In this edition of Cross the Globe, we bring you the story of Cristina Bacalso and Jimmy Diggs. Several years ago, Cristina founded a group that raises money for a Liberian Red Cross child soldier rehabilitation program. While in Italy this summer, she randomly met Jimmy, who directs that program. He was able to tell [...]
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I stumbled across a Flickr photo group called “Out of Bounds” this morning. It contains photos where the action appears to move out of the original photograph and into the real world. That’s exactly what we’re trying to do here – to make it easy for you to reach into the computer monitor you’re [...]
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How would you answer the poll questions below? >> Press Release about the poll >> Downloadable powerpoint
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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.] YEMEN: Thousands of people have been displaced in the governates of Sa’ada [...]
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Change.org is putting together Blog Action Day 2009 and they’re looking for input on the issue that will be featured on October 15 of this year. You can take this simple survey right now to choose the issues the American Red Cross works on.
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Twoppics breaks down the hot topics on Twitter these days. After HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius cautioned that swine flu will be back this fall, estimating the virus could kill up to 90,000 Americans, Twitter went wild with concerned tweets from all of you. You can stay up to date on how to deal with [...]
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If you read the NY Times or countless blogs about vampires, you already know that we’ve teamed up with the new CW show Vampire Diaries for about 230 blood drives on high school and college campuses. An added treat for our readers in Atlanta: the cast of Vampire Diaries will be at the blood drive [...]
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Country music star and American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet member Pat Green was honored in Illinois last week for his work with us. Congratulations and thank you for all your support, Pat! Do you know the rest of our star supporters? >>Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet
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Many of you may have seen news headlines over the weekend stating the Red Cross will receive names and locations of detainees being held in transitional camps in Afghanistan and Iraq from the U.S. government. What you may not have realized is the Red Cross referred to in the news articles is not the American [...]
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This video comes to us from the Twin Cities chapter in Minnesota. Marian, a long-time disaster action team volunteer for the American Red Cross, drives the emergency response vehicle around the area where a tornado hit a Minneapolis neighborhood on August 19, 2009. She says that being a DAT volunteer is fun and rewarding.
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