south finished today as we left Bulawayo and headed north to Kadoma in Mashonaland West. On [...]
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This post was found on The Roaming Southerner today: Saturday morning I woke up to a call at 9:10am, and I am going to show my non-mom roots by saying that I was [beep] at the wake up call…not like you mom bloggers who have been up for 3 hours with 5 things knocked off [...]
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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… COLUMBIA: The ICRC has facilitated the FARC’s release of five hostages. (Four on Sunday and one more just yesterday.) GAZA: The [...]
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Matthew Cochrane, our Red Cross colleague based in Johannesburg, South Africa, is travelling around Zimbabwe this week to see the cholera situation for himself and is keeping a diary. Day 3: Wednesday, February 4 There is a tendency sometimes when talking about an emergency operation like this one to focus too much on the international [...]
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– This post originally appeared on John Solomon’s In Case of Emergency … Read Blog A former top business executive is recruited from the private sector to take over one of the country’s most venerated non-profit organizations at a crucial moment in its history right in the midst of a national economic crisis. Sounds [...]
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– This post originally appeared on Mary Trimble’s blog. I am a proud volunteer for the American Red Cross and have served both locally and nationally. My own State of Washington recently suffered massive floods and I served in two capacities. My husband, Bruce, and I, along with other team members, opened a shelter at [...]
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Thanks for choosing us, Moms. 4 of our Health & Safety books just received the Mom’s Choice Awards. Family Caregiving Book Dog First Aid Cat First Aid A Family Guide to First Aid and Emergency Preparedness >> You can buy these books and more at the Red Cross Store >> Press Release [...]
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Matthew Cochrane, our Red Cross colleague based in Johannesburg, South Africa, is travelling around Zimbabwe this week to see the cholera situation for himself and is keeping a diary. Day 2: Tuesday, February 3, Kwekwe We went back to the clinic in Kwekwe this morning. The tent that we set up yesterday was now occupied [...]
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