Today is Towel Day. I’m celebrating both by adding a towel to my preparedness kit today because a towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
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In recognition of the Red Cross’s upcoming birthday I made a pizza with carefully cut pepperoni to form the red cross.
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YouTube is celebrating their 5th birthday today. For us at the American Red Cross the site has served as a quick and effective way for us to speak with you in times of emergency, to teach you CPR, to make you laugh (hopefully), to ask you to volunteer, to inspire you to give blood, and to explain our service to armed forces program.
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Today we are announcing our newest Celebrity Cabinet members.
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A young earthquake survivor in Carrefour (Haiti) during a Red Cross activity for kids. Photo: Bonnie Gillespie/American Red Cross There’s No Point in Doing Good Badly – Time Magazine Dellaine and Tony Spencer, American Red Cross volunteers from the Central Iowa Chapter in Des Moines, IA were deployed to Fargo, ND. on March 17th. Red [...]
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Reminder: You can follow local Red Cross Twitter accounts or Red Cross workers.
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Painting a Village (time lapse video for Haiti) For scientists, Chile becomes the ideal lab for studying seismic activity Our Red Cross tweeters in Haiti: @MatMorgan (American Red Cross), @TimoLue and @Tammamo (International Federation) Haiti and the tyranny of technology Successfully countering a secular tradition in Rwanda Our legacy See other links we should be [...]
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Today is International Women’s Day and we’re celebrating the achievements of all Red Cross women past, present and future. Which Red Crosser are you celebrating today? Here’s who some of you are already thinking about: Add your inspiration either to our Facebook page or here in the comments.
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Happy National Grammar Day! If you’re a grammar nerd and have bi or multi-lingual skills, please contact your local chapter and offer to help out.
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That’s right. We have our very own month. Starting with Franklin D Roosevelt in 1943, every sitting President has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month.
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