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This is the official American Red Cross blog.
In this space we endeavor to accomplish 3 things:
- Incite discussions around issues the American Red Cross cares about
- To offer you immediate actions you can take (online or offline) to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies
- To give you valuable information about preventing, preparing for, and responding to emergencies
Let us know how we’re doing by leaving a comment!
You can contact blog host Wendy Harman at (202) 303-4080 or HarmanW@usa.redcross.org.
Here’s a list of our official social media accounts.
- Here is a powerpoint presentation of our social media handbook.
- Here is our official social media handbook for our chapters.
A resource page of other Red Cross contacts here.
My technology class is reviewing your website. Hope all is well. Nathan Guteras, Lake Shipp Elementary, Winter Haven, FL USA
That’s fantastic news, Nate! Thanks!
dear,wendy i love ur website [redcross.org] it must have took a long time and hard work but i can barley find the history section of red cross and i love it that u really really really help people live life longer i think thats really cool and i want you to have alot of fun with that and help me if somthing goes wrong with my body and i wish you the best of luck on the next 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for the next1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,009 days well the message is getting pretty long so seeya and i hope you type me soon well like i said typeya later peace……………………………good luck
Is anyone deploying to Virginia?
any one going to maine ?
Got here from Claire’s comment on my blog about your efforts to plug into social media. Very glad to see Red Cross embracing these tools. You’re in my feed reader now.
Good job!
Hi Wendy,
I love your blog — thanks for all the great information you provide!
Just came across this page from @nateritter, re: “comprehensive emergency info. aggregation & broadcasting system”:
http://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/09/27/emergeny-crisis-info/
Hoping this isn’t redundant. I thought it might be of interest. Delighted to see so many wonderful things taking place on the Net!
-vu
I live in London and got information about your website from South by South West website.Inspiring keep going
1. About how much of the amount have American Red Cross Organization have raised over this year?
2. When did this organization take place and who started?
3. How does it make you feel when you’re making a difference by helping so many lives?
4. Out of what activities do you like more?
5. What do you find most rewarding about working with this organization?
Sorry i dont think my questions were answered right?
i have worked with RED CROSS before,and loved helping people..the world has given us so much,would do it in a heart beat again.in fact,i would love to go to Cambodia-to releave someone for three weeks or help out for three weeks.Also i worked for Katrina 2005 hurricane,daughter had surgery and i had to go back home.Laporte county Indiana chapter,now im in Ohio 43204. i was going to stay another 3 weeks. So, i hope Red Cross International gets this Terrance
Dear Wendy,
My name is Angeline Vo. I am currently in a class that blogs on social media and have found fascinating things about companies and charities utilizing social media to its benefits. I used the Red Cross as an example in my blog for my class project. If you have time, you can check out the post. But I was just wondering. I’m citing the American Red Cross Blog on my bibliography and I can seem to find a date for when the cite was constructed. You know on a website if you scroll down to the bottom there is the copyright, the association and the date of publication. I was wondering if you could tell me the date. I know it seems simple and probably not important, but it becomes useful to those who research on your organizations history of social media. Thanks so much! the blog looks great!
Visionary leader Clara Barton is rolling in her grave right now. I just watched a local Seattle news cast, and it was reported that the American Red Cross was handing out food to shoppers waiting in line.
This seems far from the nation’s premier emergency response organization’s mission. Shoppers are standing in line by choice, not due to an emergency. I believe the shoppers in line are suffering; however, not becasue of some disaster. Future disaster victims will suffer more because the Red Cross is waisting its donations on non-disaster activities.
I would like to volunteer in a clean up mission for Haiti. Please contact I want to help.
Tanya [personal information redacted]
I received a request for donations for Haiti, from a David Meltzer, from usaredcross.org. Is this legit? I know there will be a lot of phony unscrupulous “Charities” collecting money for this effort. How can we be sure our donations are going to the true red cross?
i have many questions to ask plz email me when you can plz im really happy that you guys went to halp haiti thanks . oh and plz email me back so i can tell you my questions.