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Lights, camera, action: Youth films screen at Vancouver Film Fest

This year at the Vancouver International Film Festival, audiences will get a lesson in bullying prevention courtesy of Red Cross youth! The Red Cross worked with teens to produce several short videos exploring the impact of bullying in schools as ...

Back-to-school: tips to help eliminate the bully blues

It’s back-to-school day, AKA “the most wonderful time of the year” for parents. However, for some parents, that’s not the case. This morning, as most kids across the country filled their backpacks with new supplies, put on new clothes, and looked ...

Photo Tuesday: A lemonade stand for a good cause

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! This week’s photo is from our colleague Melinda, whose two kids Maliha, 10, and Teymour Sarwar, 6, set up ...

That’s a big Red Cross

When most youth go to summer camp they go canoeing, make crafts, sing songs around a campfire. Yesterday, 2650 Finnish summer campers did something different: they made a mark by creating the world’s largest human Red Cross. The cross was create...

Photo Tuesday: Shaving his head for a cause

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the province or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! After an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan last month, Matthew Sketchley decided to do his part to r...

Volunteer spotlight: Corrie's Top Five

*This week is National Volunteer Week, a time for the Canadian Red Cross to recognize our dedicated volunteers who donate their time and talents from coast to coast . Over the course of the week we will use this blog to share stories about our volunt...

Volunteer teaches about humanitarian issues around the world

Some of our volunteers have been with us since they were young. Let me introduce you to Bernadette Maheandiran from Toronto. She’s one of them. Bernadette started teaching youth about humanitarian issues when she was 15 years-old.  Now 27 and a la...

Volunteer spotlight: Beyond the call of duty

*This week is National Volunteer Week, a time for the Canadian Red Cross to recognize our dedicated volunteers who donate their time and talents from coast to coast . Over the course of the week we will use this blog to share stories about our volunt...

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