All aboard!

Whoo-woo! Hear that? That's the swag train rolling in, courtesy of the Willamette Week Give!Guide (giveguide.oaktree.com/Donate.aspx). Donate $25 to the Oregon Red Cross via the Give!Guide, before December 31st, and receive a free large pizza, courtesy of Papa Murphy's. Donate $50 or more and also be entered into our drawing for a four-person emergency kit, worth $165!

And keep your eyes peeled for special incentive giveaway days, when your donation could make you the lucky winner of goodies from A to Z winery, Rogue Distillery, Kiehl's skin care, and more! We'll keep you posted.

Oregon Red Cross is pleased to announce that, for the first time, we are featured as one of the 100 local nonprofits participating in the 2011Give!Guide hosted by the Willamette Week. You'll find us in the 'Community' section. Aimed at new donors under 35 years old, the Give!Guide offers sweet incentives for budding philanthropists and directs attention to local nonprofits.

You Mentioned Free Stuff?

Sure did. Our partner, Papa Murphys, will give you free pizza with your $25 gift.

And Willamette Week offers you:
- Coupons good for discounts and freebies all over town
- Wine and beer
- Stumptown coffee
- Moonstruck chocolates
- & much more!

As an added bonus, Oregon Red Cross is offering an our own incentive if you make a gift through the Give!Guide. Donate $50 or more to Oregon Red Cross by midnight on December 31, and you'll be entered into our drawing for a four-person emergency kit worth $165!

But wait, there's more….

If all of the above free stuff is not enough to motivate you, November 17th is Clear Creek Distillery Day. If you make a donation through the Give!Guide this Thursday, you will be entered into a drawing for one of everything Clear Creek distills: 25 bottles of eau de vie and liqueur, which will be available the very next day, so the winner will be well stocked for Thanksgiving and beyond!

Help Oregon Red Cross Help Our Community Through the

Willamette Week Give!Guide

Oregon Red Cross is proud to be featured in the 2011 Willamette Week Give!Guide, which raised more than $1 million for local nonprofits last year. Like most Americans over the last few years, we have had to tighten our belts and work smarter while responding to a seemingly ever increasing number of disasters right here in Oregon.

We now have only 47 full time staff in humanitarian services to cover almost 100,000 square miles in the state of Oregon. But when disaster strikes, our organization wants to be ready to respond to floods, winter storms and the 2:00 A.M. call to assist a family affected by a home fire. When you click on Oregon Red Cross in the 'Community' section of the Give!Guide, you'll be glad to know that 100% of your donation goes directly to help victims of disasters.

People affected by disaster need to know that they have a place to stay, food to eat and emotional support from someone who cares as they take the first steps to recovery. This is our commitment to the people of Oregon and with your help and support we will always honor that commitment.

The American Red Cross is not a government agency. We rely solely on tax deductible financial donations to support our disaster response and humanitarian relief efforts. And because it's nice to do well when you do good, you'll be even more delighted to know that you can receive wonderful thank you gifts from Oregon Red Cross, Papa Murphy's and Willamette Week:

Our partner Papa Murphy will give you a free pizza with your $25 gift.

Oregon Red Cross is offering our own incentive for those who make a gift through the Give!Guide. Donate $50 or more to us by midnight on December 31 and be entered into our drawing for a four-person emergency kit worth $165!

Finally, Willamette Week offers:

• $10-$499 You get coupons good for discounts and freebies all over town. There is one level for donors between $10 and $99, another for $100 to $499. Larger gifts result in better deals. See the Give!Guide website for details.
  
• $500-$999 You get home delivery of a bottle of wine from A to Z Wineworks, a nice bag of Stumptown Coffee, Widmer Beer, a Chinook Book app, and more.
  
• $1,000-$2,499 You get home delivery of pinot noir from Rex Hill Vineyards, the Chinook Book app, a package of Bob’s Red Mill Honey Oats Granola, Stumptown Coffee, Widmer Beer, and more.
  
• $2,500 You get home delivery from one of Willamette Week’s owners of a bottle of sparkling wine, Rex Hill pinot noir wine, Moonstruck Chocolates, Stam dog treats, Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats, and more, including the Chinook Book app.

The Give!Guide Way of Zen and Hipness

The Oregon Red Cross is participating in the Willamette Week Give!Guide for the very first time this year. This is a big deal for us because the Give!Guide raised an amazing $1.16 million for local organizations last year. Way to go Portland Hipsters! It also means we’re being recognized for our coolness factor as we now qualify to rub elbows with said Hipsters… You’ll find the Give!Guide tucked inside the latest issue of Willamette Week.

Or, cut to the chase by going online to the Give!Guide. Yes, we know you’ll be distracted by the puppies and kittens (we were), but don’t forget your buds. You can support the Red Cross, get a free pizza from our awesome sponsor, Papa Murphy's (for a donation of $25), qualify for Hipster Doofus status (that’s much higher than mere Hipster) and be entered into various drawings through the Give!Guide for fabulous prizes.

But wait, there’s more! For a donation of $50 or more, you will become a Zen Hipster and be entered into an Oregon Red Cross drawing to win a huge 4 person family emergency kit worth $165! Donate, eat pizza and tweet your friends so they can be hip too by contributing through the Give!Guide.

We’ve also created a neat little video for the Give!Guide Channel where the Grim Reaper gets his butt kicked by Hipster Red Crossers in all kinds of different disasters. It’s called Celebrate Life!