Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
The Indonesian Red Cross Society (also known as Palang Merah Indonesia or PMI) is actively responding to last night’s bomb blasts at two major hotels in Jakarta. More than 40 disaster response volunteers and paramedics have been providing first aid at both the JW Marriot and the Ritz-Carlton as well as at hospitals where the [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Pat West
Yesterday began the voting period of a 3 month long contest between four worthy charities. Best Buy has graciously chosen the American Red Cross of one of these four charities to be able to receive a portion $250,000! The amount of money each charity receives is correlated to how many points are donated to each cause. This is where you, [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Robin Parker
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you… [The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of the region.] TAJIKISTAN: Red Crescent workers are helping construct a whole new village for [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
All of our living US Presidents will be at tonight’s All-Star baseball game in St. Louis to raise awareness about United We Serve. To support this volunteerism spirit, our St. Louis Chapter will be at the game to support emergency management and our Celebrity Cabinet member Sara Evans will be singing God Bless America during [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Eric Porterfield
When the 2004 Tsunami hit countries from Southeast Asia to East Africa, the waves went directly over the islands in the Maldives, killing 108 people and destroying nearly 8,000 houses. Kandholhudhoo was one of the most devastated islands. More than 4,000 residents lost their entire community – houses, schools, restaurants, and shops. They were relocated [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Peter Buttner
Since deploying to Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq in March 2009, the American Red Cross – Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) team “4:18 to Tikrit” has made some major accomplishments during the four and half months while deployed. Some people have asked the question “why 4:18 to Tikrit?” Each time a team deploys [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This post originally appeared in Thoughts From the Porch Swing, a blog by American Red Cross volunteer Joyce Wallace. Thunder woke me up about 3:30 this morning and I turned on my scanner to hear that trees were down from high winds just a few miles from my house. I waited until about 8:00 thinking [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This episode takes you through one woman’s experience donating blood. >> Listen Now >> Previous Cross the Globe Episodes You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes by going to your iTunes store and searching in the podcast category for “Cross the Globe”
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Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Kristin Claes
Hi! I’m Kristin Claes from the Greater Chicago Chapter. This post originally appeared on our blog. Part of my job is to call people we’ve helped and see if they’d be up for sharing their story. Sometimes it’s still too tough for them, so I just listen. But most of the time people really want [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Eric Porterfield
I am currently in SE Asia visiting areas where the American Red Cross is supporting communities affected by the 2004 tsunami. Here’s a snapshot video of how a few of our clients are doing now, several years later. If you’re looking for more of my findings, see how we’re doing in Banda Aceh and Calang.
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