Red Cross Chat

Looking at boston.com’s The Year 2008 in Photographs this morning, I was struck by how many of the photos involved events the American Red Cross responded to this year.
Tropical Storm Hanna
The Big Picture’s photo of the year #4

The American Red Cross obviously responded to Hanna in the United States, but we were also present in […]

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Reminder: With $10 and a Facebook account you can give (in a friend’s name) the equivalent of 2 real blankets to a family affected by a disaster.
It’s a great holiday gift idea for those on your gift list who are Facebook-obsessed.

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Thanks to everyone for participating in the National Day of Giving last Saturday.
To reiterate just how important the Campaign for Disaster Relief is, Mother Nature is handing much of the United States some winter doozies right now. Your American Red Cross is providing services such as warming centers, shelters, and food and blankets in the […]

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The National Day of Giving has arrived!
Yours truly is putting on layers now to head out to our 17th Street building here in DC with all of my colleagues. I’ll try to report back later with pictures.
In the meantime - do your part!

Your incentive (besides feeling good that you’ve just made someone affected […]

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Every once in a while we like to show you the things people are saying about the Red Cross on Twitter.
Here are our favorites from the past few days:
trexsandwich: I’m now half an inch away from being a Red Cross volunteer. Excitement! Danger! Passion?
examorata: Why yes, Red Cross, you […]

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We’ve been talking about (and encouraging you social media leaders to help) the Campaign for Disaster Relief for the past couple of months. The goal is to raise $100 million and we’re almost there.
We’ve raised nearly $70 million and have $30 million to go.
To inspire you, our President and CEO Gail McGovern recorded a […]

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This morning we found a unique auction on eBay and we just had to reach out and talk to the man behind the story.
He’s a devout Michigan fan who has renounced his loyalty and is auctioning off his collegiate fandom to the highest bidder.
He’ll donate 80% of the profits to the Disaster Relief Fund.
If you’re […]

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The doe reference is appropriate today as we’re being warned all over the news about the dangers of deer causing car accidents. Be careful out there.
Anyway, this here is the most update statistical report from hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

The numbers are staggering.

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You may or may not be aware that we’re $50 million into raising our goal of $100 million for Disaster Relief.
It’s been a heck of a disastrous year and people (maybe even you) are hurting. You can help.

We’ve created a bunch of ways that you, social media savvy person that you are, can be a […]

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Campaigns are popular right now.
If you’re social media curious and interested in getting involved in a nonpartisan campaign (that saves lives!), you’ve come to the right place.
Welcome. Please join our Campaign for Disaster Relief.
It’s easy peezy. All you have to do is take any or all of these 4 steps:

Get our bag of tricks […]

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