Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Become a Disaster Services Volunteer and help your community prepare for and respond in time of disaster. Volunteer to help in your local community, help in Southeast Missouri, help in the state or as disasters happen throughout the nation.

Family Service Casework - Volunteer to help individuals affected by home fires or natural disasters

Community Services - help with sheltering, mass feeding or distributing supplies to neighborhoods

Damage Assessment - work in teams to assess homes for damage immediately after a disaster

Staffing - register volunteers on site of a disaster

Logistics - coordinate resources through businesses and organizations to obtain shelters, supplies and materials

Liaison - serve as intermediary with local emergency management, government officials or other volunteer organizations

Public Relations - help prepare and distribute news releases; work with media during disaster

Financial and Statistics - work with casework files, computers and financial information. Preparing and reporting disaster response information

Information Technology - assist in setting up computer networking, computer systems, databases.

Training provided for specific area of interest.

This opportunity is sponsored by: American Red Cross Southeast MO Chapter

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Individual Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25)

Contact Person: Cheryl Klueppel, Executive Director, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

2430 Myra Drive Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 (See a map)

Directions:

I-55 to Cape Girardeau / Gordonville Exit (Exit 96). Take Rt K. / William St. east to Broadview (stoplight). Go north on Broadview to Myra Drive. Go east on Myra Drive to Red Cross office.

Web Site: http://www.semoredcross.org

Last updated on May 27, 2009