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Will you help us fill these crucial volunteer positions?

Military Family Assistance Administrator

Provide Red Cross resource information to local military families, including at pre-deployment briefings and occasional family events. Learn more here .

Staff Services Lodging Manager

Ensures that the lodging needs of workers on disaster relief operations are met. Learn more here .

Disaster Action Team Member

Provide essential disaster relief services to clients and emergency workers affected by disasters, as required in accordance with national guidelines. Learn more here .

Administrative Support Specialist

Provide support to the Center for Community and Corporate Education by performing computerized data entry, filing, organizing, and other special projects and similar activities. Learn more here .

Volunteer Health and Safety Instructor

To provide quality instruction to a range of students while adhering to Red Cross standards and instructional guidelines. Learn more here .

Information Desk Team Member

Provide a warm presence (on the phone and in person) at the front desk as the first point of contact between the Chapter and
our volunteers, clients, and visitors. Learn more here .

Disaster education and training

Community disaster education

One way the Red Cross can help you learn how to be prepared for and respond to disasters is through education. The Red Cross has tips on preparing for a disaster that you can use to assemble a disaster kit, prepare an emergency plan, and learn about potential hazards facing your community and how to respond when disaster does strike.

A trained Red Cross volunteer or staff member will speak to your school, church, civic club, or community group. Learn how to prepare for, and cope with, all types of disasters—from fires, floods, and tornadoes to severe winter weather and summer heat waves. Presentations are free and can be tailored to your needs.

To schedule a preparedness presentation please contact Kim Leffler at 804.343.2098. Click here to download a presentation request form.

For more information online click on one of the links below.

Fire Preparedness Hurricane Preparedness Flood Preparedness Pet Safety

Terrorism Pandemic Preparedness

Be Red Cross Ready Course

Disaster Volunteer Training

At the Greater Richmond Chapter, American Red Cross volunteers and paid staff respond to disasters both locally and nationally. In order for them to do so, disaster training is required. We offer a variety of classes so that our volunteers may choose to learn about whatever specialty most appeals to them.

Disaster volunteer training is offered year-round and is free to registered disaster volunteers. Once trained, you can volunteer locally to assist the hundreds of families affected each year by fires and other disasters that strike our community. After receiving the requisite training and experience, you can also become part of a large network of Red Cross volunteers, which responds to disasters and emergencies nationwide.

Training is available in shelter management, feeding operations, client casework, driving emergency vehicles, working with other emergency response agencies to coordinate relief efforts, keeping records, recruiting staff and setting up technological equipment for relief operations.