TwitterAs I reflect upon my first year as Chairman of the Brookings County Board of Directors, I am amazed at the major changes that occurred within this year. When I entered into the Chairman position, I knew there was going to be added stress because we were taking in an additional 6 counties. This is [...]
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The American Red Cross has given a presentation about youth leadership at the 2009 World Youth Meeting in Solferino, Italy.
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What is the National Youth Institute, you ask? Click here! I am so excited to meet all of you, and to learn from one another about how we can empower our Red Cross! For those of you who can’t make it, stay tuned to RedCrossYouth.org– all presentations will be uploaded here, so you can take [...]
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My chapter is hiring a new office manager for our second office in Watertown. We just took charge in July and we are already switching staff! Our effort to find the right person the first time around didn’t work out; however, we have quite a few resumes that have come in and I’m confident we [...]
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At the beginning of the year, Boston University hosted “Splash”: an activities fair at which student clubs have sign-up booths. I knew I wanted to continue volunteering with the Red Cross and that BU had a school club, so my only obstacle was trying to find that one booth among hundreds of others. When I [...]
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At age 24, Jessica Mueller serves as chairwoman of her local Red Cross chapter board. This post is a new installment in a series that chronicles the challenges and successes of her first year on the job. These past few weeks have been a learning experience. For example, I filled out our chapter performance plan [...]
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This is an installment in an ongoing series as Jessica Mueller (age 24) chronicles her experiences as the new chairman of her chapter’s Board of Directors. Today marks my first “official” day as chairman of the Brookings County Chapter Board of Directors. I had expected to just start my duties today but our chairman was [...]
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My involvement with the Red Cross has evolved and strengthened greatly with each passing year. While attending Newark Memorial High School, I was part of the Make a Difference Club. I would collect supplies and send them to American soldiers in Afghanistan, through the local Red Cross Chapter. The part that touched me the most [...]
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