Reminder: You can follow local Red Cross Twitter accounts or Red Cross workers.
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What do actor Masi Oka and the Red Cross have in common? Heroes!
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We don’t want to play favorites, but we have a bunch of Kurt Warner photos from last year’s midwest tornadoes and storms. Enjoy and good luck to both teams this Sunday.
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This just in: YouTube user Lancecorp just posted a video response called Red Cross Anthem to several of our videos. We all just gathered around my desk to watch it. I suggest you do the same. Thank you to the people who wrote this song and put together this video. We want to talk to [...]
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A slice of history to help celebrate the Dog Days of Summer – it’s the tale of the first ever therapy dog. Dear Red Cross, In the March of 1946 issue of the Junior Red Cross News there appeared an article with photos by Red Cross correspondent Dora Jane Hamblin from Manila about my Yorkshire [...]
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We’re still working furiously to respond to those affected by the flooding and storms throughout the central United States. But, here in Washington DC (where the heat wave has broken thank goodness) we’re joined by busloads of well-dressed women visiting headquarters for our Tiffany Circle Summit. This afternoon I had the privilege to sit in on their luncheon where I was [...]
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One of the many places hit by a tornado last week was Picher, Oklahoma, which also happens to be the hometown of one of our Celebrity Cabinet Members, Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney. Joe immediately jumped to action by putting on his Red Cross vest and helping out his neighbors recovering from the tornado (in addition to donating $50,000). [...]
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FDR first proclaimed March is Red Cross Month in 1943, and all the presidents since have declared the month of March as Red Cross Month. Every chapter celebrates in a different way, but many challenge their local supporters to raise money by holding their own unique fundraisers. We at headquarters often concentrate on the national media outlets, but the [...]
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An English Mastiff named Lurch from Livingston, Michigan is having his 15 minutes of fame this week. He’s donated blood for other dogs some 20 times and was named a hero at the Livingston County Chapter’s Salute to Everyday Heroes last week. News of the Lurch’s generous ways has been a popular topic both in mainstream news [...]
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