Red Cross Chat

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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Thanks to all the B.A.D. participants who are linking to the Red Cross today. We truly appreciate it.
Below are a few examples of bloggers taking action. Are you participating today? Let us know in the comments.
My Hush Space:
I wish that people had the basic necessities in life, a room over the head, food […]

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Today is Blog Action Day.
The Red Cross’s mission touches the issue of poverty every day (after all, disasters are prone to leaving families with very little), but on this Blog Action Day we’re going to show you the impact of a little-discussed microfinance program the American Red Cross and Grameen Foundation have embarked upon by […]

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One month ago yesterday Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas and became the 3rd costliest US hurricane of all time (according to Wikipedia - behind Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina).
Several bloggers have marked the occasion:
Texas Bug says:
So it was one month ago today that Ike came ashore. Feels like a year. Here’s what we […]

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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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