Red Cross Chat

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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You won $50,000 for the American Red Cross in Western Union’s Our World Gives Facebook competition by voting 18,582 times.
Thank you for taking time to add the application and for returning every day to vote.
Sign up to find out about other ways to get involved with the American Red Cross.

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You can feel great about your holiday gifts this year if you stock up on items from the Red Cross Store.
Our vintage gear is always a great gift for fashion savvy do-gooders:

Of course you can’t go wrong with preparedness items:

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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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Help us keep our lead to the finish line.
If we have the most votes by the end of this week, we’ll receive $50,000 from Western Union Foundation Our World Gives program.

If you have a Facebook account:

 Go to Our World Gives application
 Add the application
 Vote for the American Red Cross
 Visit each day for the rest of this […]

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The Santa Ana winds kicked up a fire in Santa Barbara overnight. The Red Cross has opened a shelter and is providing feeding and mental health and health services.
LAist has the goods on your real time updates. We particularly enjoyed Ken Layne’s dispatch wherein he describes just how handy a Red Cross Emergency Radio can […]

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– This post is by Claire Johnson, social media guru

It’s Election Day. Have you voted yet? You can’t vote for the president from your desk, so if you haven’t voted yet stop reading this and GO VOTE.
Okay, so if you’re still reading this you’ve already voted. Great.
Voting is fun, right?
Why not have some more fun […]

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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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– Originally posted  by Stephanie on The Stout Family

I still can’t believe that we experienced a hurricane. We evacuated 5 weeks ago to Fort Worth and returned home on Friday.
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As we crossed the causeway and drove down Broadway onto the island, I was stunned. Words can’t really explain the way I felt. Honestly, no one […]

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