Give the Gift of Time; Resolve to Help People in Need as a Red Cross Volunteer

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Dorothy Miller picks up lifesaving blood from a Red Cross site in North Carolina. Our volunteer Biomed Transportation Specialists support hospital patients by delivering blood products from our facilities to local hospitals. Photo by Brad Zerivitz/American Red Cross

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Blood Donor Ambassadors greet donors at a blood drive, registering them, answering questions, providing information, and supporting them through the recovery process at the refreshments table. Photo by Jason Colston/American Red Cross

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(From left) Haley Lang, Anja Scheuring-Hartvikson and Alisha Chambliss look at a case together in the American Red Cross Hero Care Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, part of the Hero Care Network. Hero Care casework volunteers help provide emergency communications and critical services to military families all over the world, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Photo by Scott Dalton/American Red Cross

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American Red Cross worker Loida Rodríguez hands blankets to volunteer José Burgos. Disaster Action Team (DAT) volunteers help families in their community after a home fire or other disaster. Photo by Marko Kokic/American Red Cross

December 23, 2024

The Need for Volunteers Has Never Been Greater

It’s time to look ahead to 2025 and make that promise to yourself, that resolution, to start doing something good in the New Year. As you think about the possibilities, the American Red Cross asks you to consider helping people in need as a volunteer.

As the climate crisis worsens, the Red Cross is responding to twice as many major disasters as we did a decade ago. We are in a constant state of response and need to grow our volunteer workforce to help families and communities in need.

The Red Cross is sincerely grateful to our volunteers ─ the lifeblood of our organization. They give their time and talent to support those who look to us for assistance. Right now, the need to help has never been greater. Join us to provide relief and hope when it matters most. Visit redcross.org/volunteer and get started today.

Some of our most needed volunteer positions include:

Disaster Action Team (DAT): Help families in your community after a home fire or other disaster. DAT team members provide emotional support, emergency financial assistance and information to help families begin to recover.
Hero Care Caseworker: Support members of the military, their families and our veterans. Hero Care casework volunteers help provide emergency communications and critical services to military families all over the world.
Blood donor ambassadors: Engage with blood donors by greeting them at blood drives, helping them register, answering questions, providing information and assisting them at the refreshments table.
Blood transportation specialists: Volunteer transportation specialists support hospital patients by delivering blood from our facilities to local hospitals. If you have a little free time, love driving and enjoy meeting new people, the Red Cross has a great volunteer spot waiting for you.

Volunteers make up 90% of the Red Cross workforce and enable the organization to achieve our mission. Make a real difference in people's lives. Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday and get started on what will be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.