Red Cross Chat

For Fire Prevention Week, we teamed up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to release the results of a survey (yay data!) showing:

the majority (79%) of Americans are concerned about the rising cost of heating their homes
many will use an alternative heating source to reduce their bills this winter

The survey identified additional behaviors related […]

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Throughout September (National Preparedness Month), we tweeted preparedness tips.
All the tweets are below. They’re probably a little overwhelming for one blog post meal, but remember that they’re all here and you can use, blog, or retweet any of them at any time.
We will all be more than pleased if you do.
This month, we’ll be concentrating […]

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– This post originally appeared on Live Lightly, Laugh Often, and is authored by Susan Henschen.

About 6 years ago, Josef and I had an experience that has stayed with us and probably always will.
We took a course in CPR together at Boston’s Red Cross headquarters. Our instructor was a really neat guy called Alejandro,
“But […]

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Grover explains how to get prepared on good friend John Solomon’s blog.
Grover!
Our cohorts in Portland point out that he reveals his last name in the process. Can you find his last name in this video?

Today is the last day of National Preparedness Month. Did you Pledge to Prepare?

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>> AUDIO: Red Crosser Jason Broaddus performs first-aid.
While paying for gas at a gas station, located in Rochelle, Illinois, I performed first aid for a lady who smashed her thumb in her car door. I had a Red Cross first aid kit in my car ready for action and it worked perfectly.
broaddusj’s Mobile post sent […]

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Votes for the Dog Days of Summer photo contest have been tallied.
The winners of the free American Red Cross Dog First Aid Book and DVD are…
Drumroll, please…
Zeke in Sprinkler

and…
The Muoo Muoo Dog

Thanks to everyone for participating - dog photographers, bloggers, tweeters, Purina PetCharts, etc.
We had a great time seeing all the dog photos come barking […]

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Here’s where a few people’s lives are intersecting with the Red Cross today:
Fay Recovery:
Rochelle is explaining her third day of cleanup after Fay
I never knew exactly what the Red Cross does in a crisis, but now I know one aspect of their help. They were giving away breakfasts of biscuits and gravy and […]

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A couple of to-do’s to keep you looking busy in these last few minutes of the workday:
Go vote for the Portland Cross Blog in its blog-off against the Portland Water Authority Blog.
Go vote for your favorite dog in the Dog Days of Summer photo contest.

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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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Might be time for the Red Cross to get a bodyguard and some disguising sunglasses to shield itself from all this tabloid attention.
We were mentioned in both OK! Magazine and on Perez Hilton in the same week. UPDATE: And in People, along with countless other outlets.

OK! Magazine did a spread about Lis Rohm’s involvement in […]

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