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American Red CrossMay 08 i'm expanding to Hotmail
With the recent program expansion, Microsoft essentially doubles the opportunity for giving, allowing customers to support the i’m Initiative using both Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail. By following the directions at http://im.live.com, people can add the i’m Initiative to each account, but are not required to add the i’m Initiative to both accounts. Microsoft will make a donation to the American Red Cross every time someone sends a message using Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail.
If participants select the Red Cross as their cause of choice, donations will support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to disaster survivors. With no set cap on the amount donated, the more a participant uses the services, the more money goes to help the Red Cross respond to disasters of every size and scope. Each year, in communities large and small, the Red Cross responds to more than 70,000 emergencies, with help and hope provided by hundreds of thousands of volunteers of all ages. June 27 Toledo blogger helps us clear up water bottle mysteryThis week Toledo, Ohio held a dedication ceremony for the Veterans' Glass City Skyway. The American Red Cross was there to hand out bottled water to visitors. Craig from Idea Treks wondered who paid for all this water and we were able to provide some info to him. See the exchange below. Original Blog post: Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Dedication American Red Cross comment: Blogger return comment: June 19 Portals and TwittersThe lovely Nicki at The Birthplace of the Process of Illogical Logic gave a shout-out to the new Red Cross Twitter channel. She also highlights the ongoing Red Cross Disaster Portal we've been working on for about 6 months now. Below is Nicki's post. Read it and check out the Twitter channel. I’d like to introduce you guys to someone: Ike Pigott. He’s a local blogger that I ran across on Twitter some time ago. I’ve been following his blog, Occam’s RazR, for a while now. He works for Red Cross and has an extensive background in communications. June 18 Do You Use Flickr? Do you use photo-sharing site Flickr? We want you to join our American Red Cross Flickr group. Whether you take a photo of our National Headquarters building, your local chapter or your blood drive, we want to see what you're up to and what the Red Cross means to you. In photos!
We're looking forward to seeing you there. Be Red Cross ReadyHey kids, do you know what time it is? It's time to Be Red Cross Ready! We've launched an online tutorial to help you and your family prepare for emergency situations. We strongly urge you to check it out. We're quite proud of the site. In addition to launching the site, we've created our first American Red Cross podcasts. There are 3 steps to getting prepared: You can subscribe to a 3 episode podcast, one for each step! We believe this will be the first of many podcasts we make, so feedback is appreciated! You should be able to subscribe via iTunes, Yahoo!, Podcast Alley, Podcast.net, Odeo, Podcast Pickle, and Podcast Directory. Or just click on the links above and start listening! June 15 Zombie invasion - A bloggy lesson in PreparednessThere was a mysterious zombie invasion all over the internet this week. More than 150 bloggers (probably way more, we lost count!) fictitiously and creatively posted about the aftermath of a zombie invasion on June 13. Since we scour the blogosphere for talk about the Red Cross everyday, we found several mentions of these disastrous zombie events and were fooled for a number of minutes that a real disaster was unfolding! This massive meme is a lot of fun and it has a good message. Read, Shred and Then Burn couldn't have said it better when she posted today: Interactive fiction can be fun; but that was not the whole of it. Thinking about any disaster and how prepared we are for it is difficult, but put it in the frame of a zombie uprising, and the drill is fun! Zombies make everything better! That's right! We have an online tutorial that can get you Red Cross Ready right here! 3 participating bloggers even mentioned the Red Cross in their posts: Roseseule said: Kind of glad I bought one of those Red Cross radios, but I don't want to fire it up yet. Most of the local radio is out as is the satellite radio. Glad I got out of the city. Seborn said: Hey, I have a job for you. Yeah, you. Previous volunteer experience NOT needed. So we're (Red Cross) opening shelters now for evacuees from heavily zombied areas. According to MEMA there aren't really any unaffected areas, but people are leaving their homes and we've been told to activate our shelter plans, so bear with me. Yes, they are waiving "no weapons in the shelter." and Seraphim777 was fooled just like we were: is it funnier that I work at the red cross and would be hip deep in this [...], or that I had no idea what you clowns were on about? May 23 Red Cross on LinkedIn Get an American Red Cross badge for your LinkedIn profile! Social networking site LinkedIn announced their newest endeavor today: LinkedIn for Good. We're proud to be a part of the initial group of nonprofits participating. From the press release, LinkedIn for Good is: ... a philanthropic initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for nonprofit organizations around the world. The initiative gives each non-profit a platform to leverage LinkedIn’s international network of 11 million professionals and virally spread the word about their organization.What are you waiting for? Links American Red Cross on LinkedIn for Good LinkedIn for Good Home  May 22 American Red Cross and Martha Stewart Martha Stewart showered attention on preparedness and water safety today. She discussed disaster preparedness in a segment on her television show this morning. Martha showed the storm and flood damage to her home from last month's Northeast storms and recommended making a preparedness kit. AND She discussed water safety with Dr. Frank Pia on KidStuff, one of her Sirius Radio shows, this afternoon. Thanks for helping everyone Be Red Cross Ready, Martha! May 21 Happy Birthday to the American Red Cross We've been saying we're 126 since we started this blog last month, but we were jumping the gun a little bit. It was actually May 21, 1881 when Clara Barton and her associates established the American Red Cross. Today is a good time to point you to the Red Cross online museum, an excellent resource for all things Red Cross history, including a timeline of important dates. Of course, if you're in Washington, DC, we also offer tours of the original national headquarters building located at 430 17th Street. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Tours last approximately one hour and include a brief history of the Red Cross and a look at the building's architecture, artwork and artifacts. For more information about the tour program or to make a reservation online please visit RedCross.org. Also, thanks to the following blogs for remembering us today: Good News Network 501c3Cast Corey Pudhorodsky from the famed 501c3Cast interviewed longtime Red Crosser Sharon Quincy Powell about her career and her current disaster response work in Greensburg, Kansas. Listen here Thanks to Corey for giving us this generous chance to talk about our work! May 11 Red Cross on Barometer Bob showDid you listen to the Barometer Bob podcast last night? We had Red Cross mental health worker Rebecca Streifler call in to his show to discuss her experiences helping people in and around Greensburg, Kansas. Listen Here Thanks to Barometer Bob for giving us the opportunity to chat! May 10 Google Satellite Images - Guardian blog mention Red CrossGoogle has compiled before and after satellite images of Greensburg, Kansas. The result is a powerful look at the devastation this area has suffered. From the Guardian Unlimited Technology Blog:
And after:
(If you want to donate to relief for the citizens there, you can use the US Red Cross website.) Greensburg, KS Audio fileIke Pigott, a member of the American Red Cross Public Affairs team, recorded an audio file for the people around Greensburg affected by last week's tornado. We're in the beginning stages of exploring the world of podcasts. Our team is gathering audio, video, and photos of the ongoing recovery effort and we should be posting these files soon. In the meantime, here's Ike. MP3 >> Kansas Tornado More Greensburg InformationA kind soul has compiled this handy information for anyone to place on their own blog, and it appears to be spreading around. Thank you to everyone who is posting it. ****** My MySpace "friend" Russell Lee Lovenstein has asked that I pass this information on. If you are able and.or know anyone else who is able, would you forward this information on. Greensburg Tornado American Red Cross information. Salina Flood American Red Cross Information American National Red Cross Donation Information Financial Donations Click here or call 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767) or 1-800-257-7575 (Español) Mail a Donation to: May 09 Greensburg, Kansas The Red Cross is issuing updated information on the disaster recovery effort in the midwest at this blog: May 2007 Midwest Tornado Response You can also find updated information on Redcross.org Bloggers from all over are helping to shed light on the condition in Greensburg as well: The Jawa Report says: Please consider donating to either the Red Cross or The Salvation Army to help the victims of last week's tornadoes, most notably the one that wiped out Greensburg, Kansas. And, of course, disasters to come. May 02 Blogs, Blogs, Blogs, BlogsWe're really catching the blogging fever here at the American Red Cross.
April 27 Stand Back! I Might Do Something Heroic! Last March we celebrated Red Cross Month by introducing an interactive website called Hometown Heroes. It's a site meant to celebrate our everyday heroes across the United States.  Because of your participation, Hometown Heroes is quite an inspirational spot on the internet. We want you to continue to add your contributions throughout 2007. You can even make finger puppets to send to your heroes, so get over there! Heroes inspire other heroes, and kindness is contagious. Help us start a chain reaction. Here's your chance to say "you're my hero" to the people who have touched your life. The Red Cross invites you to add your voice to the chorus of heartfelt thanks rising up from your hometown. Help us celebrate America's Hometown Heroes. | ||||||||||||||
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Craig Says: June 27th, 2007 at 11:33 am
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