TwitterThe American Red Cross is an incredible organization with an extraordinary amount of positions for growth within its own structure. The organization is built to create its own leaders and the National Youth Council has taken it upon ourselves to make sure that you are aware of all of these amazing opportunities. My favorite way [...]
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How are you going to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Junior Red Cross at your chapter? Will you have a party? A battle of the bands? A blood drive? Will you tell people about the mission of the American Red Cross? Tell us about your awesome plans! This November is National Youth Involvement Month [...]
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On September 8th, I celebrated my ninth year with the American Red Cross. I spent the morning in a Disaster Action Team orientation in San Francisco, further expanding my volunteer career into the world of Disaster Services. I am still amazed at all the new ways I can serve, even after nine years of experience. [...]
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Skills Learned as a Youth Volunteer Builds the Foundation for Life – Neal Denton’s Testimonial At age 8, Neal Denton responded to his first American Red Cross disaster, a fire in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Neal’s father worked for the local chapter and was called in the middle of the night to provide assistance to the [...]
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When I was elected as vice chairman of my local Red Cross board of directors I was full of excitement. I knew this would be a great leadership and learning opportunity. The board expressed that they elected me so that we have young leadership that will take our chapter forward and that they could depend [...]
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There are plenty of amazing volunteers that you’ve met while volunteering for the Red Cross, but I wanted to draw your attention to an article about Yazan Torbeh, a volunteer working in Europe on behalf of an innovative program called the Raid Cross. The article is located here. Wow! According to the Raid Cross website: [...]
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It is amazing, I must say, to realize that from all of the fantastic youth in the East Bay, I was selected to represent the East Bay for the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter (ARCBA) in California. I don’t think that I will ever forget that phone call, where Jason Wallace, the Youth Services [...]
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Through my years with the Red Cross, I have become increasingly involved in bigger and bigger projects. The projects started out small — the first one a coin drive at my school. There weren’t a lot of details we had to keep track of, and we managed to raise approximately $80. This was considered a [...]
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As a freshman in high school, I approached the Ventura, California office with hesitation: I wasn’t sure exactly what the Red Cross did, and for that matter, I had no idea what opportunities existed for youth. I had only seen the symbol and heard the name mentioned in positive contexts. I’m sure most of you [...]
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