The Service to the Armed Forces division of the American Red Cross helps our military members and their families across the world. In addition to our helping throughout our communities, …
Month: June 2014
Around the Water Cooler: Latest News from the Red Cross
FATHER’S DAY A Father’s Day Story – H.T. Linke “The best thing about the Army was the people, all of us soldiers, working together as a team with a single …
What Goes through a Red Crossers Mind While Watching Game of Thrones
I jumped on the Game of Thrones bandwagon a little late, but it happened to coincide with my new position at the American Red Cross. As I binge-watch to catch …
Around the Watercooler: This Week at the Red Cross
SERVICES TO THE ARMED FORCES Red Cross Retrospective – Workers Land on Normandy Beach Well before the invasion, the Red Cross was preparing for the clubmobile programs move to …
Learning that Even Wars Have Limits
Some created Monopoly-style board games. Others held highly-attended flash mobs on their college campus. Still others role-played as soldiers, civilians, prisoners and humanitarian workers in the simulation game Raid Cross. …
Is there a Shark in Your Pool?
By: Angela Beale, Ph.D. American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council As a mother of four young children and an aquatics education specialist, I know first-hand that there’s nothing kids love …
National Running Day!
In honor of National Running Day, I wanted to take the opportunity to blend my Red Cross knowledge and love of running into an exciting blog post to honor one …
Around the Water Cooler
Things that are happening around the Red Cross INTERNATIONAL Bangladesh: School kids ready to save lives When earthquakes, floods and other local hazards strike, young people are the most vulnerable …
Make Someone’s Day Lucky
Last weekend my husband, son, and dad played in a disc golf tournament at a nearby county park. My daughter and I wanted to watch them throw a few discs …