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Red Cross provides warmth to families left out in the cold

Posted December 14, 2010 by Global Administrator

It is something that no one would ever wish for: losing your home, and all your personal items and memories to a house fire. Within moments, the life you have known literally becoming smoke and ashes. This personal tragedy is even tougher this tim...

Glimpses of the Ontario Zone Youth Conference 2010

Posted December 01, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*Guest blog by Fatima Fadel, Red Cross youth volunteer and conference co-chairRed Cross youth in London were lucky enough to play hosts to our peers from across Ontario at a three-day conference held November 26-28 at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Cent...

Photo Tuesday: The next generation of Red Cross leaders

Posted November 30, 2010 by Global Administrator

Over 100 youth from across Ontario gathered at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre in London for the Canadian Red Cross Youth Leadership Conference November 26-28. The conference titled Red Cross Youth: Voices for Humanity explored vital humanitari...

Congratulations to a budding climate change hero

Posted November 29, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Congratulations to Sarah St. John, a student of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, for being selected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference as part of the Red Cross Federation delegation. Sarah, an active Red Cross volunteer, was on...

A shout-out to some amazing volunteers

Posted November 23, 2010 by Global Administrator

We’d like to congratulate these outstanding volunteers, Judith Irving and Amanda Titus in Saint John, New Brunswick for their recent awards recognizing the humanitarian work they do. Judith Irving received the Humanitarian Award for her work with ...

Sudbury volunteer receives a special award from the Province

Posted October 18, 2010 by Global Administrator

If you head by the Sudbury branch some time soon, you may see a fancy new volunteer award being displayed. The award is for Ted Giannini, for his 11-years of volunteer service with the Canadian Red Cross. Last  week, Ted was recognized with an...

Chilean Red Cross provides support during miner rescue mission

Posted October 16, 2010 by Global Administrator

I am sure that many of you were as glued to your TV as I was earlier this week, while watching 33 trapped miners in Chile be pulled, one at a time, out of the ground to safety. What you may not have seen on TV was the Chilean Red Cross, who was on...

Changing lives through a simple friendly visit

Posted October 13, 2010 by Global Administrator

It’s Community Support Month in Ontario, and all this month we are sharing stories about our various community health programs. One program we wanted to tell you about is the Friendly Visiting program. If you haven’t heard about the program before...

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