American Red Cross 2.0Achieving and Performing

Sandy Tesch /Anna Gail Caunca / Shruti Mathur

Welcome!

• Welcome to Red Cross 2.0• We’ll get started in a moment.

Getting to know you…

• Stand up if you…o Are trained in First Aid or CPRo Have given blood o Have volunteered at a disaster o Have taught a disaster preparedness class o Know the seven fundamental principles of the Red

Cross Movement o Have organized a blood drive o Have raised money for the Measles Initiative

Getting to know you…

• Line up in order of years/months of service to the Red Cross

• Do it SILENTLY!

Session Goals

• Discuss what makes a youth program or service project great

• Identify ways you can improve your program or projects

• Help each other

• Why do you volunteer?o I make a differenceo I have funo I meet new peopleo I have a long-term impacto I develop my leadership skills

Discussion

Discussion

• How can we add more of these elements to our programs/projects?o Building capacityo Aligning with your chapter’s goalso Increasing long-term impact of service

• What does the perfect youth program look like?o Opportunities in all lines of serviceo Opportunities for youth and young adults of all

ageso Red Cross clubso Youth serving on the boardo Fundraising

Discussion

• What does the perfect youth program look like?o Leadership trainingo Youth are integrated in chapter’s strategic

goalso Staff and Board of Directors are supportive of

youth involvemento Clear career paths for young volunteerso Volunteers are happy

Discussion

• How would you like to improve your program/projects?o Increase number of volunteerso Reach out to new communitieso Get more involved with preparednesso Offer leadership trainingo Nominate a youth for the Board of Directors

Discussion

Disaster Services / Preparedness Health & Safety / Service to Armed Forces

Blood Services / International Services

Hot Topics

• New President & CEOo Gail McGovern

What’s new at the Red Cross?

• Check CrossNet regularly https://crossnet.redcross.orgo If you don’t have access, request it

• Subscribe to Youth Wire o Sign up here at NYI!

• Read the youth blog: redcrossyouth.org

How can I stay up to date?

• Youth on boards • Youth leadership structure• Leadership training• Regional youth networks

Youth Leadership

Disaster Services

• Youth in Disaster Services Manualo CrossNet > Manuals > Youth in Disaster

• Get into the DSHR system o There is no minimum age for disaster training! o You can be coded as a local volunteer for nowo Upon reaching your 18th birthday, you can

change to national status

Preparedness

• Be Red Cross ReadyoGet a kitoMake a planoBe informed

Health & Safety

• First Aid station teams• Training courses

oBabysitters TrainingoFirst Aid for Children TodayoWhales TalesoScrubby Bear

International Services

• Exploring Humanitarian Law• World Youth Meeting in June 2009• Measles Initiative

o Measles Champions

Service to Armed Forces

• Is there a military station in your area?• Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals

Blood Services

• Is there a Blood Services region in your area?

• If you’d like to help with local blood drives, contact the Donor Recruitment department

• What can you do?o Sponsor a blood driveo Recruit donorso Do nice things for blood donors (make cards,

hold car washes)o Serve on the board

• Survey of 2.0 participants • Interesting findings

o 43% have participated in an LDCo 83% have participated in leadership training

provided by the Red Crosso 74.3% have experience with Health & Safetyo 71.4% are currently serving on their chapter’s

youth council o 85.7% consider themselves knowledgeable

about Red Cross Clubs

We are all experts!

• Get an “ask me about” sticker• Write down one or two areas of your

expertise• Examples:

o Disastero Fundraisingo Project planningo Leadership trainingo Red Cross clubs

Your New Role: Consultant

Break Time

See you back here in 10 minutes!

• Get a slip of paper • Find your 2 matches (to form a group of 3)• Sit with your group members

Consulting Groups

• Challengeso Make a wish list of everything you’d like to

accomplish with your program/project• Solutions • Focus on one challenge and its solutions • Keep your chapter’s strategic goals in

mind

Consulting Directions

Report Back

• Tell us about one challenge you face and the solutions you came up with

• Challengeso Overviewo Themes

• Solutionso Ideas and skillso Lines of serviceo Potential roadblocks

Shared Challenges and Solutions

• Think about your vision for your youth program

• Take advantage of being at the National Youth Instituteo Networko Ask for adviceo Share your expertise

Conclusion

• Sandy TeschChair, National Youth CouncilTeschS@usa.redcross.org

• Shruti MathurMember, National Youth Councilshrutijhu@yahoo.com

• Anna Gail CauncaYouth Specialist, National Youth Councilcauncaag@usa.redcross.org

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