% 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.
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This map illustrates the 63,111 home fires your American Red Cross chapters responded to in our [...]
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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.
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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 thoroughly [...]
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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 accept it, [...]
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Information Resources for Southern California Wildfires
Posted on October 14th, 2008 by Wendy Harman
Information resources for the Southern California wildfires. The feed boxes will update every few minutes to reflect new information.
Los Angeles Chapter map of active shelters
Feed for LAFD Blog:
Get the LAFD News & Information widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
Twitter feed for #LAFire
Get the #LAFIRE – Twitter Search widget and many other great [...]
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Marek California Wildfire Information
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Wendy Harman
Yesterday LAFD’s Brian Humphrey was writing an eloquent blog post for us about Fire Prevention Week.
Today, he’s helping to fight the wildfires that have flared up near Los Angeles. He’s created this map to show the evacuation area and the location of the Red Cross Shelter:
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You can stay tuned to breaking news by [...]
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How Many Fires Ignited in Your State This Year?
Posted on October 6th, 2008 by Wendy Harman
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This map breaks down by state the home fires the American Red Cross responded to between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
The total number of house fires = 65,391
Find your state, click on the fire icon, and add your story to the map (email Wendy Harman, HarmanW@usa.redcross.org, to become a collaborator).
Of all [...]
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