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Happy Thanksgiving!

How will you actively give thanks this week? Will you put your Red Cross training into action by teaching a CPR class or responding to a house fire? Will you donate blood, assemble Comfort Kits, or serve a meal to someone in need?

Going Up?

If you’re like most people, when you step onto an elevator full of strangers you keep to yourself.

What We’re Reading

Hints from Heloise, Volunteering will make you live longer, Small talk saves lives, and more.

Phrases We Owe to Red Cross

We do have a small dictionary to explain some of our idioms, but we could use your help to add to it.

Gavin DeGraw. Sandwiches. Move. Act.

In this edition: It’s a sandwich, Move movie, heads rolling, a Gavin DeGraw story, and more.

Thank You for Being a Friend

Sunday, August 14th, was the 76th anniversary of National Friendship Day.

Design a Threadless Tee

Just imagine what an everyday hero looks like to you, and submit it by August 18, 2011.

Survive

New video from Mary Mary for their song Survive includes Red Cross footage.

What We’re Reading

Starting the American Red Cross, wearing service uniforms, volunteering from the viewpoints of Patrick Pannett and Joe Hansen.

My Thoughts from Joplin, MO

Red Cross Youth volunteer Jerrika Walkup, 15, has been helping people at the Red Cross shelter in Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado tore through the town last week.  She is from Neosho, Missouri. When the American Red Cross called me to ask if I could write a blog post about what I’ve seen and [...]