Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This post originally appeared in Red Cross volunteer Danelle P.’s personal blog. This is country music sensation Eric Lee Beddingfield. Eric is a Georgia boy who lives in Nashville now. When he heard about the floods that ripped through his home state he wanted to help. He and his band drove up overnight in their [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
Sharon Stanley, American Red Cross Chief Nurse, answers common questions about the H1N1 flu virus. Part 2 of the 3 video series addresses vaccination confusion and remedies it with real answers. She covers the 3-steps to avoid the flu and emphasizes the importance of vaccination. Issues she confronts include the two vaccination options, the necessity [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
Sharon Stanley, American Red Cross Chief Nurse, answers common questions about the H1N1 flu virus. Part 1 of the three video series answers the question “what’s the real deal?” with H1N1. Sharon addresses the H1N1 hype, distinguishes how it differs from the seasonal flu, and takes on suggested behavior if you become ill.
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This post originally appeared in Red Cross volunteer Danelle P.’s personal blog. We have had some great local partners helping us out with this disaster. Today I went to the mobile kitchen that cooks all of the food we distribute. It is set up in a local church’s parking lot. We have an awesome partnership [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Abi Weaver
This post first appeared on the IFRC website and is written by Rosemarie North, part of the New Zealand Red Cross delegation responding to the Pacific Islands tsunami in Samoa. Futi is my kind of man. A trained plumber, electrician and painter/decorator with 11 years of experience in Australia, he returned to Samoa two years [...]
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Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Wendy Harman
Follow our relief efforts for the Pacific Islands Tsunami at the Disaster Online Newsroom
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Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Wendy Harman
This post first appeared on the IFRC website and is written by Rosemarie North, a Red Cross communications staff member from New Zealand. When the earthquake happened, I was at home in New Zealand. I packed my passport, a photo of my grandmother and my mobile phone. I put on sneakers, loaded my dog in [...]
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Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Wendy Harman
Meet Dwaine and Krystal Mitchell Looking at this picture you would never know that in the last 30 days Krystal has given birth to their second child, that they evacuated their flooding home by boat, or that they have lost everything they own; including both vehicles and their home. Theirs is an amazing story: They [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Wendy Harman
These past days have been busy for your American Red Cross. Chronology of Events Sept 26 Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines Sept 29 Typhoon Ketsana hits Vietnam Sept 29 Tsunami hits American Samoa, Samoa [...]
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