TwitterEarlier this morning, Chile was rocked by a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake. The quake caused severe aftershocks throughout the region and due to this, there are tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast. Evacuation of these regions has been going on throughout the day. The American Red Cross chapters in Guam, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Northern [...]
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March is rapidly approaching and with that comes Red Cross Month! All across the country, Red Cross volunteers will continue to celebrate what we do and volunteer in full force in big and small ways wherever that may be. It is a time to continue telling our stories, because that is what keeps the organization [...]
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The application period to become a member of the National Youth Council is quickly closing. Applications are due March 5th and can be found here. Since putting the application out we have received a number of great questions that we felt others might be interested in. We look forward to reading your applications and [...]
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Mat Morgan (former National Youth Council Vice-Chair) reports from Port-Au-Prince Haiti. Incredibly insightful and straight from the heart, please take a few minutes to watch.
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I saw this today on Woot.com and thought I would share. Today, some really cool hand crank emergency radios are on sale for 24.99. Normally this model costs at least 2 times as much. As many of you know in the event of an emergency having a reliable radio is a necessity when the power is out. [...]
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For any of you out there who have taken a Red Cross class, you know how staged the photos in the workbooks appear and how fake the re-enactments videos seem. Don’t get me wrong, they are amazing, but a little corny. Three days ago my perspective changed dramatically. 9:00am my cell phone rings. It is [...]
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On February 2nd and 3rd, Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville hosted their annual blood drive competition, which Vanderbilt had not won since the year of 2005. Though this year was no exception, with Tennessee’s 702 units of blood topping Vanderbilt’s 554, (which as a proud Vanderbilt student, this breaks my heart a [...]
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“What’s Your Issue? – Film Your Issue” 2010 Competition Launches, Supported by YouTube, Best Buy, Apple, Sony Pictures 3-minute videos proposing Project-Solution ideas to front-burner issues to be presented to Obama Administration, on Best Buy screens around the world, winner flown to LA for Awards Ceremony co-hosted by Sony. Prizes include Macbook, iPod Touch, Sundance [...]
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