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Serving Brunswick, Colonial Heights, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Emporia, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Petersburg, Prince Edward, and Sussex.

 


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Become a Red Cross volunteer 

 

  • Become an instructor to teach American Red Cross CPR/FA/AED classes to community groups at the American Red Cross building and/or at community or corporate sites.

  • Become a community presenter to assist Red Cross in delivering our mission by educating community organizations and agencies to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

  • Become a member of our disaster action team which is responsible for providing assistance to our community members which have been affected by disasters. 

  • Go here for more volunteer opportunities


 

 

LET THE RED CROSS BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOU!

Every day, your  Southside Area Chapter is there for you, serving the cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Petersburg, and counties of Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, and Sussex in responding to a house fire, providing lifesaving CPR or providing blood for a new baby who needs a change of blood supply.

Our Chapter is able to provide valuable services to the community only because of our volunteers and we are happy to say that we have the greatest volunteers around and we would love having you as a member of our Red Cross Family.

Here's some of the vital work the Southside Area Chapter provides through the help of our volunteers.

Health & Safety Services:

Provides certified instruction in first aid; CPR; water safety; life guarding; small craft safety; safety training for swim coaches; babysitting; prevention of disease transmission, sport safety training; sutomated electrode defibrillation (AED) training  and all instructor level courses.

Disaster Service:

Provides 24-hour emergency assistance in disasters.  Coordinates emergency clothing and food.  Operates mass feeding during major disaster  events.  Provides disaster education.

Arms Forces Emergency Service (AFES):

Provides 24-hour emergency communication link between immediate family members and service personnel stationed worldwide.   Provides verifications of emergencies at home requiring a service member's presence; delivering birth messages to deployed service members and providing health and welfare reports when there has been a breakdown in communications.

Blood Services Program:

Recruits blood donors, donor group sponsors for blood drives.  Our ability to acquire the blood types or groups needed and dependent upon donors of all blood types, and convenient locations to give on a regular basis. 

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