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Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-UP

Posted August 25, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*The Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-up is courtesy of our friend, Robin Parker from Red Cross in Oregon Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized lin...

Durham Region Red Cross volunteer heads to Haiti on aid mission

Posted August 17, 2010 by Global Administrator

Guy Lepage, of Ajax, leaves Aug. 19 for Haiti on a four-week aid mission with the Canadian Red Cross. In Haiti, Guy will be working with other international Red Cross volunteers and delegates to do training sessions with the Haitian Red Cross. He ...

The Haiti web chat and Inside Disaster

Posted July 14, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Did you miss the Haiti web chat on Monday with our Director of Haiti Operations, Jean-Philippe Tizi? If so, you can still see the chat online. While we are on the topic of Haiti, I also wanted to share with you some clips from Inside Disaster, an ...

Haiti Update – have your questions answered

Posted July 09, 2010 by Global Administrator

On Monday July 12, the Canadian Red Cross is hosting a special live chat for staff, volunteers, donors and general members of the public on our response in Haiti. Your questions will answered by the Canadian Red Cross Director of Haiti Operations, Je...

A Haiti story that silenced a room

Posted July 09, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

When Jean-Pierre told this story at a luncheon for donors yesterday, the audience was so captivated that you could hear a pin drop. It was five days into the Red Cross operations in Haiti and a woman came running into the Red Cross base camp holdi...

Red Cross in Haiti

Posted July 08, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

We're super lucky to have Red Cross delegate Jean-Pierre Taschereau visiting Ontario this week to provide updates to staff, volunteers, donors and media on the work Red Cross is doing in Haiti. Immediately following the Haiti earthquake, Jean-...

Calling all soccer fans!

Posted June 11, 2010 by Global Administrator

Today is the day many soccer or (for most of the world) football fans have been waiting for: the first day of the FIFA World Cup. For the next month, soccer-mania  will take hold of the world. What most people don’t know is that the Red Cross and ...

9,000 pounds of pennies for Haiti

Posted June 05, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

During the annual general meeting of Red Cross senior volunteers, one of our volunteers shared a story about fundraising for Haiti. Turns out two schools in Sarnia did a penny drive during the emergency. The result? 9,000 pounds of pennies. Yes...

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