Happy birthday, Twitter!
We’ve had our ups and our (now infamous) downs, but needless to say our operations wouldn’t be the same without Twitter. We #LoveTwitter! Here are some of our favorite highlights.
Our first tweet
Disaster News Update Tropical Storm Barry: The National Hurricane Center has now iss.. http://tinyurl.com/2ssqth
— American Red Cross (@RedCross) June 2, 2007
Highlights during our Haiti earthquake response
President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation center right now.
— American Red Cross (@RedCross) January 18, 2010
President Obama pushed the button on the last tweet. It was his first ever tweet!
— American Red Cross (@RedCross) January 18, 2010
Yes, that’s right. Add a new factoid to your trivia quiver! President Obama’s first tweet came from the @RedCross Twitter account.
Bottom line: Our Twitter journey has been incredibly meaningful.