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Bringing Your Unique Talents to the Red Cross

We realize that volunteers have a wide range of choices as to where and how they spend their volunteer time. We are glad you are considering the American Red Cross.

We also realize that meeting your goals starts with a compatible placement, one that satisfies your expectations. The successful matching of volunteer interests, skills, and expectations with Red Cross needs is crucial to both the program's success and your satisfaction in your new volunteer career. The American Red Cross recognizes that each individual brings unique talents.

In order to protect the integrity of the Red Cross mission, volunteers either loaned or working in cooperation with the Red Cross that wear Red Cross identification must have undergone and cleared background checks that meet or exceed the Red Cross minimum standards, i.e., a verification of the social security number and a search of the National Criminal File for the past 7 years. 

 
Identifying a few of unique talents

Are you good with computers? Yes or No

  • Do you speak other languages besides English? Yes or No
  • Do you like working with people? Yes or No
  • Do you like working behind the scenes? Yes or No
  • Are you a nurse? Yes or No
  • Do you like to do book keeping or accounting? Yes or No
  • Have you ever worked in a medical or biomedical research field? Yes or No
  • Do you spend a lot of time "surfing" the web? Yes or No
  • Are you an emergency medical technician? Yes or No
  • Have you ever taught a course? Yes or No
  • Are you a professional trainer? Yes or No
  • Do you have writing and editing skills? Yes or No
  • Can you spend a little time preparing mailings? Yes or No
  • Do you have good public speaking skills? Yes or No
  • Do you know First Aid or CPR? Yes or No
  • Have you ever taught Swimming or Lifesaving? Yes or No
  • Have you ever worked with disabled persons? Yes or No
  • Have you ever worked with young people? Yes or No
  • Do you like working with elderly persons? Yes or No
  • Are you a military veteran? Yes or No
  • Do you have a family member in the military Yes or No
  • Do you like working with veterans? Yes or No
  • Can you drive a truck or a van? Yes or No
  • Do you like to raise money for good causes? Yes or No
  • Are you a blood donor? Yes or No
  • Could you serve as a greeter? Yes or No
  • Could you work with registration? Yes or No
  • Do you like to do paperwork? Yes or No
  • Do you like to talk on the phone? Yes or No
  • Do you like to take pictures? Yes or No
  • Are you involved with communications and marketing? Yes or No
  • Do you do computer programming? Yes or No
  • Have you ever designed a Website or written Website content? Yes or No
  • Have you ever worked in emergency response? Yes or No
  • Have you ever worked with feeding lots of people? Yes or No
  • Have you ever been the victim of a disaster? Yes or No
  • Can lift heavy items? Yes or No
  • Would you be willing to participate in the background check required of volunteers by the American Red Cross? Yes or No
Interested in Volunteering? Complete the required background check then give us a call. backgroundcheck.gif (770 bytes)

 

American Red Cross Volunteer Statistics FY 07

Total Volunteers 581,260
Total Employees 35,423
Total Staff (Volunteers + Employees) 616,683
Total volunteer blood donors 3,659,726
Total financial donors 1,883,650
US Population 298,725,425
Volunteers Comprise 94% of all Red Cross Workers
The ratio of volunteers to employees is 16 to 1
Volunteers and Volunteer Blood Donors 4,240,096
Volunteers, Blood Donors and Financial Donors total 6,124,636
1 of every 527 Americans is a Red Cross Volunteer
1 of every 72 Americans is a Red Cross Volunteer or Volunteer Blood Donor
1 of every 50 Americans is a Red Cross Volunteer, Volunteer Blood or Financial Donor
Contact Your Cherokee Chapter of the the Amercian Red Cross
Phone - 256-927-7440 or email arccher@tds.net