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American Red Cross

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Type: Organization

Name: American Red Cross

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 22 reports

EDITORIAL: Scammers seek profit from tragedy

We're disgusted we even have to write this editorial. As residents of Oklahoma City and its suburbs barely start the process of picking themselves up off the ground, we've already received warnings from state police about scammers looking to make a quick ... [Published Individual.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Tornado, Donations, Oklahoma City, Disaster

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 13 reports

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Volunteers from the local chapter of the American Red Cross are preparing to respond to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma for relief in the coming days.Robin Summers, executive director of the Southwestern Illinois Chapter of the Red Cross, said Ruth Meyer, a ... [Published Alton Telegraph - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, Disaster, Tornado, Damage Assessment, Donations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

American Red Cross

Memorial Day Triggers Pool Safety Tips

Karin Caifa, ReportingMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for many that will mean time in the pool. But before you jump in, experts recommend heeding some pool safety tips for all ages.Swimming is a major ... [Published CBS Minnesota - 2 hours ago]

Entities: American Red Cross, Inez Tenenbaum, Consumer Product Safety Commission

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 6 reports

Local efforts ramp up to help Red Cross and Oklahoma

FARGO – An official donation site for the American Red Cross has been set up at O’Kelly’s bar here.FARGO – An official donation site for the American Red Cross has been set up at O’Kelly’s bar here.Cash will not be accepted at the bar, but checks made ... [Published Fargo Forum - 12 hours ago]

Entities: American Red Cross, Red Cross/Crescent, Donations, Disaster, Flooding

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 4 reports

Red Cross/Crescent

Middle TN deploys more resources to aid tornado recovery

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - There's been a huge outpouring of support from Middle Tennessee in the aftermath of the deadly Oklahoma tornado, and many volunteers and their supplies have now arrived at the disaster area.As another day of disturbing and heartbreaking ... [Published WSMV - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, American Red Cross, Churches of Christ, Red Cross/Crescent

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 6 reports

Red Cross Ramps Up Relief Efforts in Oklahoma

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross continues to expand relief efforts across Oklahoma, with additional kitchens opening today and more trucks and volunteers flowing into the state.Sponsored by: Already this week, more than 200 Red Cross ... [Published TickerTech.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, Oklahoma (United States), American Red Cross, Disaster, Emergency Aid

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 10 reports

MassMutual donating $100K to Oklahoma

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - MassMutual is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund, in an effort to help the people of Oklahoma to rebuild following Monday’s tragic tornado.The announcement was made by Nick Fyntrilakis of MassMutual ... [Published WWLP.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Donations, American Red Cross, MassMutual Finl Gp, Tornado

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 49 reports

Community spearheads collection efforts for tornado victims

A popular northwest Harris County bar and dance club is accepting donations after a category 4 tornado slammed parts of north Texas and Oklahoma Monday, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 200. Tumbleweed Texas is collecting bottled water, sports ... [Published Cleveland Advocate - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Donations, Mary Fallin, Disaster

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 8 reports

Bluegrass Chapter of American Red Cross raising money for Oklahoma tornado victims with relief telethon

The American Red Cross’ Bluegrass Chapter is holding a telethon on Wednesday to raise funds for Oklahoma Tornado Relief.Approximately 2,400 homes were destroyed in Central Oklahoma when by a tornado on Monday.The state medical examiner’s office says that ... [Published Kentucky Kernel - May 22 2013]

Entities: American Red Cross, Tornado, Kevin Durant, Donations, Donor

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 131 reports

How to send help to the tornado victims in Oklahoma

PADUCAH, Ky. - The American Red Cross is already on the ground in Oklahoma. Almost 30 emergency response vehicles have been deployed, including two from western Kentucky. They will be handing out food and relief supplies to the tornado victims. They're ... [Published WPSD TV - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Red Cross/Crescent, American Red Cross, Emergency Aid, emergency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 6 reports

Donations being taken for tornado victims

Local and area agencies have responded to the tornado disaster in Moore in several ways:--Cimarron Valley Chapter of American Red Cross will send its Emergency Response Vehicle with one volunteer and six mental health volunteers to Moore this morning, ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Donations, American Red Cross, Tornado, Bighorn Sheep

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 21 reports

How to help tornado victims

The Red Cross and Salvation Army already have efforts under way to help Oklahoma towns devastated by a Monday afternoon tornado.The Red Cross has one shelter open in Moore and is working on setting up others. The organization continues to operate the ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Salvation Army, Red Cross/Crescent

Quotes

"Hurricane-related drowning deaths in evacuation zones are preventable," the CDC said. "A successful evacuation depends on officials providing timely messaging to all affected persons, on persons receiving those messages, and on persons having the capacity, resources, and willingness to leave."

Drowning Caused One-Third of Hurricane Sandy Deaths, CDC Says [Published BusinessWeek - 6 mins ago]

"Most directly related deaths occurred during the first few days of the storm, whereas indirectly related deaths continued from the day before the storm into the middle of November" says the report

Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from drowning [Published USA Today - 18 mins ago]

...entire Oklahoma City area who suffered such devastating losses," Bill Miller, Walgreens' market vice president for Oklahoma, said in a statement. "They include our neighbors, our customers and our employees, and we want to support them in any way we can."

Walgreens shuts tornado-damaged store in Oklahoma [Published Chain Drug Review - 31 mins ago]

"The biggest problem we had was the fire had a heck of a head start on us" Mr. Wissner said, noting flames spread quickly and moved into empty spaces in the roof and walls

Cause of Blaze That Hurt Pa. Firefighters Under Investigation [Published Firehouse.Com - 47 mins ago]

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Drowning Caused One-Third of Hurricane Sandy De... [Published BusinessWeek - 6 mins ago]
Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from d... [Published USA Today - 18 mins ago]
Drowning Caused One-Third of Deaths From Hurric... [Published Bloomberg - 21 mins ago]
Spokane Valley Fire Causes $50,000 Dollars Damage [Published KHQ Right Now - 26 mins ago]
Walgreens shuts tornado-damaged store in Oklahoma [Published Chain Drug Review - 31 mins ago]
Eat Sushi, Help the Red Cross [Published Examiner.com - 40 mins ago]
Kent is named assistant vice president at Chesa... [Published Rappahannock Record - 42 mins ago]
Cause of Blaze That Hurt Pa. Firefighters Under... [Published Firehouse.Com - 47 mins ago]
Supporting Disaster Relief in Oklahoma [Published National Hog Farmer - 48 mins ago]
Colonial Life names Tim Sox volunteer of the year [Published MidlandsBiz - 52 mins ago]
BRIEF: Battery drive to benefit tornado victims [Published PredictWallStreet - 53 mins ago]
Westboro Baptist Church's 'God Hates Oklahoma' ... [Published International Business Times UK - 58 mins ago]
American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley to... [Published Lebanon Daily News - 1 hour ago]
EDITORIAL: Scammers seek profit from tragedy [Published Individual.com - 1 hour ago]
Westboro Baptist Church's 'God Hates Oklahoma' ... [Published International Business Times Canada - 1 hour ago]
Ameren donates $25,000 for tornado relief [Published KSDK NewsChannel 5 - 1 hour ago]
Richmond Red Cross volunteer in Moore, OK helpi... [Published WTVR-TV - 1 hour ago]
Volunteers clean up historic cemetery after tor... [Published Palladium Item - 1 hour ago]
RGV media join forces [Published Valley Morning Star - 1 hour ago]
Build-A-Bear Workshop and Guests Send Hugs to C... [Published Business Wire - 1 hour ago]
Kohl’s donates $250,000 for Okla. tornado survi... [Published Retailing Today - 1 hour ago]
CBS 3 partners with Red Cross in Western Mass '... [Published CBS 3 Springfield - 1 hour ago]
New Red Cross Materials Help People Stay Safe I... [Published PR Newswire - 1 hour ago]
CALENDAR FOR MAY 23 [Published Sanford Herald - 1 hour ago]
'Substantial' results so far in tornado relief ... [Published Individual.com - 2 hours ago]
Family of 5 displaced after Beekman fire [Published Poughkeepsie Journal - 2 hours ago]
Enforcement Report for May 22, 2013 [Published U.S. Food and Drug Administration - 2 hours ago]
Springfield fundraiser for Oklahoma tornado vic... [Published MassLive - 2 hours ago]
Red Cross hosting donation drive Friday [Published 13 WREX-TV - 2 hours ago]
Red Cross begins feeding efforts in Moore Ok [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - 2 hours ago]

Blogs

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Exxon Mobil Gives $500K to Oklahoma Relief and ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 22 hours ago] Exxon Mobil Corporation ( NYSE:XOM ): Current price $92.40Exxon Mobil has announced that it will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross so as to provide disaster relief assistance after the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and the southwest United States. ...
Exxon Mobil Gives $500K to Oklahoma Relief and ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 22 hours ago] Exxon Mobil Corporation ( NYSE:XOM ): Current price $92.40 Exxon Mobil has announced that it will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross so as to provide disaster relief assistance after the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and the southwest United ...
One day at a time [Published Balloon Juice - May 22 2013] My family and I haven’t lost anything. We’ve been majorly inconvenienced, but we have a house (electricity got turned back on yesterday), we have family who have resources nearby, we have our jobs and incomes. We are so much better off than so many ...
Oklahoma Tornado Relief: Domain Name and SEO Se... [Published Bill Hartzer - May 22 2013] From the combined efforts of Domain Boardroom (of which I am a proud member), Escrow.com , and myself, along with my buddy Elliot , victims of recent Oklahoma Tornado tragedy will benefit from money raised during an online auction . Several ...
The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Tornado Edition [Published The Simple Dollar - May 22 2013] My condolences and prayers go out to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado and other weather events in recent days. We drove pretty close to one on Sunday night and witnessed an overturned semi thanks to the sheer force of what was almost assuredly a ...

Audio/Video

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Red Cross begins feeding efforts in Moore Ok [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
Father and Daughter Volunteer in Moore [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
Kevin Durant Meets With Volunteers and Families... [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - 14 hours ago]
NBA star pledges $1M to help tornado recovery [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - 23 hours ago]
Emergency response teams head to OK [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 21 2013]

Press Releases

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Build-A-Bear Workshop and Guests Send Hugs to C... [Published Business Wire - 1 hour ago]
New Red Cross Materials Help People Stay Safe I... [Published PR Newswire - 1 hour ago]
Ross Stores Contributes To Tornado Relief Effor... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - 4 hours ago]
Sprint’s Relief Efforts for Oklahoma Residents,... [Published EON: Enhanced Online News - 18 hours ago]
Kohl’s Department Stores Donates $250,000 to th... [Published EON Retail - 20 hours ago]