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Fire Safety Week: Are you ready for a fire?

Posted October 09, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Guest entry by Common Cents Mom blogger Hollie Pollard It is Fire Safety Week, and every time I think of fire safety, I am taken back to that June night in Hamilton, Ontario, when a fast moving fire burned the thirty-unit complex that I lived next t...

Video: What it means to be a volunteer

Posted April 23, 2013 by Global Administrator

Canadian Red Cross Volunteer, Susan MacKenzie, has responded to disasters across North America.  From the Northern Alberta wildfires to Hurricane Sandy, she is always putting others before herself. Without volunteers like Sandy the Canadian Re...

Hope for recovery from St. Albert, Ontario

Posted February 12, 2013 by Global Administrator

Donna Boyd shows off St. Albert cheese curds produced at an interim factory  One of the most important cheese producers in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec, the St. Albert cheese factory, was destroyed in an industrial fire early last week. The commu...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross volunteers provide Support in Tasmania, Australia

Posted January 08, 2013 by Global Administrator

Thousands of people have been displaced across Tasmania, in Australia as a result of a number of devastating bushfires. More than 250 homes and buildings have been destroyed, including a school, and dozens of people are still unaccounted for. Aus...

Photo of the Day: Ringing in the New Year with smiles

Posted January 03, 2013 by Global Administrator

As most people  are either back to work or wrapping up their holidays, we thought we’d share this adorable photo with you to start off your new year with a smile. This photo was taken by Benoit Carpentier of the IFRC when he visited a refugee cam...

Food Friday: Fondue, FonDON'T!

Posted December 28, 2012 by Global Administrator

Last week we were talking about Red Cross Holiday Traditions and we received a great story about a tradition-gone-wrong from Red Crosser Joan Savoie in Ontario. Joan’s family gathers together every year on Christmas Eve to relax and exchange gifts...

Volunteers provide assistance in house fires

Posted December 14, 2012 by Global Administrator

The Greater New York branch of the American Red Cross is still handling cleanup efforts following Sandy, but they are also helping to respond to the increased number of house fires that occur at this time of year. At the Canadian Red Cross, call...

Avoid dangers this holiday season

Posted December 10, 2012 by Global Administrator

While the holidays can be a wonderful time spent with friends and family, there are also a number of accidents associated with the holidays. According to medical statistics, people have been injured watering Christmas trees without unplugging the...

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