Red Cross Chat

Dust off your voting prowess before the November elections by choosing your favorite Dog Days of Summer photo below.
To Vote: Post the name of the photo you’d like to pick in the comments on this blog post.
Akamaru

The Diver

The Muoo Muoo Dog

Zeke in Sprinkler

Precious

The two photos with the most votes will receive a free […]

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The following is from Winnie Romeril who is on the ground in Peru.

One year ago today a massive earthquake struck just off the coast of Peru; many people were killed and more than 700,000 people lost their homes. The American Red Cross responded immediately and has been there ever since. We’ve given nearly 2,000 […]

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Taylor Swift check presentation with Red Cross Cedar Rapids staff, family and friends:

As we mentioned earlier today, Taylor Swift gave $100,000 to the Red Cross for the Iowa Tornadoes and Floods at her concert Friday night in Cedar Rapids. She also gave the chapter about 20 tickets to the show.
Thanks to Taylor Swift!

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Chris Bell, a volunteer with the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, recently returned from a six week assignment in South Africa, following violence which broke out against foreign nationals in May. He was based in Cape Town and Pretoria where he was helping the South African Red Cross Society develop donor tracking and financial […]

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Today marks one year since the I 35W Bridge in Minnesota collapsed.  

The Twin Cities Chapter has launched a website to remember the tragic event that happened a few hundred yards from their chapter building.
Red Cross coverage from a year ago
Flickr Slideshow 
Minnesota Star Tribune

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Paws down, we’ve reached the Dog Days of Summer.
To bark the occasion we’d like to beg all you dog lovers to heel up on your pet’s safety and preparedness needs.
To help you motivate, we’re giving away Dog First Aid books (and some other goodies) to the winners of our Pet Pool Photo Contest!
Vote for your favorite pooch […]

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We’re still updating the Online Newsroom with the latest information about the Red Cross response to Hurricane Dolly.
Over 700 people continue to seek refuge in shelters in the affected area.

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Every morning we scour blogs, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and the like to see what you’re saying about the Red Cross.
Vain? Stalkerish? Maybe a little, but we have good intentions (promise!) - there is wisdom in crowds and you’re helping to make us a better organization by conversing with us online.
Now we want to share some of […]

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One of our Red Cross disaster workers – Colin Chaperon – is going into Myanmar today to support the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Myanmar Red Cross Society response operation for Cyclone Nargis.
Colin will be in Myanmar for a month to help establish reporting and monitoring systems across several […]

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