![]() ![]() Join a local chapter’s Disaster Action Team (DAT).Play the roles of disaster clients or Red Cross volunteers. Participate in a shelter exercise hosted by your chapter.Participate in a mock disaster exercise hosted by your chapter.Help clean and maintain the Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs).Help assemble comfort kits for families who have lost their home as a result of a disaster.Large boxes represent homes lost and include stories about someone who has made the unthinkable journey through disaster. Disaster Speaks is a powerful event that gives you the opportunity to personalize disaster.Train elementary and middle school students in how to prepare for a disaster using the Red Cross Mobile Apps (First Aid App, Hurricane App, Earthquake App, Wildfire App).Train your local community to be Be Red Cross Ready.Become a certified First Aid and CPR instructor and teach classes in your community (You must be at least 16 years old).Zombie Apocalypse Party: A zombie apocalypse party utilizes an impending ‘zombie apocalypse’ to help educate your school and community how to prepare for disasters like a zombie outbreak.Prepare and Share Kit Drive: Organize a kit drive activity in which essential preparedness items are collected, assembled in a pack and delivered to those who need it most.Fire Canvassing: Gather a group together to distribute lifesaving fire safety information, American Red Cross news and the youth brochure to residents of local neighborhoods and businesses.Preparedness Week: Host a five-day campaign designed to motivate your peers to prepare in case of a disaster.Get trained to become a community preparedness instructor and deliver presentations to younger students and your local community.Distribute information about preparedness to peers, teachers, and family at school and local community events.Organize blood drive competitions against other Red Cross Clubs or local schools.Make thank you cards for blood donors to be given out at an upcoming blood drive.Volunteer to assist at a blood drive – act as a greeter or escort, or serve refreshments.Help arrange appointments for an upcoming blood drive.Help recruit donors for an upcoming blood drive. ![]() ![]() Contact a local Red Cross Unit to find out what opportunities are available in your area. Please note that some of the volunteer opportunities listed below may not be available in all areas. ![]() No matter what volunteer opportunity you choose, you’ll need to sign up and work with your local Red Cross chapter, Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) station or Blood Region. Check out the menu of youth volunteer opportunities and see what sounds fun and exciting to you. We put together a list of ways a young people can volunteer with the Red Cross. The Red Cross can provide you with helpful resources and guidelines to make your activity a success!įind volunteer opportunities in your local community. No matter what activity you choose, get in touch with your local Red Cross chapter or Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) station. These activity guides will help you lead Red Cross activities. Activity guides can be used by Red Cross Clubs, youth groups, or classes who want to organize around Red Cross mission-related activities. The American Red Cross has developed fun activity guides for you to use to help spread the word about the Red Cross and its mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. You can also maximize your talent, learn new skills, improve your resume, and meet new people – all while making a meaningful difference in the lives of others. When you volunteer with the American Red Cross, you’re supporting one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world and making a positive impact on your peers and in your community. ![]()
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