Amazing Global Youth Service Day!
When someone says “mission related projects” to you, what does it mean? To the Southern California Youth Consortium (SCYC) it means running a project in all 5 lines of service in one day! (Disaster, Health and Safety, Service to Armed Forces, Biomedical and International Services)
A new Youth Disaster Action Team
After working over the past two years to establish a Youth Disaster Action Team at my chapter, the hard work of other youth services volunteers, staff, and myself has finally paid off. This weekend, we will be hosting our first disaster services class, designed specifically for a high school student audience. The meeting will also [...]
North Dakota and Minnesota Red River Flooding
Many of you are likely aware of the flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota. The Red Cross has already been working on the scene for a week, but with the arrival of the flooding, the focus now is on being ready for sheltering efforts needed for people forced from their homes. Extra volunteers, shelter supplies, [...]
The Extra Mile Club
The Extra Mile Club is Park View High School’s community service club. On January 20, 2009, the entire nation watched television as President Barack Obama was sworn into office. A week before that event, students from Loudoun County Public School’s Park View High School National Honor Society and the Extra Mile Club were learning how [...]
Help the Red Cross to be able to help others.
I thought people might be interested in a letter I wrote to the editor of my college newspaper at UCLA. If you can use it, please adapt it. I will definitely post the link if they publish it! “Help the Red Cross to be able to help others.” To put it bluntly the American Red [...]
My First Disaster Call
Here is the story of my first disaster call. I tried to make it as entertaining and honest as possible. If you get nothing else out of my story, please realize how amazing the work the American Red Cross does and how we are in desperate need of help through your fundraising efforts. Sunday [...]
Raymond McGee, youth shelter volunteer
Inside the Online Newsroom in DC
Ever wondered how the Online Newsrooms work? You know… those web pages that offer up-to-date information about and personal accounts from each hurricane? The thought did not cross my mind until a few days ago. I began volunteering to help the social media response to Hurricane Ike, and after a crash course, began to really [...]
Have a crazy social media fundraising idea?
The Red Cross just began a $100 million campaign to fill an empty Disaster Relief Fund – the fund has been taxed heavily by everything from Southern California wildfires to Midwestern flooding to recent hurricane response throughout the southern United States. Part of this campaign will include an social media component, utilizing resources as varied [...]
California wildfire shelter info
The American Red Cross continues to manage seven shelters to assist those affected by the California Wildfires. The shelters provide food, drinks and a safe place to rest for those affected by the wildfire evacuations. The Red Cross has additional shelters locations on standby should additional evacuations be issued. Anyone evacuating to a Red Cross [...]
