Happy Cyber Monday! As you prepare to do some online holiday shopping today, remember to take a look at our Holiday Giving catalog. You can send a gift that will help someone who needs it the most this season.
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Send a gift that matters this holiday season. Take a moment to create a card for servicemembers and veterans to let them know that you care.
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We here at headquarters thank you all for being a part of the American Red Cross.
You probably know what we’re up to for Thanksgiving this year (Holiday Mail for Heroes & Holiday Giving Campaign, of course), but I thought it might be a nice time to look back at what this organization has done on [...]
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We try to keep up with news that affects our mission on the web. Here, we share some of the links we’ve found particularly helpful or interesting.
How the H1N1 vaccine is made on Kottke.org
[the more we know, the better we can prepare]
Flutracker map on Rhiza
[easy to read and frequently updated map of H1N1's spread]
The world’s [...]
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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. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of [...]
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We just launched a big holiday campaign that is a fundraising event at the American Red Cross. The centerpiece for this is the gift catalog. We are engaging all of our chapters and our development organization here at headquarters on this.
The gift catalog has gifts you can purchase in someone’s honor that will be used [...]
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Our 2009 Holiday Giving Campaign is officially kicking off! You’ll see this ad on a television near you during the holiday season.
We’re counting on you dear readers to share the campaign as far and wide as you can. Here are some hints for spreading the word. We’re thankful for you!
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Last month, we heard about food shortages in India that resulted from a combination of droughts and intense flooding which ruined crops. Last week, El Salvador President Mauricio Funes declared a national emergency due to torrential rains that, among other things, devastated crops in regions across the country. These food-related crises on such [...]
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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. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of [...]
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We sent you on that silly photo hunt yesterday to put the idea of saving the day in your head.
By the way, if you guessed that all the photos had the theme of saving the day in them, you’re right! You win!
We want to get you thinking about saving the day because that’s what you [...]
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