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Photo Tuesday - Red Cross workers in Haiti help two beneficiaries paint new home

*Guest blog by Nicole Robicheau, Canadian Red Cross delegate in HaitiEvery 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] Lofira Alexi, 70, an...

Goderich tornado – answering the call for help

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

*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

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 ...

Red Crosser, aka personal shopper: Staffer and apartment fire evacuee bond over favourite pastime

Guest blog by Randie Anderson, Public Affairs Coordinator in Alberta It was supposed to be a normal morning at the office. I should have known that when working at the Red Cross, everything can change in moments. In the early hours of August 2nd, ...

Volunteers providing support following evacuations in Northern Ontario

The past few weeks, Ontario has experienced one of the largest evacuations it has seen the past few decades – and the Canadian Red Cross has been there to help. The threat of almost 100 forest fires and smoke forced the evacuation of approximately...

Japan - Select a drink and donate

*We heard about this on the Wall Street Journal and Japan Trends blogs, and it was too good not to share. Here you go!I have heard many stories from friends who were amazed by the amount of vending machines they saw while travelling in Japan. The cou...

Red Crossers take in royal visit to Slave Lake

[slideshow]Guest blog by Leila Daoud, Alberta Public AffairsJean MacNeil from Antigonish, Nova Scotia is, in many respects, a typical royal watcher. A grandmother with eight children and many grandchildren, Jean has the latest tea towels commemoratin...

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