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- Farmers Insurance Donates to China Earthquake Relief Effort
- LOS ANGELES -- The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is aiding in the relief effort for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the China earthquake. Shortly after disaster struck China's southwestern Sichuan province on May 12, Farmers offered to match donations made by Farmers employees, agents and...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- 2008 Ad
- Shanghai, May 25, 2008 - ACN Newswire - The Red Cross Society of China, The Shanghai Charity Foundation and Busytrade.com appeal together to international enterpise for help in relief for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake disaster. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake, with a magnitude 7.9, occurred at 2:28 p.m....
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- Your cash will help save lives
- RED Cross Appeal Week runs from May 4 to May 10 with events all over the country. The appeal seeks to raise funds to support British Red Cross projects both at home or abroad and last year's effort raised over pounds 800,000. All projects bring help to people...
- Research articles 2008-04-28
- Villagers muck in and clean up
- IT WAS a clean sweep all round in Lanchester, County Durham, in this Chronicle archive picture from April, 1986. The chairman of the parish council, Jack Tulip, with barrow, secretary John Richardson and other councillors, plus members of the Red Cross, Brownies, youth clubs, Boys' Brigade, Guides, Lions Club and...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- Tips for living
- For all the Eagle Scouts who earned their first-aid merit badge years ago, consider this: There's more to life-saving than learning. It takes practice. "We think we can just read about it and do it, and that's a fatal mistake," said Maxine Margaritis, CEO of the...
- Research articles 2008-02-07
- UEFA name Red Cross humanitarian partner for Euro 2008
- GENEVA AFP — European football's governing body UEFA have selected the international Red Cross ICRC as their official humanitarian partner for the 2008 European championships in Switzerland and Austria. The partnership will help finance the ICRC's work for the victims of landmines in Afghanistan," the ICRC said in a...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Southern California Wildfires Continue to Threaten Residential Areas
- To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: American Red Cross Public Affairs Desk, +1-202-303-5551 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, forcing thousands to evacuate the area. During this ongoing crisis, the Red Cross offers help for those who may feel confused and anxious about the safety of their...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- Hurricane Dean Threatens Mexican Coast
- To: TRAVEL EDITORSContact: American Red Cross Public Affairs Desk, +1-202-303-5551 WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricane Dean continues to track southward toward the Mexican coast. While this lessens the threat to Texas and Louisiana, many others now worry for the safety of their friends and families vacationing in the popular...
- Research articles 2007-08-21
- Entergy pitches in for disaster relief
- Entergy Nuclear Northeast is asking the Westchester business community to match the company's $20,000 Challenge Grant to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. The funds raised will assist with disaster relief services nationwide. "To have the support of Entergy - both nationally and locally - is vitally important...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Good news
- Americans have always attached particular value to the word "neighbor." While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many. - Lady Bird Johnson Believe it or not, there...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- Charitable organizations put out call for help
- By Mike Hall THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The best way to help the victims of the recent weather disasters - for the moment anyway - is with money. Dana Wethington, chief executive officer of the Kansas Capital Area Red Cross, said when the floodwaters recede and...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- Charitable organizations put out call for help
- By Mike Hall THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The best way to help the victims of the recent weather disasters - for the moment anyway - is with money. Dana Wethington, chief executive officer of the Kansas Capital Area Red Cross, said when the floodwaters recede and...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- American Red Cross Responds to Solomon Islands Tsunami
- To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Carol Miller of the American Red Cross, +1-202-345-6163, +1-202-303-5551 WASHINGTON, April 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross is contributing $50,000 in response to the emergency appeal from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist survivors of the tsunami that left an...
- Research articles 2007-04-03
- LDS Church, S.L. Red Cross helping
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of the American Red Cross have begun efforts to help Floridians affected by tornadoes that touched down early Friday across a five-county area north of Orlando. The church is providing tarps and cleaning...
- Research articles 2007-02-03
- New US anti-terror law undermines international law: ICRC
- GENEVA AFP — The International Committee of the Red Cross said that a controversial new anti-terror law approved by President George W. Bush this week undermined international humanitarian law. ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger warned that the Military Commissions Act "disrupts" part of the Geneva Conventions that are regarded as "elementary...
- Research articles 2006-10-19
- Red Cross got half of Katrina donations
- A year ago, Americans started signing checks and clicking on Web links to raise an estimated $4.2 billion in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the most they have ever donated in response to a natural disaster, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. After Katrina roared ashore August 29, the...
- Research articles 2006-09-19
- Designers in Action
- There are times when we all wonder whether or not the term design community is an oxymoron. Sure, when we gather at a conference we get that uplifting high of being around a few thousand of our peers, and we would definitely say that there is such a thing. Once...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Cannon workers raise $10,000
- Cannon Design announced that the firm has raised $10,000 in donations to assist in the Red Cross Hurricane Relief Effort for Katrina through the donations of its employees and a matching program sponsored by the firm. This special matching program was instituted in response to concerned employees who expressed...
- Research articles 2006-01-25
- $2.96 billion in fundraising for Katrina is a record.
- Contributions to help victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes, estimated to be at least $2.96 billion, has surpassed giving in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, setting what's believed to be a record for U.S. private philanthropic giving for a single disaster, The Center on...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Red Cross opens website to help relatives trace quake families
- GENEVA AFP — The International Red Cross opened up an Internet site to help relatives who are trying to get in touch with family members living in areas affected by the earthquake in South Asia. The website (http://www.icrc.org/home.nsf/home/webfamilylinks) allows people in the region to register as "safe and well",...
- Research articles 2005-10-10
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