YouTube is celebrating their 5th birthday today. For us at the American Red Cross the site has served as a quick and effective way for us to speak with you in times of emergency, to teach you CPR, to make you laugh (hopefully), to ask you to volunteer, to inspire you to give blood, and to explain our service to armed forces program.
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What We’re Reading
The world’s largest swimming lesson is happening on June 3, and funny people can be humanitarians. More…
From the American People to the American People
Below is a blog entry that Kristin Claes, a Red Cross worker from the Greater Chicago Area Chapter, wrote during her deployment to Tennessee. We are sharing it with you …
How did you survive?
Let me take a closer look. Watch your step. There’s a tree in the hallway.
It’s All There: Disaster Online Newsroom
Just subscribe to the Disaster Online Newsroom. It’s all there out in the open. We keep it updated in as close to real time as we possibly can.
I Run This
We’ve teamed up with the TNT show HawthoRNE (starring Jada Pinkett Smith) this summer on their “I Run This” Wellness tour. Come on out and meet a modern day Red Cross nurse
It’s Pouring Rain in Haiti
Our own Eric Porterfield will be in Haiti for a month. Keep up with him on Twitter @ericporterfield
Tornadoes in Oklahoma
Oklahoma and Kansas are experiencing a tornado outbreak right now. Resources: AP article Red Cross Tornado Tip Sheet [PDF] Twitter: @redcross @RedCrossOKC @ARKRedCross @KCRedCross @RedCrossDallas @TWCBreaking Error happened.
Paying It Forward
We rely on the generosity of our donors every day here at the Red Cross. Amazing stories like the one below are great examples of how far an act of kindness can extend.