Miss Oregon's "Old Spice" Parody for Miss America - Vote Now!

Miss Oregon 2011 Caroline McGowan showcases Portland (and some unparalleled whistling talent) through her Miss America video contest submission below!

Please share the video/vote for her as she represents the Red Cross at the Miss America competition here.

Caroline brings Portland cred to the national stage with a parody of the random/brilliant Old Spice video below (featuring Portland actor Isaiah Mustafa and created by acclaimed Portland ad organization Weiden +Kennedy)



Old Spice original video:



Please share Miss Oregon's video to encourage people to vote! Viral videos are only possible if we set the chain reaction!

Duck and Beaver Fans: A Second Way To Win Big!

Do you log on to OregonLive.com to catch up on news, weather, entertainment and most importantly....sports? This year, OregonLive continues as a sponsor for our 10th Anniversary Civil War Blood Drive...and offers you, the dedicated donors, a second way to win big!

Log on to OregonLive.com today and you'll notice that the front page is filled with OSU orange and UO green!

Follow the link to contests.oregonlive.com/cwblooddrive for a second way to win tickets to the game, $100 gift cards for OSU/UO gear and more! ...and don't forget to donate blood or platelets so you can truly say you "bleed orange" or "bleed green" for your team.

Threadless.com - Red Cross Tee Design Winner!

The results are in for the Threadless Red Cross tee design challenge…and they picked an awesome shirt!

Threadless created an amazing idea which honors our everyday heroes through celebrating actions like donating blood, using lifesaving CPR training, and providing emergency shelter when the need is the greatest.

“Heroes Within” by campkatie is the winning design, and the Red Cross will receive 25% of the sale from each tee purchased! Red Cross staff members like Joseph (pictured above) are in on the action - be a hero and buy one today!

Are your kids and pets prepared?

We are well into National Preparedness Month and also halfway through our annual #just1thing contest. We want to help you prepared and thanks to our great partners at the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program at the Oregon Health Authority we still have two great preparedness kits to give away to lucky winners. To enter send a tweet to @RedCrossPDX with whatever you're doing to get prepared and use the hashtag #just1thing or visit RedCrossPDX on Facebook and post your #just1thing on our wall. You'll then be entered in a drawing to win one of the follow kits:

Sept. 22-28: Kid Kit
Sept. 29-Oct 5: Pet Kit

Need help with ideas? Check out our Be Red Cross Ready Online Training.

All participants are welcome, however only Oregon residents are eligible for prizes, to be awarded via random drawing. Sorry to our friends across the country and around the world, but this is one of the stipulations since we're partnering with the State of Oregon. The contest is free and there are no requirements to purchase anything to participate.

*photo courtesy of Film-Exposed