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Month: October 2010

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International

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

by Robin Parker October 27, 2010

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling …

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Holiday, Military Support

Holiday Mail for Heroes 2010

by Gloria Huang October 26, 2010November 23, 2016

Holiday Mail For Heroes is back for a fourth year! The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes will collect holiday cards from regular citizens all across the country and distribute them to service members, veterans, and their families.

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International

Text Messages to Fight Cholera

by Mat Morgan October 25, 2010October 26, 2010

The government of Haiti has reported 3,342 cases and 259 deaths as a result of the cholera outbreak. Although the increase in cases is beginning to stabilize, the Red Cross …

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Holiday

Halloween Costume Ideas

by Wendy Harman October 25, 2010

There is no wrong way to do this folks. So whip out your glue guns and foil paper…see you on the other side of Saturn. If you do dress as an Intergalactic Red Crosser, please share your photos with us.

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Disaster, Mapping, Volunteers

#CrisisData: The Path Forward

by Wendy Harman October 25, 2010October 25, 2010

Now, we’d like to present the framework for a path forward. After reviewing the notes, speeches, and wiki feedback from the summit, we’ve outlined 5 areas where we can make headway over the next few months.

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Health & Safety

CPR Changes Lives

by Gloria Huang October 21, 2010September 8, 2016

Today, the American Red Cross announced that it will train 5 million people in hands-only CPR in 2011. Hands-only (or “compression only”) CPR is easy to learn and- if used in an emergency situation by a bystander- can vastly improve chances of survival for someone suffering cardiac arrest.

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International

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

by Robin Parker October 20, 2010

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling …

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International

Red Cross Reaches Flood Survivors in Vietnam with Ox Carts

by Gloria Huang October 20, 2010October 20, 2010

Vietnam has been inundated by two major storms in recent weeks. With more than 100 dead and a half million people affected, the American Red Cross has committed $30,000 to …

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Blood, Development, International

What We’re Reading

by Wendy Harman October 20, 2010October 20, 2010

Gail McGovern on CNBC, social media affects reaction to Typhoon Megi, Red Cross relief efforts in Vietnam involve ox carts.

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Gail Travels Around the Country

by Gloria Huang October 19, 2010

Our fearless leader Gail McGovern has been busy traveling around the country speaking at various events lately. Here’s an easy way to keep track of her movement!

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