By Jennifer Marsh and Bill Fortune We apologize, we know everyone is busy, but we have taken the liberty of adding a few things to your “to do” list on Sunday. Given the time change you got an extra hour of sleep so you should be up for the task! Here we go: 1. Set […]
Humanity, Migration and the Consequences of Standing By: Lunch & Learn Tackles Immigration to Europe
A Hellenic Red Cross volunteer helps Syrian refugees arriving by boat (photo credit: Reuters) The movement of migrants from the Middle East to Europe and the West has been deemed an international crisis by media, government leaders and social media – where the hashtag #migrantcrisis has arisen to tag stories, images and discussions. In the […]
Since the beginning of human history, populations have moved from place to place, fleeing conflict, seeking opportunity or simply to explore new territory. And although immigration and migration are concepts as old as humanity itself, so are the tensions that arise as people travel from one homeland to another. What is often ignored, however, in […]
By Bill Fortune “If you don’t serve your community you really are not part of that community.” A single sentence that expresses why someone would give 48 years of service to America. Deborah (Debby) MacSwain has been a part of the American Red Cross, or, the Red Cross has been a part of Debby MacSwain, […]
By Jennifer Marsh So how did you spend your weekend? Most of us might say we ran errands, did some home improvement, went for a hike, run or ride, had a date or attended a school event. Or, just maybe, we might admit that we took a nap. Colorado Red Cross had a busy weekend […]
Tom Pardee (L) receives the Lifetime Service Award from SVP Koby Langley at the Evans Army Community Hospital in Colorado Springs. Photo by Joe Coleman/American Red Cross Story by Bill Fortune Red Cross volunteers don’t do what they do for the glory. They rarely seek out recognition and prefer to go through their volunteer hours […]
When a disaster or crisis strikes, you may have only minutes to evacuate to a safer place. Whether that safer place means heading into your basement or storm shelter in advance of a tornado, fleeing to higher ground to escape flood waters, or driving miles out of your neighborhood to escape the flames of a […]
Growing up in Longmont, I learned about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from those who had lived through it. Several friends of mine came to the area as refugees, fleeing Prime Minister Pol Pot’s efforts to purge Cambodia’s intellectual elite and return the country to an idealized agrarian society as part […]