Gail McGovern: 2010 Highlights

The highlights of my year come in 2 kinds of categories. The first is personal and the second is Red Cross related.

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

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.

What We’re Reading

Interesting stories across the web. “Blizzard Safety Tips”, “Blood Ties”, “Long-lost siblings”, “Ten Things I Didn’t Know About The Red Cross”

Thank You

This holiday season, we thank our generous donors, amazing volunteers, and all of the thoughtful people across the country who sent in cards for our Holiday Mail for Heroes program. We wouldn’t be able to carry out our life saving services without your support.

Happy Winter Solstice

Today marks the first official day of winter, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Whether you like snow or not, there’s a lot of it in the forecast – Red Cross chapters in California and other states are preparing for severe weather. Volunteers across the country are ready to help deliver Red [...]

Christmas and All Other Holidays at the Red Cross

We’ve been seeing a lot of comments about the story in the Daily Mail about the British Red Cross’ alleged ban on Christmas. This story is erroneous – you can read the full explanation on the British Red Cross blog. Here is the official American Red Cross statement on the matter: The American Red Cross [...]

Here We Sell Hope

The Grand Canyon chapter’s physical Hope Store for the holidays.

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

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… ISRAEL: Emergency medical personnel were there to support the response operation and to treat [...]

Win a Trip to Barcelona

Questions about what we’re looking for? Please join our own Seth Spiro and MOFILM on Twitter tomorrow for a Q&A session at 10:30am EST.

Answer in the Form of a Question

Answer: Thursday, December 16.