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Volunteer Opportunities |
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Volunteer Opportunities |
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Volunteers constitute 96 percent
of our total work force to carry on our humanitarian
work:
Every year the Red Cross responds to more than
70,000 disasters—including approximately 150 home
fires every day.
About 11 million Americans turn to us to learn
first aid, CPR, swimming, and other health and
safety skills. Last year, more than 158,000 people
volunteered to teach those courses.
Half
the nation's blood supply— six million pints
annually—is collected by more than 155,000 Red Cross
volunteers .
Among our emergency services for the men and women
of the armed forces is the delivery of urgent family
messages—around the clock and around the globe.
More than 30,900 volunteers serve as chairs,
members of boards of directors, or on advisory
boards for local Red Cross units - chapters, Blood
Services regions, and military stations.
As part of the International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement, Red Cross reconnects more than
8,000 families separated by conflicts and disasters
around the world through international tracking
services and Red Cross messages.
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New
Volunteer Orientation Classes
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You
can begin your volunteer
experience by attending one of
our New Volunteer Orientation |
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Classes. Orientations are
scheduled the 1st Tuesday of
each Month from 6:00-7:00 pm. |
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During Orientations, we discuss: |
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1. The History and Mission of
the Red Cross and the Jackson
Area Chapter. |
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2. Ways you can serve as a
Volunteer and the commitment
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3. The Application and
Background Check Process. |
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4. Future Disaster Training
opportunities. |
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Please call in advance to let us
know you are coming and please
bring a friend. |
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To
Register for a New Volunteer
Orientation Class, call Ron
Smith at 731-427-5543. |
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DISASTER SERVICES |
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Disaster Relief Volunteers
If you would like to volunteer during
a disaster relief operation, you can get trained now
so that you can be prepared to know exactly where to
go and what to do during a relief operation. Provide
immediate assistance to victims of local and
national disasters (such as fires, floods, tornados,
etc.) through interviewing families and issuing
individual assistance, providing mass feeding and
sheltering. You may also work behind the scenes in
logistics and reporting functions. To Learn more,
call Ron Smith at 731-427-5543.
Disaster Action Team Members
The American Red Cross prepares for and responds to
disasters 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through
its Disaster
Action Teams (DAT).
Always on call, DAT volunteers provide disaster
relief to meet the emergency needs of people
affected by house fires, storms, tornadoes, floods,
transportation accidents, and man-made disasters.
Assistance needed by clients is evaluated by case
workers and may include shelter, food, clothing,
emotional support, household items, prescription
medication, and other critically needed items.
To Learn more, call Ron Smith at
731-427-5543. |
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PREPAREDNESS HEALTH & SAFETY SERVICES |
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CPR and First Aid Instructor
If you like to become
a volunteer CPR and First Aid Instructor, call Sue
Hart at 731-427-5543. |
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