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• Volunteer

• Fund Raise

• Donate

• School Activities

• Clubs

• Help an Escort and Serve

• Councils

• Local Boards

• Refreshments at Blood Drives

• Or even help your local Red Cross set up a Blood Drive at your school!

+& So Many More.

*Did you know young people up to the age of 24 make up 35% of all the Red Cross volunteers?

What All Does the Red Cross Offer for You?

Disaster Response, Training, Health and Safety Services:

Such as; Babysitter Training, Water Safety, CPR, How to live a safer and healthier life, & much more.

They also train those who wish to be teachers/instructors, lifeguards, and peer educators.  

Types of Stuff the Red Cross Does

Disaster Responses; That is their major part. They help those who have had fires, floods, tsunami's, snowstorms, earthquakes, etc.

They raise money, send tons of food and water, provide shelters, helps in those shelters, and much more.

But, those aren't the only things the Red Cross does. You local red crosses help with your community with all sorts of stuff, not just the listed above.

    Learn ^About It!

→ It was founded by Clara Barton in 1881

→ It's the Domestic U.S. Disaster Relief

→ It's the collection, processing, and distributing of blood and blood products

→ Has international relief and development programs

→ Gives support and comfort for the military members and their families

→ Has educational programs to promote safety and health

...And the Red Cross helps those who are in need of food, shelter, etc.

Giving blood is a simple way to make a difference. In order to be eligible though, there are a few conditions:

• You must be 17 years of age

• You must weigh at least 110 pounds

• +You must be in good health

Instead you can...

• Organize a blood drive

• Recruit a blood donor - Know anyone who's over 17 years old, 110 pounds, & in good health?

• Volunteer at a drive or donor center - It's amazing how great you'll feel by making others feel good =]

Build your Youth Program with a Youth INVOLVEment Strategic Investment Grant

Navin Narayan College Scholarship & Navin Narayan Youth Speaker Award

Are You Ready? VAI is here

American Red Cross youth blog

Be inspired and design the 90th Anniversary Junior Red Cross Pin

Staff Spotlight: Mai Du

The Youth INVOLVEment Strategic Investment Grant includes:

• Full participation fee, housing and travel for the Youth Director from the selected chapter to attend the 2008 Volunteer Administration Institute, January 28-30, 2008, in Minneapolis, MN.
   
• $1,000.00 to be used for planning and implementation of a Red Cross mission related project on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (to be conducted on January 21, 2008).
   
• Unit-specific input and feedback from the Office of the National Chair of Volunteers and the National Youth Council on use of the Youth Involvement Toolkit, volunteer management, developing youth program projects and practices.
   
• Internal and external acknowledgement and recognition as a grant recipient and participating partner with national headquarters.

...And the Celebration of Junior Red Cross Goes On

The Junior Red Cross anniversary sparked a lot of interest among Red Crossers and generated a contagious enthusiasm from the local to the regional to the national level. You helped us relive the history and take a trip in time by hearing your Junior Red Cross stories; Mark Everson—American Red Cross President and CEO—endorsed the role youth services have within Red Cross and how important are the lessons of the past. Kate Forbes—our National Chair of Volunteers—shared her thoughts on the present and, more importantly, on the future of youth services. In addition, the American Red Cross youth blog had some great entries on the anniversary.

To help you celebrate the Junior Red Cross anniversary we developed some additional resources. See the latest fact sheet on Junior Red Cross. More exciting is that we would like to have all of you engaged in a virtual dialogue by inviting you all to visit the Junior Red Cross anniversary Web site. The site will go live by the end of October.

Stay tuned and we'll keep engaging you in the celebration.

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