What is a Red Cross School Club?

American Red Cross school clubs are school-based service groups that help the

Red Cross fulfill its humanitarian mission.  Working closely with the Northwest

North Carolina Chapter, club members participate in Red Cross service projects

that impact their community and the world. 

Student members will discover many new opportunities for self-development

and be encouraged to choose activities that will most effectively fulfill the

community's greatest needs.

Red Cross school clubs are a team effort, where the NWNC Chapter, schools

and students all work together to make their communities and the world a better

place and where young people develop leadership skills.

A Red Cross club is sponsored by a mentor, usually a teacher or advisor from your school.  You may want

to approach someone you think is the right person for the task and see if he or she will help you get started.

Why Volunteer?

Students told us that what they like most about volunteering is --

1. Having fun.
2. Learning new skills.
3. Choosing the projects.
4. Feeling they are needed.
5. Gaining experience.
6. Meeting people with similar interests.
7. Contributing to their local community.
8. Learning to be a leader.

How to get started?

1. Call or email us and let us know of your interest!

2. Obtain permission from your school.

3. A representative of the Red Cross will come and meet with you,

    your mentor and your principal.

4. It's that easy!

What are some club activities that you can do?

• Provide peer education about the Red Cross.

• Establish a reading buddy club for elementary students.

• Develop a newsletter.

• Create an anti-drug initiative.

• Organize blood drives.

• Sit and talk with the elderly.

• Clean up a local park.

• Pack food boxes for the homebound.

• Assemble comfort kits and cleanup kits for those affected by disaster.

• Staff Red Cross information booths at community events.

• Staff first aid stations.

• Read to a child in a disaster shelter.

• Create an educational display about Red Cross services for a hospital or library bulletin board.

• Teach safety courses, such as First Aid for Children Today (FACT), to younger students.

• Establish a pen pal relationship with another Red Cross unit overseas.

• Raise funds for those affected by a local disaster.

• Collect and distribute toys to disaster victims during the holidays.

• Send greeting cards and letters to people in the armed forces stationed overseas.

• Lead Fire Prevention Week activities.

• And many others...