Partner with the American Red Cross - San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter!  We are proud to offer several opportunities for group involvement, whether for 500 employees or 10 members. We welcome you to participate in one, two or all of these projects! For the best match, please consider your group's goals, interests and availability. For more information or to sign up, contact Brittany Rhyne, Volunteer Coordinator, at brittany.rhyne@sdarc.org or (858) 309-1263.

Read more about the various opportunities below, or download flyers with more information:

• Corporate & Community Partnerships Overview
• Host a Fundraiser
• Adopt a Unit
• Become a Disaster Services Partner Agency
• Join the Response Center Enterprise Reserves
  

Partner with the American Red Cross - San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter!  We are proud to offer several opportunities for group involvement, whether for 500 employees or 10 members. We welcome you to participate in one, two or all of these projects! For the best match, please consider your group's goals, interests and availability. For more information or to sign up, contact Brittany Rhyne, Volunteer Coordinator, at brittany.rhyne@sdarc.org or (858) 309-1263.

Read more about the various opportunities below, or download flyers with more information:

• Corporate & Community Partnerships Overview
• Host a Fundraiser
• Adopt a Unit
• Become a Disaster Services Partner Agency
• Join the Response Center Enterprise Reserves
  

Your fundraiser can directly support your neighbors in our community, or can assist those affected by a national or international disaster. Help us deliver timely and appropriate humanitarian care to those in need.

Time Commitment: Varies based upon event chosen.

Your fundraiser can directly support your neighbors in our community, or can assist those affected by a national or international disaster. Help us deliver timely and appropriate humanitarian care to those in need.

Time Commitment: Varies based upon event chosen.

In the Service to the Armed Forces Adopt a Unit program, volunteers provide support for military members and their families in a particular unit. Before, during and after deployment and as families deal with their own personal emergencies, volunteers will be on hand to help. There are many ways volunteers can be involved, including:

 Celebrations

• Plan a send off or welcome home event for deployed units and ships
• Organize holiday and birthday parties throughout the year

 Family Friends

• Hold a retreat for military spouses
• Assist individual spouses dealing with especially stressful situations
  

Surprises

• Arrange and support special video connections for births
• Send care boxes to a unit or ship

Time Commitment: Organize and host at least two events over the course of one year.

In the Service to the Armed Forces Adopt a Unit program, volunteers provide support for military members and their families in a particular unit. Before, during and after deployment and as families deal with their own personal emergencies, volunteers will be on hand to help. There are many ways volunteers can be involved, including:

 Celebrations

• Plan a send off or welcome home event for deployed units and ships
• Organize holiday and birthday parties throughout the year

 Family Friends

• Hold a retreat for military spouses
• Assist individual spouses dealing with especially stressful situations
  

Surprises

• Arrange and support special video connections for births
• Send care boxes to a unit or ship

Time Commitment: Organize and host at least two events over the course of one year.

The American Red Cross is the premier disaster relief organization and locally, our chapter responds to an emergency approximately every 24 hours. Support your community in the event of a disaster by partnering with our disaster services team!

Volunteers from partner agencies support sheltering activities during disasters. Duties may include:

• Client registration
• Translation
• Feeding
• Dormitory management

Time commitment: All volunteers must attend a five-hour training course, which may be available at your location. Volunteers will serve in 12-hour shifts during a disaster response. Partner agency volunteers must participate in one hands-on training or respond to one event per year.

The American Red Cross is the premier disaster relief organization and locally, our chapter responds to an emergency approximately every 24 hours. Support your community in the event of a disaster by partnering with our disaster services team!

Volunteers from partner agencies support sheltering activities during disasters. Duties may include:

• Client registration
• Translation
• Feeding
• Dormitory management

Time commitment: All volunteers must attend a five-hour training course, which may be available at your location. Volunteers will serve in 12-hour shifts during a disaster response. Partner agency volunteers must participate in one hands-on training or respond to one event per year.

When the American Red Cross is responding to a large national disaster, our local chapter is asked to activate Response Center Enterprise (RCE). RCE is a branch of the American Red Cross National Headquarters informational phone line and is activated in San Diego to help alleviate the influx of inquiries and phone calls - sometimes tens of thousands - that are made daily during a large disaster response.

The Reserve Program enables individuals to:

• Be pre-qualified and pre-trained
• Provide immediate assistance directly to clients should a large-scale national disaster occur
• Be trained to handle difficult calls and provide information to clients regarding resources available during the disaster

Time commitment: Volunteers must complete a four-hour training, which may be available at your location. To remain active, volunteers must participate in at least one RCE activation per year.

When the American Red Cross is responding to a large national disaster, our local chapter is asked to activate Response Center Enterprise (RCE). RCE is a branch of the American Red Cross National Headquarters informational phone line and is activated in San Diego to help alleviate the influx of inquiries and phone calls - sometimes tens of thousands - that are made daily during a large disaster response.

The Reserve Program enables individuals to:

• Be pre-qualified and pre-trained
• Provide immediate assistance directly to clients should a large-scale national disaster occur
• Be trained to handle difficult calls and provide information to clients regarding resources available during the disaster

Time commitment: Volunteers must complete a four-hour training, which may be available at your location. To remain active, volunteers must participate in at least one RCE activation per year.