TwitterIt can be hard to get funding for your service projects in this era of budget cuts. But it’s not as hard as it may seem at first sight. Despite more than $100 million in budget cuts at Harvard, the Harvard Friends of the American Red Cross managed get a grant from the student government [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving to everybody and we hope you have a wonderful time with your family, friends, and relatives! Since you are now all linked to Youth Wire from Week 1′s NYIM Challenge, you should have gotten the message this past Monday that the NYIM photo contest has been extended until December 4th. So for those [...]
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It’s hard to believe that it’s already the last week of NYIM. It’s been an amazing month and the youth of the American Red Cross have definitely stepped up (often surpassing) each challenge every week. Now that you all have completed the first three weeks worth of tasks it’s time to show off all you [...]
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A successful fundraiser that took place on September 15th at Vanderbilt University was an event aptly named “Get Wet.” A brand new fundraising committee had just been established, and we wanted to do something creative and fun to raise money for the Measles Initiative. Everybody loves water balloon fights, but they can be so chaotic, [...]
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Keeping your high school or college Red Cross Club up, running, and consistent has a lot to do with the activities and events you hold. This week’s NYIM theme is to run a service project or fundraiser in your community that will end up benefiting the Red Cross in some way. My Red Cross Club [...]
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Week 3 is already here! This might be the most challenging yet exciting week of all! Now that you and your club are connected and stronger with new members it’s time to Get up And Act! See the NYIM page for more information and keep checking back everyday here on redcrossyouth.org as we will be [...]
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Happy Friday! Everyday, people around the world have the ability to volunteer. More contagious then a yawn, volunteers who are visible in their community encourage other citizens to do the same. Without standard recruitment tactics, active volunteers are great ways to get the word out. As I was driving past the Georgia Dome where the [...]
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In our enthusiastic desire to recruit more volunteers, we Red Cross club leaders often make big promises. Join us, and we’ll change the world, we tell our peers. Join us, and we’ll change a life, starting with our own. These promises are very real to us Red Cross veterans who understand our humanitarian mission and [...]
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It’s week two of NYIM! Last week you were busy getting you and your school club connected whether it was via YouthWire or researching other organizations. Now we hope you are connected and ready to build! This week is all about building your school club or local youth group. Don’t worry you can put down [...]
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Getting your friends to join your American Red Cross club might not be a difficult task, but in my opinion, it’s even more difficult to keep members. Organizations often fall apart because they just do not have enough people going to their events. It’s not that the targeted audience is not interested in the topics; [...]
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