Posted April 23, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
[slideshow] Flooding is occurring in communities across parts of central Ontario with State of Emergencies declared in many municipalities including: Huntsville, Bracebridge, Kawartha Lakes, Powassan, Markstay-Warren (Sudbury area) and Minden Hills....
Posted April 23, 2013 by Global Administrator
Since retiring from his job as a papermaker, Rick Allen has been a devoted Red Cross volunteer with the Senior Transportation Program in Dryden, Ontario, driving anywhere and anytime he was asked. In fact, since 2010, Rick has driven more than 31...
Posted April 22, 2013 by Global Administrator
Introducing the newest member of the Canadian Red Cross Social Media Team, Judi Samuels! The Social Media Team is made up of social media users who use their social networks to help spread the word about the work of the Red Cross. In a disaster, the ...
April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week. We’re sharing stories from our volunteers across the country. For the past 14 years, Édouard Viau has been known and much appreciated around the Red Cross as a dedicated volunteer and a bit of a jack of ...
Posted April 18, 2013 by Global Administrator
Five-year-old Alyssa from Truro, Nova Scotia found herself in quite a predicament, recently, after having injured her foot upon accidently colliding with her dog Bailey. After an exhaustive search for tiny crutches in her hometown went nowhere, a...
Posted April 17, 2013 by Global Administrator
[slideshow]On Friday morning, most of southern Ontario woke up to an ice storm that rolled in overnight and continued to blast the province with icy weather much into the weekend. The freezing rain and high winds combined knocked down power lines cau...
Posted April 17, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa has one of the highest rates of TB in the world; 389,000 people contract the disease each year. TB is treatable,...
Posted April 15, 2013 by Global Administrator
A group of Girl Guides in Timmins, Ontario received a visit from Serenna Besserer, a disaster management coordinator, to learn more about personal preparedness. The Girl Guides have always focused on developing the skills they need to be prepared...
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