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Help Can't Wait - Volunteer Few Americans are untouched by Red Cross services - all made possible by volunteers like you. Our community needs your help. There are so many ways needs and so many ways that you can serve. More than one million Americans serve their communities. They come from all walks of life, backgrounds, and age groups. Red Cross volunteers help people in emergencies; they teach first aid and CPR classes; organize and participate at blood drives; translate so non-English speakers can receive the same Red Cross services as English speaking people. They help connect members of the United States Armed Forces stationed throughout the world with their families here in in the United States. All of our vital services are made possible by people like you. The Lebanon County Chapter has volunteer positions in the following services:
The American Red Cross Disaster Services mission is to ensure nationwide disaster planning, preparedness, community disaster education, mitigation, and response that will provide the American people with quality services in a uniform, consistent, and responsive manner. Each year, the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 60,000 disasters, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters, or other situations that cause human suffering or create human needs that those affected cannot alleviate without assistance. It is an independent, humanitarian voluntary organization, not an government agency. The Good News Is That We Can Help: Although the American Red Cross is not a government agency, its authority to provide disaster relief was formalized when, in 1905, the Red Cross was chartered by Congress to "carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same." The Charter is not only a grant of power, but also an imposition of duties and obligations to the nation, to disaster victims, and to the people who generously support its work with their donations. Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, and health and mental health services to address basic human needs. In addition to these services, the core of Red Cross disaster relief is the assistance given to individuals and families affected by disaster to enable them to resume their normal daily activities independently. The Red Cross also feeds emergency workers, handles inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area, provides blood and blood products to disaster victims, and helps those affected by disaster to access other available resources. Click here to visit the American Red Cross national Web site for more information on Disaster Services.
Blood Services The most visible division of Biomedical Services, Blood Services is touching more lives than ever before. We've provided the nation with safe, reliable blood products for generations. And today, we continue setting new standards for safety and quality. Click here if you'd like to give blood or more information on donating blood. Tissue Services The Red Cross provides nearly one fifth of the nation's tissue for transplantation. Since 1982, the Red Cross has provided lifesaving and life-enhancing tissue (heart valve, skin, ligament, tendon, bone, major blood vessel, fascia- muscle covering) to more than 600,000 people. Plasma Services A leader in the plasma industry, the Red Cross provides more than one quarter of the nation's plasma products. Red Cross Plasma Services seeks to provide the American people with safe, reliable, cost-effective plasma products. Click here to visit the American Red Cross national Web site for more information on Biomedical Services.
Armed Forces Emergency Services Today's American Red Cross is keeping pace with the changing military. Featuring the latest in computer and telecommunications technology, the American Red Cross Emergency Service Center delivers around-the-clock emergency communication services to active duty military personnel, and to their families. While serving 1.4 million active duty personnel, the Red Cross Get To Know Us Before You Need Us campaign reaches out to an additional 1.5 million members of the National Guard and the Reserves living in almost every neighborhood in America. This program introduces Red Cross services to the deploying military service member and his/her family. American Red Cross Emergency Services are available to all members of the armed services, and to their families. Both active duty and community-based military can count on the Red Cross to provide emergency communications, emergency financial assistance, counseling, veterans assistance and aid in the field where Red Cross workers are deployed to serve with America's military. Click here to visit the American Red Cross national Web site for more information on Armed Forces Emergency Services.
The American Red Cross has provided health and safety services to the American public for almost a century. Nearly 12 million people enroll in American Red Cross health and safety courses each year. We are the premier provider of first aid, CPR and AED training; swimming, and life guarding programs; HIV/AIDS prevention education; babysitter's training and more. Our programs are developed in collaboration with experts from the fields of medicine and aquatics and reflect up-to-date information and techniques. All courses are designed to teach the exact skills that people need to know in an emergency. Click here for more information on the different classes available through the Lebanon chapter, if you'd like to register for a class, or to see a list of upcoming courses offered. Click here to visit the American Red Cross national Web site for more information on Health and Safety Services.
As part of a global network of 176 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies called the International Red Cross Movement, the American Red Cross works to relieve human suffering and empower people with the skills they need to help themselves. Guided by seven Fundamental Principles - Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity and Universality- the American Red Cross strives to restore dignity and hope to the most vulnerable people around the world. The members of the International Red Cross Movement including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (Federation), and national societies like the American Red Cross or Mexican Red Cross, work together toward common goals during times of crisis or disaster. Programs are designed to meet ever-changing humanitarian needs and improve the human condition. The American Red Cross is currently working with our sister societies in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Americas and in the former Soviet Union. With the generous support of the American people, the American Red Cross has developed into one of the strongest and most respected humanitarian service organizations in the world. Based on the needs of the world's most vulnerable people and the organization's responsibility and capacity to provide humanitarian assistance, the American Red Cross has developed six areas of expertise:
Click here to visit the American Red Cross national Web site for more information on International Services.
RSVP volunteers work as office assistants, receptionists, cashiers, ushers, seamstresses, drivers, sales clerks, bingo callers, gardeners, and offer many other services providing much needed help for over 50 organizations in Lebanon and surrounding communities! These are just a few examples of the many volunteer service projects RSVP performs. Remaining active and working with others your own age while benefiting the community is what RSVP is all about!
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