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Photo of the Day: Red Cross Out of the Cold Program serves hot meals in Toronto

Posted November 27, 2012 by Global Administrator

The Out of the Cold program is a city-wide program in Toronto that the Red Cross supports by providing a hot meal to those in need and operating emergency shelters for Toronto's homeless community. Out of the Cold feeds about 120 people every Saturda...

Photo of the Day: Paramedics help wounded in Gaza

Posted November 26, 2012 by Global Administrator

Palestine Red Crescent paramedics evacuate an injured boy in Gaza during recent conflict in the region. Paramedics worked around the clock under very difficult security conditions to treat casualties and evacuate them to Gazan hospitals. The ICRC...

Photo of the Day: Talking bullying prevention on Global TV

Posted November 23, 2012 by Global Administrator

Mona Cheng, Assistant Coordinator with our Violence @ Abuse Prevention Program in B.C., was on Global Mandarin News this week talking about B.C.’s Imagine No Bullying Campaign. Through this interview, Mona was able to reach an important audience ...

Photo of the Day: Spreading YOUnity

Posted November 22, 2012 by Global Administrator

Similar to the Global Issues Symposium for Youth held in BC, youth in Ontario also held a youth leadership conference in Toronto recently. A group of Ontario youth attended the conference  and discussed what it means to be a Canadian Red Cross...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted November 22, 2012 by Global Administrator

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. Kenya:  A year has passed since the Kenyans for Kenya Drought Initiative began and one of the areas, Walda Location in Sololo District,...

Tweeting My Way Through CPR Training at #redcrossCPR

Posted November 21, 2012 by Global Administrator

[slideshow]I'm the type of person who likes to be prepared. I've got my emergency kit ready and my purse is stocked with bandaids for any scrape, cut, or blister. But when it comes to taking care of my sick grandfather, I never felt confident that I ...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross office opens in Moose Cree First Nation

Posted November 21, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell Last week, the Canadian Red Cross opened a satellite office in Moose Cree First Nation, located near Moosonee on the coast of James Bay. This is the first Red Cross office in a First Nation community in Ontario a...

Dispatch from New York: The singing ERV driver

Posted November 20, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Immediately after arriving into New York I travelled to Breezy Point, an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy. I had the privilege of meeting many inspiring Red Cross volunteers who were busy distributing food and relief items and extraordinary pe...

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