Manitoba News and Stories (Page 3)

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"I enjoy helping people": Art Brown on why he volunteers

April 19, 2021 - Art has been volunteering with us since 2017, and has been involved in numerous responses both within Manitoba and other parts of Canada.

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Learning How to Give

April 13, 2021 - Arthur E. Wright Community School in Winnipeg reached out to the Canadian Red Cross because they wanted to learn more about the organization and to help in any way that they could.
 

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Red Cross Easter Bunny Delivers Treats

April 09, 2021 - The Easter Bunny hopped over to the Winnipeg First Nation Isolation Site on Easter Sunday to deliver treats for the children.

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First Nations Health and Wellness Colouring Book

March 25, 2021 - The First Nations Health and Wellness Colouring Book is bursting with life and love. It is a gathering of Manitoba First Nation artists invited to react to and create with the themes of health and wellness.

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Hats Off to Contact Tracing!

March 04, 2021 - At the end of October 2020, the Canadian Red Cross was selected to support Manitoba Health conduct contact tracing.
 
Tracing is provided through a virtual operations team (VOT) with support from the Global Health Unit. Contact tracing is considered one of the most effective public health strategies to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.

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21 days of wellness challenge

March 01, 2021 - Join us from March 1-31 for the #21DaysOfWellness challenge on Twitter!

COVID-19 has made things extra tough this year. It is more important than ever to find activities to help care for your mental health.

Doing something for 21 days is a great way to start a habit of taking care of yourself and working to build your resilience.
 

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Puppy power, personal disaster assistance, and the Canadian Red Cross

February 23, 2021 - It was midnight on November 10, 2020. An already eventful evening, one of their three dogs was having puppies, 11 puppies. Excited by all the action, Katlin’s two young daughters, who would have normally been asleep in their own bedroom, had been up and about and were sleeping in their mom’s bed. That likely saved their lives.

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New Brunswick volunteer joined the Red Cross response at an LTC home in Manitoba

February 19, 2021 - Liane Greter is an emergency management volunteer from New Brunswick who deployed to Winnipeg, MB, where the Canadian Red Cross has been assisting some long-term care (LTC) homes with their COVID-19 response.

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Red Cross aide offers friendship in long-term care home

February 01, 2021 - It was a time of both great joy and profound sadness.
For several weeks, Kara Schiestel worked as an Emergency Care Support Aide with the Canadian Red Cross amid the battle against the spread of COVID-19 in a long-term care home in Manitoba.
 

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NAMI Community Grant

January 11, 2021 - The Nigerian Association of Manitoba was one of the many not-for-profit organizations across Canada that received funding through the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund. The grant provided families in need with food to sustain them for three weeks.
 

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First Aid and CPR courses in your area

Interested in taking a Red Cross First Aid or CPR course? Find a course in your community or online.

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