Nearly 200 wounded members of the armed forces gathered beneath the Olympic Rings at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs yesterday to usher in the inaugural Warrior Games – a Paralympic competition amongst members of all branches of the U.S. military.
Topics: Military Support
Tweets of the Day: Red Crossers Edition
Tweets of the day from your Red Crossers.
I Saw Ronald McDonald in the Middle of the Desert
Our colleagues from Services to Armed Forces Sherri Brown and Peter Macias are on an 8 day tour of our operations in Kuwait and Iraq. Sherri sent us some thoughts …
Service to the Armed Forces Trip to the Middle East
Just arrived in Kuwait today for a field visit.
Tweets of the Day
NBCNewsCrew It warms my heart to see @RedCross put smiles on faces of those who have experienced so much sadness. http://twitpic.com/1iwkd2 formerlycayless Just worked with the Red Cross emergency call …
Celebrating Red Cross Month in Iraq
The first third of this video clip from the “Balad and Beyond” Pentagon news program shows how troops stationed at Joint Base Balad in Iraq have been celebrating Red Cross Month.
Tweets of the Day
We love reading your tweets every day. Keep em coming! TheBGates The @RedCross sent me this donor tag. Didn’t realize that I had a rare blood type. It’s kind of …
We’re Here to Help
We’ve recently received a bunch of comments on Facebook, via email, and here from people concerned that we’re paying too much attention to Haiti and not enough to domestic preparedness and relief.
March Is…
That’s right. We have our very own month. Starting with Franklin D Roosevelt in 1943, every sitting President has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month.
What We’re Reading
A collection of some of our favorite links from around the web today.