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We
Appreciate our Volunteers!
A big thank you to all of our Red Cross volunteers who are there,
everyday, to provide vital services in our community. Whether you help
during a disaster, respond to a fire at 2 AM, teach Health & Safety
classes at the Chapter, work at a blood drive or help our service
members communicate with families back home during a family emergency,
you, our volunteers are the heart of the American Red Cross.
Thanks again for all you do!
The American Red Cross is always in need of volunteers...because
someone is always in need of the American Red Cross.
Every day, the American Red Cross responds to emergencies down the
street... across the country...around the globe. It may be half a
million devastated disaster victims or one child in need of lifesaving
skills. Few Americans are untouched by Red Cross services - all made
possible by volunteers who discover that helping others also makes them
feel good about themselves. Those who wear the Red Cross emblem -
beloved symbol of hope and help - come from all walks of life. They are
all ages. Everyone has something special to offer...including you! Make
red your color. Wear it for the Red Cross - VOLUNTEER TODAY!
Red Cross volunteer opportunities:
Emergency Services volunteers:
Armed Forces Emergency Services (AFES) Caseworker
AFES Caseworkers handle the emergency communications between the
serviceperson's family and their military command during the times the
Chapter is closed. Caseworkers receive detailed training and on-going
support from the Emergency Services staff.
Community Disaster Education (CDE)
Community Disaster Education is a primary emphasis of our chapter's
Emergency Services activities. CDE volunteers staff displays, distribute
emergency preparedness literature throughout the community, develop and
implement disaster preparedness projects, speak to community and civic
organizations and participate in other ways to help our community learn
to prepare itself for disasters. This preparation is a very important
part of relieving the suffering that an unprepared community will
experience in a disaster.
Disaster Action Team Member
DAT (Disaster Action Team) members are specially trained to provide
assistance to individuals and families affected by disasters. Locally,
they respond to single and multi-family fires, floods, transportation
accidents, chemical spills, hurricanes, and other disasters.
DSHR (Disaster Services Human Resources) Member
Local volunteers that are part of the Disaster Action Team who gain
experience and specialized training, often register to become a DSHR
member. This is the National Red Cross database of volunteers that are
trained in a specialty area, and are asked to participate on National
Disaster Assignments such as large hurricanes or severe flooding in
states all across the U.S. and its territories. Local disaster
experience and specialized training are pre-requisites for DSHR
membership.
Speakers
Bureau
Educating the public on disaster preparedness is a major concern for the
Red Cross. If people know how to prepare, prevent and respond to
emergencies, they can help make their recovery time less. The volunteers
in our Speakers Bureau present disaster preparedness information to the
community through local civic groups, organizations, businesses,
neighborhood watch groups, church groups, school classes, and many other
outlets. Volunteers are trained to speak to the public about what the
Red Cross does for the community, and what people in the community
should know about their local Red Cross.
Trained Local Disaster
Volunteers
Disaster volunteers may be out in the community dealing with disaster
victims directly, participating in a committee, helping educate schools,
churches, businesses and the general community on disaster preparedness,
or learning how to help if a major disaster affected the Northeast
Kentucky.
We are always looking for people willing to dedicate their time and
efforts in learning skills such as how to help run a shelter; how to
mass feed large groups of people devastated by disaster; how to help
people in a one-on-one scenario in a service center, driving our
Response Vehicle into the affected areas, to help feed people; running
the records and reports function in shelters and at the temporary
headquarters established for the disaster; fundraising; public affairs;
local disaster volunteer recruitment; and so many more functions. When a
large disaster occurs in our community, Red Cross trained volunteers are
always there to help make a difference.
Nursing
RNs, LPNs, student nurses, EMT, and Paramedics can volunteer to help
with Safety/Information fairs when blood pressure screening is
requested. Nurses also do administrative work in the office, train to
teach classes and to become Disaster responders.
Instructors for Health & Safety
Health & Safety instructors can teach courses in First Aid, CPR, AED
(Automated External Defibrillators), Life guarding, Water Safety,
HIV/AIDS, and Babysitter's Training after the appropriate instructor
training. Instructor training ranges from 10-30 hours depending on the
instructor course.
Office volunteer
Answering the phones, filing, data entry, and stamping brochures are
just a few of the tasks we are always involved in at the office.
For more information or to sign up for a Volunteer Orientation...
call 606-473-9594.
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