Posted November 19, 2011 by Global Administrator
November 19 is World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse. It's a great opportunity to highlight the work of two students from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, who are educating young people to know what is abuse, how to get help...
Posted November 18, 2011 by Global Administrator
Right around back-to-school, several tragic stories began to appear in the media about bullying. Around the same time, popular Ottawa radio morning show host, Stu Schwartz (known affectionately by his on-air name: @stuntmanstu) began to speak-out...
[slideshow]Guest blog by Leila Daoud, Public Affairs Coordinator in Edmonton Cheese and crackers, trivia, a little mingling and a swag bag at the end of the night. Sounds like a recipe for a party, but the men and women gathered at the Red Cross ...
Posted November 16, 2011 by Global Administrator
It's been six months since Slave Lake and surrounding areas were devastated by raging wildfires. Since June 6th when recovery operations began, Red Cross has assisted 3,148 people affected by the fires and distributed more than $600,000 in direct aid...
Nowadays, you can share anything by a click of a mouse: a YouTube video, a news article, info on the latest “must-have” item. However, there is an event coming up designed to share something else through the internet: ideas on how to make the wo...
Every day, 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! David K. Wilson and Rose Wilson received Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Awards at a gala dinner in Halifax,...
Posted November 15, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
*Guest blog by Joallore Alon, (@clickflickca on Twitter). Joallore , a member of the Red Cross Twitter Team, is co-hosting a Red Cross CPR Tweet-up in Toronto on Nov. 16. The class is one of six happening across the country as part of CPR Awareness M...
Posted November 15, 2011 by Global Administrator
Every day, 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! Today’s photo is from Brampton, ON, where the City presented the Canadian Red Cross with a cheque for over ...
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