volunteering: red cross
I haven’t said a work about the red cross for months. One might think that I’ve quit in my goal to volunteer there. But, no, I have been heading over to the chapter at least once a week for almost a year now. Despite some upheavals at the Red Cross, I’ve found a nice little
volunteering: red cross – office worker
While I haven’t been out on a “DAT response” to a fire in some time, I have actually spent three afternoons at the main office learning how I can assist there. While I do hope to go to fires on occasion, I finally realized the unpredictability and the six-hour shifts of being on call doesn’t
red cross shelter drill
The past few months have been a bit chaotic. Holiday season, snow day after snow day and then winter break. As such, I have barely stayed caught up at work and fallen behind in all my other projects, including volunteering. I am frustrated that I’ve spent all this time on trainings and have done so
volunteering: red cross โ step 3
Moving forward in my volunteering this week. After a week out of town for September break (where I happily saw a Red Cross office just outside of Savannah), this week I dove back in to my training. Last Saturday I went to a training on the new assignment tool — akin to attending a training
volunteering: red cross – step 2
As I’ve written before (volunteering: red cross and volunteering: red cross โ Step 1), I’ve been working towards becoming a Red Cross volunteer. And after the 9.5 hours I’ve volunteered in the past two days, I suppose I am no longer “working towards it” but I am one — as a trainee on the Disaster
volunteering: red cross – Step 1
A few months ago, I wrote about how I’ve longed to become a Red Cross volunteer for decades (decades?!?). A couple weeks ago, while I was working as a public safety (Decatur Police and Fire CAPS) volunteer at the Arts Festival, I was introduced to a Red Cross volunteer, and I begged for an introduction.
volunteering: red cross
Years and years ago, back when I was in college, my parents did a very cool thing for me. They gave me a summer “on”. If I promised to work a volunteer job for the summer, they would help pay for my rent, car insurance and food. I only had to promise to work a
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