Volunteer Opportunity Details:

It is vital that the American Red Cross has properly maintained vehicles so we're ready to respond immediately at the time of a disaster. Maintenance of chapter vehicles is also essential to the safety of volunteer and employee drivers and passengers. Regular maintenance also helps keep costs down. Volunteers will help with weekly maintenance checks on our fleet of seven vehicles, keep a schedule of maintenance, repairs and state inspections and make sure that all vehicles have safety equipment.

This position requires a volunteer with training and experience in automotive mechanics and a valid Pennsylvania driver's license. The American Red Cross will conduct and pay for driver history and criminal background checks. Since the work involves maintaining records, a volunteer in this job also needs to be organized.

This opportunity is sponsored by: American Red Cross Berks County Chapter

We need volunteers who are free at these times Monthly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Small Group (2-10) Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25) Individual

Contact Person: Sonia Topiarz, Volunteer Coordinator, (610) 375-4383, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

701 Centre Ave Reading, PA 19601 (See a map)

Directions:

***From Downtown Reading... Take 5th Street North from Penn Street through five traffic lights. Immediately after the fifth light, bear left onto Centre Avenue (Burger King will be on your left). Go two blocks and the chapter will be on your right. ***From Route 222 South... Follow Route 222 past the Fairgrounds Square Mall. Continue straight onto Route 222 Business (5th Street). At the traffic light at Greenwich Street, turn right. Go one block and turn right at the next light. The chapter is one block on your right. ***From Interstate 78... Exit the interstate at Route 61 South (Hamburg) exit. Follow Route 61 South for approximately 16 miles until you pass Reading Municial Stadium, at which point Route 61 becomes Centre Avenue. Continue on Centre Avenue for another 1 mile until you pass Centre Park which will be on your left. The Chapter is on your immediate left. ***From the Pennsylvania Turnpike - westbound... Exit the turnpike at Exit 22 (Morgantown). Stay straight after the tollbooth onto Route 176 towards Reading. At the end of Route 176, take Route 422 West. Take the Penn Street (Reading) exit off Route 422 and go to the fourth traffic light. Follow the directions below to the chapter from Downtown Reading. ***From the Pennsylvania Turnpike - eastbound... Exit the turnpike at Exit 21 (Reading). Shortly after the tollbooth you will take the first ramp to your right onto Route 222 North. Follow Route 222 for approximately 10 miles and you will cross the Bingaman Street bridge. At the first light after the bridge, turn left onto 5th Street. Follow the directions to the chapter from Downtown Reading.   Nearest Bus Stop: Centre Ave & Douglass St, 3 minute walk

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Counties:		Berks