500 Plus Ways to Volunteer

We are often asked: What do Red Cross Volunteers do?  Volunteers do just about everything from filing to board member!!!!

1)      Join a Disaster Action Team (DAT) to assist local victims of disasters such as fires!

2)      Assist in the chapter office with phones and other administrative duties

3)      Become a liaison to our government and partner agencies.

4)      Become an Instructor for Disaster Services classes or CPR/First Aid

5)      Become a board member

6)      Participate in fund raising

7)      Become a Community Disaster Education presenter

8)      Help develop and maintain class schedules

9)      Order and organize class materials

10)  Deliver posters and course schedules to businesses and community organizations

11)  Participate in disaster exercises

12)  Identify vendors and facilities for use in Mass Care activities during a disaster.

13)  Research and write grants

14)  College students can participate through Americorp and Vista programs

15)  Maintain/update chapter website

16)  Develop chapter brochures and outreach materials

17)  Use your expertise as a licensed healthcare professional to train others and assist in disasters

18)  Read names at HIV/aids memorial

19)  Label, number, deliver and pick up donation canisters

20)  Participate at elementary school careers on wheels day with ERV

21)  Write “Thank you” letters for our donors and volunteers

22)  Assist with Volunteer Appreciation activities and awards program.

23)  Event planning

24)  Provide leadership for training high-school students, other new volunteers, and helping to mentor new volunteers

25)  Use your computer skills to come in and train staff/volunteers on specific programs like excel.

26)  Use your experience as an HR professional to serve as a consultant on the volunteer advisory committee to help restructure our volunteer jobs and our approach to recruitment.

27)  Get involved with your local veteran’s hospital. Involvement for birthdays, picnics and socials. Many youth groups get involved by making birthday cards, holiday cards, gift gas, grooming kits, writing kits and bookmarks.

28)  Host a blood drive: help the thousands of patients that need blood each day by sponsoring a blood drive

29)  Make thank you cards for blood donors to be given out at blood drives Younger kids really enjoy this. It is an easy project to be completed in a classroom or at a youth group meeting.

30)  Wash chapter vehicles

31)  Volunteer/new employee orientation

32)  Vehicle maintenance

33)  Warehouse maintenance and inventory

34)  Succession planning data base for employees

35)  Prepare display case in the lobby with interesting displays pertaining to the varied history of your chapter and the American Red Cross.

36)  Lobby notice board with up-to-date notices of blood drives, classes, community involvement.

37)  Participate in a committee

38)  Create a "Wall of fame" that has photographs of staff members with their name and title and also with their duties. Include a spot for new volunteers and what they are involved with so that they feel welcomed and appreciated.

39)  Mailing; not just the mass envelope stuffing though that is valuable, but when we receive that first call, if it would be appropriate "can I send you a brochure about that?" and then get something in the mail ASAP.

40)  Stamp chapter address on all brochures that come into the chapter

41)  Develop relationships with libraries, doctors’ offices and churches etc. where brochures can be distributed; making sure that supplies are always in place and displayed appropriately.

42)  Committees: someone to make reminder calls about upcoming meetings, include a call to new volunteers to tell them a little about the activity and encourage them to participate, minutes, calendars etc need to be distributed

43)  Participate in a speakers’ bureau and spread the word to churches, service organizations, clubs etc that we offer this

44)  When volunteers are away on disaster assignment have someone send them care packages, the local newspaper, candy, cookies, at the very least try to make phone calls. If they are going to miss a child's school function and a family member isn't going to make it, could someone from the chapter attend?

45)  Encourage and help volunteers make scrap books about disaster assignments

46)  Copy newspaper clippings for chapter scrapbook as the paper rapidly ages

47)  Preserve photos, photocopies and fax messages

48)  Teach  Pet First Aid, AED

49)  Organize the youth measles initiative

50)  Teach CDE to youth

51)  Mentor Red Cross clubs

52)  Create chapter newsletter

53)  Trace people affected by the Holocaust and WWII

54)  Organize fundraising events

55)  Provide outreach at fairs and events

56)  Translate documents into different languages

57)  Greet visitors at the front desk

58)  Enter data and typing documents

59)  Facilitate leadership trainings for youth

60)  Coordinate volunteer recognition events

61)  Develop marketing materials

62)  Write press releases

63)  Take pictures of volunteer activities

64)  Be a handyman/woman around chapter

65)  Create CD's for training/recognition

66)  Recruit sponsors for special events

67)  Sponsor blood drives

68)  Teach International Humanitarian Law

69)  We have “leadership council” members who help within the community and of course our board members are all volunteers

70)  We also have our “heroes” committee who help put together an event to recognize individuals that have gone above & beyond within the communities they live.

71)  Armed forces emergency calls (relaying information to military members and their families)

72)  Disaster Services Human Resource members (DSHR) who respond to national disasters such as hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma

73)  Staff an Aid or Respite station

74)  Prepare meals for disaster victims

75)  Distribute snacks, food, and water to public safety personnel

76)  On call disaster health & mental health to help victims during a disaster

77)  Water Safety instructors (teaching life-saving skills to lifeguards)

78)  Community awareness for Health and Safety and disaster awareness at various community events/fairs

79)  Monitor the chapter vehicles; make sure oil changes, maintenance done on time, disaster supplies stocked.

80)  Coordinator of Disaster Volunteers (CDV) committee: volunteers phone/email to welcome to new volunteers, conduct orientations, screen them, enroll them in DSHR if appropriate, etc

81)  Mass care: central mass care volunteer committee with shelter and feeding sub-committees

82)  Develop basic computer classes for Red Cross senior volunteers

83)  Present information on “Get to know us before you need us” for military members about to deploy and their families.

84)  Raise awareness about the  humanitarian work of  the American Red Cross and the importance of volunteering in diverse communities

85)  Form a partnership with our local Head Start program to create the American Red Cross “bloodhound puppies." The children are ages 3 to 5 years old and can participate in our AFES program by creating Valentine's Day cards and Christmas cards for military overseas; and in our disaster services program by assembling Red Cross “comfort kits."

86)  Work with troops from Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and other community youth to host youth mock disaster drills

87)  Drive the emergency response vehicle

88)  Tow the shelter supply trailers to shelters

89)  Share a meal with a veteran

90)  Bring disaster preparedness information to a group home

91)  Do an HIV/Aids presentation for homeless women

92)  Conduct a scavenger hunt to put a family emergency kit together

93)  Host the meal for the blood drive volunteers working at a blood drive

94)  Work at least one disaster response shift a month

95)  Write thank you notes to 10 donors sharing your personal Red Cross story

96)  Offer to put the press book together on behalf of the chapter

97)  Safety or risk officer

98)  Fleet manager

99)  Collections (accounts receivable) coordinator

100)      Donor data manager

101)      Transportation dispatcher

102)      Transportation scheduler

103)      Transportation driver

104)      Hospitality aide

105)      Wrap silverware

106)      General office cleaning

107)      Community dinner – volunteers serve a hot meal to the community- shop, cook, serve, greet, clean-up

108)      Computer data entry

109)      Special events volunteer

110)      In volunteer leadership: DAT team coordinator, chapter/sub area advisory board membership

111)      In community services: shelter operators, community liaisons

112)      In PR: health fair/community fair volunteers, fund raiser volunteers (auctions, ticket booths),

113)      Volunteer to make hoagies (sandwiches) for fundraising

114)      Work with the local retired senior and volunteer program to provide speakers for “together we prepare” to community groups, service organizations, nursing homes, social clubs, and senior centers in our jurisdiction.

115)      Recruit more volunteers

116)      Translating

117)      Brainstorm appreciation ideas

118)      Decorate/paint the office

119)      Bake cookies!

120)      Distribute brochures

121)      As ambassadors' marketing services in the community

122)      Update current volunteer address/phone info

123)      Create disaster action team schedules

124)      Send holiday and birthday cards to volunteers

125)      Find new shelter sites

126)      Speak to community groups, schools, and to our government partners

127)      Public affairs – write articles for the newsletter, local media, and chamber bulletins

128)      Chair an advisory council

129)      Manage our youth volunteer program

130)      Write articles for the local papers

131)      Take photos of special events

132)      Coordinate disaster response

133)      Follow up calls to confirm attendance to classes or events

134)      Organize/send bulk mailings for volunteers

135)      Facilitate orientations for newly recruited volunteers

136)      Ushers/greeters for special fundraising events, chapter annual meeting or other special events

137)      Write articles for chapter newsletter

138)      Members of chapter annual meeting committee

139)      Members of lines of service committees (and chairs of each)

140)      Swim aides/companions for persons with disabilities in swim classes

141)      Special events chairs – fundraising, golf tournaments, dinners, annual meetings, etc.

142)      Chapter volunteer chair

143)      Vice-chairs at each branch - direct reports of chapter volunteer chair and working partners with the branch volunteer specialists.

144)      Project leaders and teams - give groups of volunteers training and support to accomplish a short or long-term project such as "when the time comes."

145)      Event volunteer - a volunteer or group of volunteers that process community event requests This allows our chapter to know how many requests are coming in throughout our three  service areas

146)      "Adopt-a-drive" / "adopt-a-day" canteen customer service - groups

147)      Design volunteer web page

148)      Design method for tracking volunteer hours

149)      Community liaison--identify local groups interested in volunteering

150)      Interview and take photos of volunteers -- testimonials for recruitment materials

151)      Staff volunteer fair tables

152)      Help schedule volunteers

153)      Design volunteer brochures and posters

154)      Make gifts for volunteers at recognition events

155)      Design, get approved, and teach a 2-credit college course on the Red Cross

156)      Serve as communications leader or intern

157)      Serve as international marketing intern

158)      Organize, train, and supervise new phone team volunteers

159)      Review pre-deployment medical records

160)      Mailings for satisfaction surveys

161)      Organize anything!

162)      Manikin cleaner

163)      Inventory specialist – H&S supplies, disaster supplies, office, etc

164)      Survey specialist – compiling surveys and doing phone surveys

165)      Data entry

166)      Retail store worker

167)      Housekeeping

168)      Volunteer in all the lines of service in disaster – Mass Care, DAT, DSHR, canteen, logistics, etc

169)      Flower arranging

170)      Shop for supplies

171)      Mow lawn, trim shrubs, etc.

172)      Clean windows & walls

173)      Inventory of resale

174)      Register incoming mail

175)      Building maintenance

176)      Interview local hotels for price reductions for families

177)      Nurses (blood pressure checks)

178)      Work with the various cities under the chapter’s jurisdiction to provide representation at an event/meeting

179)      Decide on the designs for printed materials

180)      Develop an awe-inspiring power point presentation with music

181)      Photograph each award winner.

182)      Greeters for our volunteer meetings.

183)      Make calls for all departments.

184)      Answer Santa letters

185)      Lead our volunteer meetings

186)      Give interviews

187)      Mentor new volunteers to make them feel comfortable

188)      Work on annual volunteer banquet

189)      Secure donations for banquets

190)      Put together first aid kits

191)      Participate in girl scouts "together we prepare"

192)      Wash manikins

193)      Separate course record sheets

194)      Count and put away incoming supplies

195)      Pack materials needed for upcoming classes.

196)      Go as an assistant to health fairs

197)      Make reminder phone calls to people/ companies about certifications about o expire

198)      Enter AFES cases into data base

199)      Enter local fires into data base

200)      Mail out AFES evaluations

201)      Assistant to schools, meeting and other community awareness gatherings

202)      Enter course record sheets into data base

203)      Stuff and mail donor thank you notes

204)      Design posters for upcoming community events

205)      Make copies for all departments

206)      Print letters

207)      Mail letters

208)      Put together information packets

209)      Assist at recognition events - set up, registration, greeters, records discrepancy table, volunteer satisfaction survey table

210)      Assist creating & compiling biographical information for years of service presentations & booklet

211)      Design & maintain a spreadsheet or database to track spontaneous volunteers, etc

212)      Plant flowers in chapter building flower beds & planters

213)      Install smoke alarms in at risk neighborhood homes.

214)      Pass out disaster preparedness literature at area hardware stores.

215)      Make thank you calls to financial donors

216)      Center collections

217)      Mobile collections

218)      Donor recruitment

219)      Telerecruitment

220)      Volunteer in our local hospital, vet’s home, and nursing homes

221)      Open and deliver mail and flowers

222)      Keep track of pastoral calls

223)      Recruit a volunteer assistant

224)      Washing Cambros, vehicles and equipment

225)      Graphic design

226)      entertain children is shelters

227)      Shelter coordinator

228)      Shelter liaisons (take shelter kits to evacuation shelters to meet–and-greet shelter manager and help set up)

229)      Casework

230)      Whales Tales presentations

231)      Audit Services’ volunteer program

232)      The Corporate Diversity Department provides oversight and coordination for the disabilities task force in an advisory/consulting role in a number of ways regarding how to reach out to, engage and serve people with disabilities.

233)      A support role in the work of the National Diversity Council. The council members, too, are volunteers and they advise and consult to Red Cross leadership on diversity-related issues

234)      Bind training participant manuals

235)      Conduct shelter surveys

236)      Input data of all types

237)      Disaster CAS

238)      Donor tracking

239)      Work with Volunteer information HCMS

240)      Prepare/review single-family fire package documents

241)      Shredding

242)      Create flyers for special events

243)      Folding

244)      Laundry – manikin faces

245)      Laundry – other

246)      Put together lunch for board of directors/committee meetings

247)      Take out the trash

248)      Run deposits to the bank

249)      Take checks on the “second signature circuit”

250)      Match information – make lists

251)      Greet visitors

252)      Give directions to other agencies

253)      Give referrals to other agencies

254)      Blood pressure checks at senior fairs

255)      Give out cold water and answer Red Cross questions at festivals

256)      Take chapter vehicles for oil changes and car washes

257)      Sell tickets to fundraising events

258)      Collect items from local merchants and friends and artists for a silent auction

259)      Decorate for special events

260)      Inventory the warehouse

261)      Shop for supplies during disasters

262)      Create comfort kits for fire victims

263)      Create “goodie bags” for children who are fire victims

264)      Computer techies who keep us up and working

265)      Scan documents

266)      Scan pictures

267)      Put up Christmas decorations

268)      Clean cots post-disaster

269)      Sort and clean and straighten the office supply closet

270)      Shop for adopt-a-fire family Christmas gifts

271)      Wrap presents for adopt-a-fire family Christmas families

272)      Sort and package quality of life items for our military

273)      Teach during summer Red Cross youth camp

274)      Arts and crafts around weather related disasters (tornadoes in a bottle).

275)      Street collections to support local disaster relief.

276)      On spring and fall clean-up days volunteers help clear shelves of old brochures, go through disaster supplies etc.

277)      Volunteers pass out flyers to physicians offices for CPR classes.

278)      Volunteers take "safe summer" flyers to local businesses and civic organization meetings.

279)      Conducting volunteer surveys online 

280)      Deep clean offices several times each year

281)      Volunteer dispatcher;

282)      Run errands

283)      Help out on local city disaster drills portraying victims

284)      Fill bottles with toothpicks

285)      Pick up gift certificates

286)      Unpack uniforms

287)      Label tubes

288)      Fold plastic bags

289)      Donate blood

290)      Educate donors

291)      Paint hallways and classrooms

292)      Provide support as board members

293)      Wash toys

294)      Donate books to our library

295)      Staple lifesavers to cards

296)      Donate a bubble machine and bottled water

297)      Hand out information cards

298)      Count out t-shirts

299)      Bake pizza

300)      Open and bag gallon pins

301)      Cut out snowmen

302)      Bring in flowers for the donor rooms.

303)      Develop in kind donations

304)      Talk to community leaders about donating products for use with disaster victims and/or events

305)      Develop presentations and PowerPoint

306)      Hospitality (helping with coffee house, volunteer meeting, and/or other events)

307)      Secretary/keep minutes for meetings

308)      Present the colors (American and Red Cross flags) at the beginning of Red Cross functions

309)      Subject matter experts on a project, reviewing materials, organizing spreadsheets, leading conference calls, researching materials for project

310)      Write articles, speech writers, pitch stories

311)      Committee members

312)      Staff our reception desk as they enter our office

313)      Help organize files, training and equipment for the disaster migration requirements

314)      Man the project share program

315)      Decorate the bulletin boards

316)      Take after hours AFES calls

317)      Call instructors to teach community classes

318)      Go to conventions and conferences

319)      Give us encouragement when times get frantic

320)      Volunteer beyond the chapter at state and national level

321)      Comfort kits for returning military patients

322)      Magazine distribution

323)      Hats for newborns (knitting classes)

324)      Tree lighting at Christmas

325)      Clown visits

326)      Pet therapy

327)      Parking lot transport

328)      Veterinary clinic

329)      AFES caseworkers

330)      Briefer

331)      Sort & collate materials

332)      Research community or internet resources

333)      Write partner agreements

334)      Locate target groups for classes, AEDs & First Aid supplies

335)      Manage a disaster shelter

336)      Call, activate & deploy volunteers for response

337)      Transport supplies

338)      Assess health needs of clients & workers

339)      Counsel clients or workers

340)      Write & update response plans

341)      Conduct customer satisfaction surveys

342)      Conduct volunteer satisfaction surveys

343)      Make presentations on the measles initiative

344)      Educate the public on international services

345)      Refer military families to other resources

346)      Answer the phones

347)      Help plan the annual volunteer dinner

348)      Park cars at a ballpark for a fundraiser

349)      Clean windows at the chapter

350)      Have a yard sale

351)      Have a bake sale

352)      Walk in the human race with other volunteers

353)      Serve lunch at a spaghetti fundraiser

354)      Collect door prizes

355)      Help at first aid stations

356)      Canteen volunteers for deployments and redeployments

357)      Assist in marketing/communications department

358)      Call donors to remind of appointment.

359)      Involve volunteers in briefings. Those that enjoy public

360)      Participate in a few long days of wrapping during the holidays at the annual gift wrapping fundraiser.

361)      Check local newspapers for all articles relating to Red Cross for scrapbook

362)      Check newspapers for deaths of former Red Cross volunteers - send cards of condolence

363)      Fundraise, fundraise, (and more) fundraise!

364)      Serve as a duty officer. We are on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to our Armed Forces military families and home fire victims.

365)      are water safety instructors and some are aides.

366)      Actors in full-scale disaster readiness exercises;

367)      Represent American Red Cross at outreach events;

368)      Manage volunteer intake process;

369)      Manage our database system;

370)      Serve as caddies at golf tournament fundraisers;

371)      Facilitate traffic flow during large-scale disaster response efforts;

372)      Develop and implement diversity brown bag lunches.

373)      Clerical support

374)      Volunteer record management

375)      Community disaster educators

376)      Knitters (making items for children’s hospital)

377)      Hospital volunteers including VA

378)      Nursing home volunteers

379)      Intern

380)      Puppets

381)      Communications:

382)      Speakers’ bureau

383)      Financial development:

384)      Events

385)      Angels

386)      Chapter aides:

387)      Filing

388)      Projects

389)      Sports safety

390)      Mental health

391)      Disaster nursing

392)      Logistics

393)      Daytime casework

394)      Family services

395)      Analyze compensation data

396)      Write job descriptions

397)      Develop organizational charts

398)      Analyze benefits and proposed changes

399)      Help write the handbook

400)      Wait on customers to sell them health and safety supplies

401)      Prepare CERTS for health and safety students

402)      File

403)      Stock supplies

404)      Take inventory

405)      events

406)      Determine if someone had the skills to be an instructor

407)      Determine if someone should be let go from the instructor position

408)      Process invoices

409)      Count money

410)      Youth volunteers call other volunteers on their birthday to wish them a great day.

411)      Input volunteer hours

412)      Put together orientation packets

413)      Help process incoming & outgoing mail

414)      Clean manikins & set up for classes

415)      Do Halloween safety presentations

416)      Stuff envelopes

417)      Stamp brochures

418)      Represent the Red Cross at health & information fairs

419)      Make phone calls to families of staff or volunteers who are out on assignments.

420)      Work on referral resources

421)      Come into office to greet visitors

422)      Work on phone banks if available

423)      Help put training materials together for classes

424)      Help set up for classes

425)      Arrange for meetings in apartment complexes to talk about Preparedness.

426)      Work on special projects - we are still using people at our long term recovery center for Katrina.

427)      Help to put info into the computers for volunteer promotions, classes, etc.

428)      Help CDV's keep a current roster of what classes people need, or when they are due for CPR, etc.

429)      Stock the ERV's or Red Cross vehicles

430)      Receptionists

431)      Youth corps

432)      Youth corps advisor

433)      Speaker's bureau

434)      Community outreach volunteer

435)      Public affairs committee

436)      Marketing committee member

437)      Finance committee member

438)      We recently had a few of our volunteers speak during a luncheon celebrating National Volunteer Awareness Month

439)      Join our speakers’ bureau:

440)      Give educational power point presentations to the students in elementary and middle schools –

441)      Represent American Red Cross Blood Services at fairs and other promotional events

442)      Become a blood donor (at age 17 with parental consent)

443)      Assist marketing and recruitment department

444)      Become a courier

445)      Share your talent, skills, and interest – customize a volunteer position

446)      Create and implement a marketing plan and an educational program for elementary and middle schools

447)      Organize and develop recruitment tools

448)      Create email recruitment messages

449)      Create a toolkit for recruiters and blood drive coordinators.

450)      Create a table-top display for events and fairs

451)      Customize print requests for blood drives.

452)      Solicit sponsorships and door prizes for volunteer recognition events.

453)      Create a volunteer job opportunity recruitment sheet.

454)      Compile and create a volunteer story book; cards, posters and materials for speakers’ bureau and recruiters.

455)      Intranet updates

456)      Assist in donor recruitment on campus.

457)      Red Cross club at the U of A

458)      Shadow and assist donor recruitment representatives with marketing and recruitment, working with sponsor groups

459)      Research and create an awards program; establish timelines

460)      Identify community, state and national awards, and their respective criteria

461)      Write reward requests.

462)      Research and identify grants

463)      Write a grant

464)      Create procedures manual

465)      Create a volunteer “welcome to the Red Cross” assignment schedule.

466)      Create an email birthday card file; monthly birthday calendar; distribution link.

467)      Develop an Access based database with the ability to create various reports

468)      Print mailing labels to selected groups

469)      Send emails to selected groups; and create an instruction guide.

470)      Sophisticated computer wiz

471)      Help with computers for the American Red Cross

472)      Transfer files to the new computer programs

473)      Database, queries, and reports

474)      Manage the web

475)      Post jobs online

476)      Landscape maintenance

477)      Painting

478)      Special projects 

479)      Deliver recruitment posters and flyers to sponsor groups.

480)      Data entry of volunteer hours

481)      Microfilming

482)      International Services instructor

483)      Data entry of financial donor information

484)      Chair volunteer management network

485)      Volunteer management consultants

486)      Biomedical liaison

487)      Youth liaison

488)      Diversity consultant liaison

489)      State nurse liaisons

490)      Awards & recognition committee

491)      Subject matter experts

492)      Chapter Solutions Chairmen

493)      Update shelter facility agreements.

494)      Review disaster plans

495)      Review continuation of operations plans.

496)      Call DSHR members for availability dates.

497)      Call DSHR members to confirm address, contact numbers, and email address.

498)      Send out annual updates of DSHR paperwork and track replies.

499)      Check chapter-built comfort kits for expiration dates on toothpaste, etc.

500)      Call donors just to say thank you (don’t ask for more money).

501)      Serve on a volunteer recognition committee, plan and implement recognition programs or events.

502)      RN or MD: help chapter staff health reviewer screen health status records and pre-assignment health questionnaires.

503)      Recruit other volunteers

504)      Act as our chapter auditor to monitor how our chapter follows up on the findings from the internal and external audits Seasoned volunteers to interview all new volunteer applicants

505)      Professional volunteers to facilitate meetings at our chapter

506)      Make items for people who have been affected by disaster, items for other organizations (hospitals, shelters) creating partnerships in our community. Items donated are such things as baby sweaters to shelters, hats for cancer patients, blankets for immigrants & refugees.

507)      Interpret & translate with our International Services program

508)      Mentors to new volunteers

509)      Chaperons at youth events

510)      Professional consultants to all positions

511)      Managers for the Everyone Ready ™ online seminar series

512)      Corporate sponsors

513)      National Awards and Recognition Committee member

514)      National Nominations Committee member

515)      Review forms; offer redesign suggestions

516)      Virtual volunteer – perform tasks from remote location using computer or communication equipment

517)      Family volunteers – involve a family or neighborhood families

518)      Online search conductor

519)      Register unit web pages with online search engines and directories

520)      Virtual trainer – conduct training sessions via the Internet/Intranet

521)      Create and monitor a chat room for volunteers to meet

522)      Review Intranet for accessibility and easy-to-find information; make suggestions as needed

523)      Create professional development opportunities for volunteers that encourage them to grow in their positions

524)      Volunteer to monitor and encourage volunteers to maintain a state of readiness in case an emergency occurs that requires their assistance that includes up-to-date training, current contact information, briefings about caring for themselves and their families first, etc.

525)      Serve as a Red Cross club student leader

526)       Get your high school youth involved in supporting your DAT team. The chapter’s youth volunteers experience what it’s like to spend a night in a Red Cross shelter, serving as victims. The DAT team members operate the shelter, practicing their skills so they are prepared for future disasters

527)      Youth have opportunity to gain leadership skills as peer educators by teaching any of the leader based Red Cross programs to elementary aged children such as BAT, FACT, TWP, Whale Tales, Scrubby Bear, etc.

528)      Become a babysitting instructor if you are at least 17 years old and teach youth ages 11-15 in your own community

529)      Youth enjoy raising money! Penny wars, selling Red Cross ES, bake sales, car washes, and the list is endless!

530)      Work with School groups on collection drives

531)      Collect Halloween costumes for schools in a low income area

532)      School supply drive: the list of school supplies requested at the beginning of the year is quite costly and can be quite a hardship with low-income families