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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We’d love to see your snow photos. Just add them to our Flickr pool. We want you to have fun and stay safe during this unusual winter. Please check out our winter storm tip sheet [pdf].
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When you are left without power for a long time, what’s one of the best ways to stay informed of local conditions?
Red Cross worker Winnie Romeril noticed recently that a lot of Haitians on the street were carrying our Red Cross eton emergency crank radios. These radios, which were being handed out by a [...]
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Happy National Influenza Vaccination Week! Don’t worry, the action items for this week are easier to do than it is to say!
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… so important we want you to know how.
CPR.
It’s never too early to be prepared. Check out all these babies saving their dolls’ lives!
Are you trained? Our chapters offer courses to learn how to give infant and child CPR and much more.
>> Real life kids saving kids story
Baby CPR from Kate [...]
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While browsing my Popular Science Magazine listserv around NYE*, I was blown away by 2009’s incredible offerings of science, technology and more. So, for Red Cross blog readers near and far, I now give you my prepare-aphernalia wish list for the Red Cross!
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The 10 blog posts you all visited the most this year.
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We here at the Red Cross National Headquarters in DC have been seeing lots of snow this weekend thanks to the Winter Wallop Storm! Although many of us have been staying warm indoors, local Red Cross chapters have been busy operating shelters to help people who have lost power or are stranded by the storm. [...]
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We love CPR LOLcats, LOLdogs, and LOLsquirrels here at headquarters. Have you seen any we’ve missed?
>> Get Trained
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