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Posted May 10, 2013 by Global Administrator
It is said that eating dinner as a family is an important thing to do, but did you ever think it might save your life? 11-year-old Connor McCarthy was having dinner with his family when his mom began to choke and could not breathe. Calmly, Con...
Posted April 26, 2013 by Global Administrator
Red Crosser Colin Parry is a lead volunteer with both the Health Equipment Loan Program and the Emergency Response Team in Terrace, B.C. Volunteering in the Health Equipment Loan field is incredibly rewarding according to Colin. He remembers o...
Posted April 23, 2013 by Global Administrator
Since retiring from his job as a papermaker, Rick Allen has been a devoted Red Cross volunteer with the Senior Transportation Program in Dryden, Ontario, driving anywhere and anytime he was asked. In fact, since 2010, Rick has driven more than 31...
Posted April 18, 2013 by Global Administrator
Five-year-old Alyssa from Truro, Nova Scotia found herself in quite a predicament, recently, after having injured her foot upon accidently colliding with her dog Bailey. After an exhaustive search for tiny crutches in her hometown went nowhere, a...
Posted April 08, 2013 by Global Administrator
Many people around the world today are marking World Health Day. World Health Day was celebrated on Sunday, April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, the UN’s health agency. Health services are one of the c...
Posted April 05, 2013 by Global Administrator
Today marks a milestone for organizations who work in international development. We’re 1,000 days away from the 2015 target date to reach the Millennium Development Goals, also known as MDGs. These goals set by the UN are meant to improve the lives o...
Posted March 22, 2013 by Global Administrator
A small community in Northern Ireland has brought life back to their abandoned phone booth by retrofitting it with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The community of Crossgar, population 1500, has also had more than 10% of its population...
Posted March 20, 2013 by Global Administrator
Red Cross Meals On Wheels client Nancy Breckenridge got more than a meal when her lunch was delivered by her local Councillor Bonnie Crombie. Across Ontario this week, many communities are participating in Mayors for Meals events as a way of p...
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