Provides assistance to help meet the emergency needs of individuals and families affected by fire, flood and other disasters. Services include short-term housing, personal hygiene kits, food, and financial assistance. Also assists clients to make recovery plans.

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Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing to support food distribution and meal programs on a voluntary basis without remuneration in the aftermath of a disaster or other emergency.

Disaster Related Food Services Volunteer Opportunities

Centers opened by trained Red Cross volunteers to assist people who have sustained damage in a major disaster or  large-scale emergency that disrupts the normal functioning of a community.  Disaster victims meet with caseworkers who assess their needs and supply clothing, rent assistance, beds and bedding, necessary furniture, cooking and eating utensils, occupational supplies, prescription medication, small appliances and other necessities.

Red Cross Disaster Service Centers

Programs that provide meals at a central location for relief workers and/or for individuals and families whose homes have been made uninhabitable by a disaster or large-scale emergency and are unable to access food resources through ordinary means.

Mass Feeding Services

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to use their expertise in the areas of building and construction in the aftermath of a disaster or other emergency.

Disaster Related Construction/Repair Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that increase public awareness of the measures that people can take before, during and after a major disaster or wide-scale emergency to reduce loss of life and property and improve their chances for survival. Included are programs that inspect the homes of individual residents and give them a report which suggests ways to enhance their safety and reduce the risk of property damage or loss, as well as those that deal with disaster preparedness in a more general way. Also included are programs that provide fact sheets, hazard maps and other types of technical information about natural disasters that individuals and communities can review and evaluate to see if their area is at risk.

Disaster Preparedness Information

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to work on a voluntary basis without remuneration to provide crisis intervention and counseling services for individuals and families who are attempting to deal with their fears and other negative psychological after-effects of a disaster or other emergency.

Disaster Related Mental Health Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help clear away rubble and clean up the community, sort and pack donated goods or other materials, or tackle other jobs involving manual labor in the aftermath of a disaster or other emergency.

Disaster Related Cleanup/Labor Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that provide temporary shelter with sleeping accommodations for people whose homes have been made temporarily unsafe or uninhabitable by a major disaster or large-scale emergency that has disrupted the normal functioning of their community and who are unable to find alternative living arrangements. Also included are programs that provide overnight accommodations during extreme cold for people who are at risk of exposure due to a power failure, fuel shortage or other local emergency. Mass shelter care programs may open facilities such as schools, recreation centers and armories prior to or following a disaster or local emergency, or provide amenities such as tents for people who are sleeping in parks and other open spaces.