This Canadian Creamery Butter tin comes from Colditz Castle in Germany. The tin was part of a Red Cross parcel, sent to Allied Officers imprisoned there during the Second World War. I acquired it ...

As always with the Red Cross, there are incentives in addition to simply knowing one has done something good — life-saving, even. There are gifts for those who donate more than $140, for example.

Consumers can follow the Red Cross?s Haiti relief efforts, learn about other programs the nonprofit is involved in and make donations. The applications are for Research In Motion?s BlackBerry, ...