Help Victims of Local Disasters, House Fires, Floods

Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Our Disaster Action Team members respond to scenes of local disasters such as house fires and localized flooding to ensure families who are displaced have hotel rooms, food and clothing as they put their lives back together.

We respond to a little more than one fire a week on average over the course of the year, and send at least two volunteers to every disaster. Volunteers talk to the families, determine what they need, help fill out some paperwork and call one of our contracted hotels to ensure they are taken care of.

Most volunteers only go out two or three times a year, but the help they provide to disaster clients is immeasurable. The support you give is the bridge for getting people from one of the worst moments of their lives to recovery.

We provide all training for free for disaster volunteers. If you also speak Spanish, that's a big plus!

Working with Disaster Action Team (DAT)
• Strong organizational, verbal, written communications skills
• Ability to be team player
• Able to respond as scheduled with own transportation
• Able to maintain confidentiality with clients matters
• A desire to help

This opportunity is sponsored by: American Red Cross Tri-County Chapter

We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Monthly Weekly Weekdays This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Large Group (11+) Adults (55+) Small Group (2-10) Individual Young Adults (18-25)

Contact Person: Suzanne Anderson, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

Anywhere In Our Chapter Territory Greater Union County, NJ 07060 (See a map)

Directions:

The Tri-County Red Cross serves 22 communities in three New Jersey counties: Union County, NJ: Clark, Cranford, Elizabeth, Fanwood, Garwood, Hillside, Kenilworth, Linden, Plainfield, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, Scotch Plains, Union, Winfield Middlesex County, NJ: Dunellen, Edison (NW), South Plainfield Somerset County, NJ: Green Brook, North Plainfield, Warren, Watchung

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Cities:		Clark Cranford Dunellen Edison Fanwood Garwood Plainfield Scotch Plains South Plainfield Warren Watchung
Counties:		Middlesex Somerset Union
Statewide:		Available throughout all of New Jersey