American Red Cross 2.0 Achieving and Performing

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American Red Cross 2.0Achieving and Performing

• Sandy Tesch /
• Anna Gail Caunca / Shruti Mathur

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Welcome!

• Welcome to Red Cross 2.0
• Well get started in a moment.

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Getting to know you

• Stand up if you
• Are trained in First Aid or CPR
• Have given blood
• Have volunteered at a disaster
• Have taught a disaster preparedness class
• Know the seven fundamental principles of the Red
  Cross Movement
• Have organized a blood drive
• Have raised money for the Measles Initiative

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Getting to know you

• Line up in order of years/months of service to
  the Red Cross
• Do it SILENTLY!

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Session Goals

• Discuss what makes a youth program or service
  project great
• Identify ways you can improve your program or
  projects
• Help each other

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Discussion

• Why do you volunteer?
• I make a difference
• I have fun
• I meet new people
• I have a long-term impact
• I develop my leadership skills

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Discussion

• How can we add more of these elements to our
  programs/projects?
• Building capacity
• Aligning with your chapters goals
• Increasing long-term impact of service

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Discussion

• What does the perfect youth program look like?
• Opportunities in all lines of service
• Opportunities for youth and young adults of all
  ages
• Red Cross clubs
• Youth serving on the board
• Fundraising

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Discussion

• What does the perfect youth program look like?
• Leadership training
• Youth are integrated in chapters strategic goals
• Staff and Board of Directors are supportive of
  youth involvement
• Clear career paths for young volunteers
• Volunteers are happy

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Discussion

• How would you like to improve your
  program/projects?
• Increase number of volunteers
• Reach out to new communities
• Get more involved with preparedness
• Offer leadership training
• Nominate a youth for the Board of Directors

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Hot Topics

• Disaster Services / Preparedness Health Safety
  / Service to Armed Forces Blood Services /
  International Services

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Whats new at the Red Cross?

• New President CEO
• Gail McGovern

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How can I stay up to date?

• Check CrossNet regularly
• https//crossnet.redcross.org
• If you dont have access, request it
• Subscribe to Youth Wire
• Sign up here at NYI!
• Read the youth blog redcrossyouth.org

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Youth Leadership

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

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Disaster Services

• Youth in Disaster Services Manual
• CrossNet gt Manuals gt Youth in Disaster
• Get into the DSHR system
• There is no minimum age for disaster training!
• You can be coded as a local volunteer for now
• Upon reaching your 18th birthday, you can change
  to national status

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Preparedness

• Be Red Cross Ready
• Get a kit
• Make a plan
• Be informed

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Health Safety

• First Aid station teams
• Training courses
• Babysitters Training
• First Aid for Children Today
• Whales Tales
• Scrubby Bear

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International Services

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

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Service to Armed Forces

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

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Blood Services

• Is there a Blood Services region in your area?
• If youd like to help with local blood drives,
  contact the Donor Recruitment department
• What can you do?
• Sponsor a blood drive
• Recruit donors
• Do nice things for blood donors (make cards, hold
  car washes)
• Serve on the board

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We are all experts!

• Survey of 2.0 participants
• Interesting findings
• 43 have participated in an LDC
• 83 have participated in leadership training
  provided by the Red Cross
• 74.3 have experience with Health Safety
• 71.4 are currently serving on their chapters
  youth council
• 85.7 consider themselves knowledgeable about Red
  Cross Clubs

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Your New Role Consultant

• Get an ask me about sticker
• Write down one or two areas of your expertise
• Examples
• Disaster
• Fundraising
• Project planning
• Leadership training
• Red Cross clubs

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Break Time

• See you back here in 10 minutes!

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Consulting Groups

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

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Consulting Directions

• Challenges
• Make a wish list of everything youd like to
  accomplish with your program/project
• Solutions
• Focus on one challenge and its solutions
• Keep your chapters strategic goals in mind

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Report Back

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

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Shared Challenges and Solutions

• Challenges
• Overview
• Themes

• Solutions
• Ideas and skills
• Lines of service
• Potential roadblocks

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Conclusion

• Think about your vision for your youth program
• Take advantage of being at the National Youth
  Institute
• Network
• Ask for advice
• Share your expertise

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Contact Us!

• Sandy Tesch
• Chair, National Youth Council
• TeschS_at_usa.redcross.org
• Shruti Mathur
• Member, National Youth Council
• shrutijhu_at_yahoo.com
• Anna Gail Caunca
• Youth Specialist, National Youth Council
• cauncaag_at_usa.redcross.org