The Northwest Arkansas Chapter is excited to introduce our new youth program specialist - Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown has joined our team to bring changes and insight to the American Red Cross youth programs. These programs include Babysitters training, young adult work workshops, Service days to enrich and beautify our parks and other outdoor recreational areas.

Other programs are in the works and will be announced as soon as they become available. Please continue to check our web site for more information. And feel free to contact Ryan Brown anytime at (479) 306-4688 x202

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Background
Since the founding of the Junior Red Cross in 1917 , youth and the Red Cross have been partners. Today, the involvement of young people with the Red Cross is more important than ever. Our goal is to provide young people with meaningful opportunities for education, training, and volunteer/community service so that they remain a part of the Red Cross family throughout their lives. Young people up to age 24 make up 35 percent of all Red Cross volunteers.

Disaster Response
Young people are trained to become involved in many areas of Red Cross Disaster Services, including community disaster education, disaster preparation in their local community, and disaster response through Red Cross disaster action teams and youth disaster corps.

Leadership Development
Participating in clubs, councils, and local boards as well as in leadership development camps or centers and on Red Cross advisory and policy-making groups.

Health and Safety Services
In Red Cross babysitter training, first aid, CPR, aquatics, and water safety classes, young people are being educated about leading healthier, safer lives as well as being trained to serve as instructors, lifeguards, and peer educators.

Biomedical Services
Young adults, ages 17 and older, donate blood. Red Cross youth volunteers help with blood drives by recruiting donors, arranging appointments, acting as escorts, and serving refreshments. Young people also assist with tissue and organ donor recruitment.

School-Related Activities
Fund raising, organizing blood drives, providing international assistance, and learning about such things as disaster preparedness and HIV/AIDS prevention and education.

Other Youth Opportunities
Young people are involved in other areas of the American Red Cross. There are opportunities that are related to school and college and Internships, as well as openings in Leadership Development and Community Services.

Armed Forces Emergency Services
Young people provide volunteer service to help thousands of U.S. service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected

Community Services
Mission related community activities can include cleaning up streets, planting trees, and organizing food drives. Young people also serve as mentors to peers and younger youth on substance abuse prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, environmental awareness, violence prevention, and other major youth issues.

Young Adults

Are you a young person between the ages of 19 and 24? Do you want to help others and make an impact locally, nationally and internationally? Then consider volunteering with the American Red Cross!

Volunteers have always been at the heart of the American Red Cross. In fact, for every one Red Cross employee, there are 37 volunteers! The American Red Cross has a long history of involving young people at all levels of our organization. Young Adults currently make up 8% of our total volunteer population, over 90,000 strong and are involved in every area of Red Cross!

Becoming a Red Cross volunteer is a great way to meet new people, gain new skills and help humanity. Your local Red Cross welcomes young adult involvement and many Red Cross units have young adult groups you can join. Whether you get involved by taking a Red Cross course, serving as a service provider, certified instructor, or governance volunteer on a local board - you'll find the Red Cross has so much to offer! Check out the link to Education/Volunteer Opportunities for some examples of ways young adults are involved in the American Red Cross.

If you're a college student interested in providing community service, exploring different career fields, and gaining marketable skills, consider doing an internship or volunteering at your local chapter. You can bring the Red Cross to you by joining or forming an American Red Cross Campus Club. Red Cross Campus Clubs work hand-in-hand with the local Red Cross chapter from their two and four year colleges and universities across the country.

Build long lasting friendships while leaving lasting impressions with the people who need you most in your community. Get involved with the American Red Cross Youth Services, and find out how you can help!

With the Red Cross, teens can receive valuable training in first aid, CPR, HIV/AIDS, baby sitting, lifeguarding, and preparing for a disaster, swimming and water safety. They can also learn about the fundamental principles of the Red Cross and international humanitarian law or learn to organize a blood drive. Teens can participate in leadership camps and help during times of disaster in our shelters.

Volunteers have always been at the heart of the American Red Cross. In fact, for every one Red Cross employee, there are 37 volunteers! Your Red Cross provides teens the opportunity to learn new skill and reach out to their local communities and across the globe.

As a Red Cross volunteer, you can organize other teens and young adults in your community by forming a Red Cross club to support national and international Red Cross programs, coordinate a blood drive program, or become part of the Red Cross disaster response team at your chapter. What ever you decide to do, there is something for you!

Available Classes:

•  Babysitters training

•  Sports safety and training

•  Water safety instructors

•  Life guarding

•  Small watercraft

•  CPR/First Aid

•  Immunization clinics (hosted by Benton& Washington county health services)

•  Health Fairs

•  Basic Aid Training

•  First Aid for Children Today

•  Summer Youth day camps

•  Service project work days

•  Pet CPR/first aid

•  Inside recreation days (Fun Day)

•  Whales tales

•  Swimming lessons

•  Guard start

Continue to check this site or contact us for further details. To set up a class for your school or organziation contact Ryan at 479-306-4688 x202

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American Red Cross NWA Chapter
PO Box 789
250 Industrial Circle, East
Tontitown, AR 72770
Phone - (479) 306-4688 FAX - (479) 306-4325
Toll-Free - 1-866-692-7572
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