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Photo Tuesday: A glimpse into field hospital training

Posted September 27, 2011 by Global Administrator

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! [slideshow] This week, 35 Red Cross delegates from across Canada, and some from around the world, are...

Photo Tuesday: Canadian Red Cross in Chad

Posted September 20, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! [slideshow] These photos were taken by Canadian Red Cross aid worker Sophie Chavanel. Sophie is in Ch...

Last week for matching donations to Horn of Africa

Posted September 12, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Earlier this summer, many of us first heard news of a severe drought in the Horn of Africa that led to food shortages. With millions  at risk of malnutrition and starvation (many of them children), the United Nations declared the crisis in Somalia a ...

Remembering 9/11: a Red Cross perspective

Posted September 09, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Canadian Red Cross has been getting quite a few requests from media looking toconnect with staff or volunteers who helped respond to this incredible event. The Canadian Red Cross sent many volunteers (1...

Goderich tornado – answering the call for help

Posted August 29, 2011 by Global Administrator

Doris Barkley had just returned to her Stratford, ON home from Calgary on August 21, when she got the call: a tornado had touched down and assistance was needed.A mere two hours later, the Canadian Red Cross volunteer was in the town of Goderich, an ...

Goderich tornado – stories from the reception centre

Posted August 26, 2011 by Global Administrator

*Special thank you to photographer Johan Hallberg-Cambpell for these photos [slideshow] When I was a kid, I would sometimes go on day trips with my family to Goderich, ON - a town of 8,000 located on the shores of Lake Huron, dubbed as “the pre...

Photo Tuesday: Twister touches down in Goderich

Posted August 23, 2011 by Global Administrator

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! [slideshow] Around 4 p.m last Sunday, the worst tornado Ontario has seen in 15 years touched down in ...

TV’s Jillian Harris lends support to Red Cross in Slave Lake

Posted August 18, 2011 by Global Administrator

Last month Jillian Harris, former contestant on The Bachelor and designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, visited Slave Lake following the devastating wildfire that ravaged more than 350 homes and businesses and forced the evacuation of 15,000 peo...

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