Red Cross Programs (Page 44)

Guest entry by Colleen Lowe, Communications Manager in Ontario Shortly after retiring from his job at the local hydro station, Rick Nienhuis noticed a sign recruiting volunteers for the Sarnia Red Cross branch in Ontario. It piqued his curiosity and...

When Arta Rexhepi arrived in Canada from Kosovo with her family nearly 14 years ago, she was greeted and comforted by Canadian Red Cross volunteers. She was among a group of 5,000 refugees fleeing conflict who arrived in Nova Scotia and Ontario from ...

Late last year, 15 teachers and 5 teacher candidates attended the second annual Exploring Humanitarian Law Teachers Conference in Hamilton, Ontario. The Exploring Humanitarian Law program provides a toolkit of resources to educate students on the...

Guest entry by Megan Blanchette, Development and Communications Coordinator, Manitoba Recently the Canadian Red Cross in Manitoba and Manitoba Lotteries teamed up with singer/songwriter Sierra Noble, and the winners of Canada’s Got Talent, Sag...

Guest entry by Melanie MacDonald, Communications Coordinator in Atlantic Canada Last week, representatives from the Canadian Red Cross and WestJet, Cathie Desborough and Jon Quinton, drew the grand prize winner of the Red Cross LotoMania 2012: Liv...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NIGERIA: Like thousands of people affected by the floods in Nigeria, those living in Udagba are fighting to rebuild their lives. With suppo...

With 2012 drawing to a close, we are all starting to look back and reflect on the year past. What did we resolve to do? What did we accomplish? All last year, we blogged about various topics – from the serious to the more quirky and light-he...