Drop It Like It’s Hot
Posted on July 6th, 2010 by Wendy Harman
Heat Safety Tips and a little warm weather fun.
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There’s a Map for That: Our New Shelter Location Feed
Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Wendy Harman
Today we launched our much anticipated (internally anyway) shelter feed! It’s a Google map that is automatically updated every 30 minutes with shelter location and population information from our chapters.
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Comparing the Chile and Haiti Earthquakes
Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Wendy Harman
Thanks to Rachel Weidinger for pointing to this infographic by Good, Inc. Stay updated on how the American Red Cross is providing relief to survivors in Haiti and Chile.
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% of Overall Text Donations By State
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by Wendy Harman
Map and data courtesy of mGive.
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Your Most Visited Blog Posts of 2009
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
The 10 blog posts you all visited the most this year.
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Home Fires Map: How Many Fires Did Your Local Red Cross Respond To?
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Wendy Harman
October is Fire Prevention Month so we though we’d show you exactly how many fires we responded to this year and give you some tips for preventing a fire in your own home. View Home Fires in a larger map This map illustrates the 63,111 home fires your American Red Cross chapters responded to in [...]
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What We’re Watching: Personas
Posted on August 21st, 2009 by Wendy Harman
Check out this amazing data visualization tool some smarties at MIT came up with. They call it Personas. Try putting in “American Red Cross.” The results are incredible. Hat tip: @momanmars
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Maps: Red Cross Disaster Response this week
Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Wendy Harman
We have a lot going on across the country this week. I thought it might be easiest to see a glimpse of our multiple responses in the form of a map. View Larger Map
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2008 Inaugural American Red Cross Humanitarian Award Winners Announced
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Wendy Harman
Drumroll, please. Yesterday here at headquarters, the inaugural American Red Cross Humanitarian Award was bestowed upon Younis Al-Khatib (President, Palestine Red Crescent Society) and Noam Yifrach (Chairman of the Executive Committee, Magen David Adom in Israel) for the historic work they have accomplished in establishing a formal, ongoing collaboration which has resulted in a more [...]
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Red Cross, North Carolina: A Geographical Discovery
Posted on October 16th, 2008 by Wendy Harman
Just outside of Charlotte, NC, a small town by the name of Red Cross is bustling and growing. There’s nary a mention of it on Wikipedia, but it’s been there since 2002. We have a call into their town council to find out how they came to be named. Your mission, should you choose to [...]
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