Opportunities From: VolunteerME Greater Franklin County

Looking for a way to make a meaningful impact in your local community? Look no further than the Red Cross! We have an immediate need for friendly, personable volunteers at blood drives throughout Franklin County.

As a Red Cross Blood Donor Ambassador, you will:

Greet donors and assist with registration Monitor the hospitality and snack area Support the Red Cross staff  Thank donors and help save lives!

Once trained, you simply sign up online to help when and where it is convenient for you. We ask that our Blood Donor Ambassadors complete at least one 4-5 hour shift every 3 months.

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

Become a Volunteer Screener for the Red Cross!

In the Volunteer Screener role, you may well be the first real Red Crosser a candidate gets to talk with, and they are eager. You’ll want to seek to understand what brought prospective volunteers to the Red Cross, their areas of interest, and what positions they would find most meaningful. You’ll use your understanding from talking with the volunteer candidates to match expressed interest with the needs of the organization. Therefore, you’ll be connecting new recruits with positions for which they are both interested, well-suited, and needed.  Then you will update their status in our volunteer management system.

You can do this role remotely from your living room in Northern New England or, if you prefer, from an NNE Red Cross office near you. You’ll want to have 4 – 8 hours a week available for this role.

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

Already this season of hurricanes and wildfires has been fierce. As these emergencies continue, the mission of the American Red Cross continues and we need more volunteers to reinforce those getting exhausted. It is only thanks to teams of amazing volunteers, such as yourself, that the needs of those in harms way can be met.

Please consider joining us in a temporary volunteer position NOW and get fully trained for free. Your travel arrangement and costs, food and lodging are all cover by Red Cross. Most disaster deployments call for a 14 day commitment and ability to work multiple shifts on consecutive days. Due to the ever changing nature of large scale disasters, deployment cannot be guaranteed.

SHELTER ASSOCIATES

Work in person at a Red Cross shelter before, during and/or after a disaster supporting day-to-day activities in reception, registration, feeding, dormitory, information collection, etc. Provide excellent compassionate customer service be prepared to observe all safety protocols in a COVID environment.  This position requires the ability to build effective relationships with co-workers and shelter residents, strong written and verbal communication skills, physical ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods, including climbing stairs and can lift/transport supplies up to 20 pounds multiple times per shift, along with availability to complete self-paced online training.

DISASTER CASE WORKERS

Work in person to connect Disaster clients with resources, comfort and support people who are forced from their homes due to disaster.  Provide excellent compassionate customer service be prepared to observe all safety protocols in a COVID environment.  This position requires the ability to build effective relationships with co-workers and clients, strong written and verbal communication skills, some computer skills along with availability to complete self-paced online training.

DISASTER HEALTH SERVICES ASSOCIATES

For licensed healthcare professionals only & can be a 10-day commitment if needed

Work in person in alignment with your licensure at a Red Cross shelter before, during, and/or after a disaster. Duties included providing hands-on healthcare to shelter residents including assistance with daily living, wound care, incontinence care, functional needs, etc., plus providing health education and helping to replace medications, durable equipment, and consumable supplies. This position requires an unencumbered license in medical field, willingness to work in a COVID environment, strong relationship building and communications skills along with availability to complete self-paced online training.

In disaster situation often homes are destroyed and things we take for granted--sitting on the sofa or reaching for the breakfast cereal--are a memory. Together, we can meet the needs to support those who need our help the most.  Please join us!

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

The City of Lewiston has opened the Community Resiliency Center (CRC) in downtown Lewiston to provide supportive services for victims, survivors, first responders, families, and anyone in the larger community impacted by the mass violence.

Red Cross is urgently seeking volunteers for the following positions at the CRC (in-person or virtually):

Mental Health Professionals: Seeking currently licensed Mental Health professionals, school psychologists or counselors, psychiatric nurses, or retired mental health professionals. Clergy Members: Seeking board-certified chaplains, professional chaplains (paid or volunteer) and endorsed by their organizations or endorsed leaders of a local faith community or organization.

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

The growth of Red Cross in Maine has created the need at all levels of the organization for volunteers who help at blood drives, assist in disasters, teach classes, provide administrative support, fundraise, serve on boards and committees, plan and run special events...and the list goes on. Working with the Office of Volunteer Services, the Volunteer Recruiter will assess the needs of the organization and develop and execute a plan for the focused recruitment of critical volunteer and volunteer leadership positions. Candidates can be from anywhere in Maine and will have flexibility in their schedule and options to work from home or one of the 5 Red Cross offices located throughout the state.

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

As a blood drive volunteer in Franklin County, you'll be asked to serve just once every three months. While it may not be frequent, it truly is important, and it provides a wonderful opportunity to form meaningful relationships with the donors.

Your role as a volunteer involves warmly greeting donors and ensuring their comfort during their visit. After their donation, you'll make sure they have access to refreshments and engage in friendly conversations. As they prepare to leave, you'll likely be the last Red Crosser to thank them and tell them you hope to see them next time.

If you are a people person, are at least 16 years old, and possess some computer skills to assist with donor check-in procedures, there could almost not be a better opportunity!

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.

Red Cross Disaster Volunteers are neighbors helping neighbors, trained and ready to respond in times of need. The Red Cross in Maine has openings throughout the state for committed volunteers willing to help in times of disaster and crisis. Whether you’re an individual who wants to join a Disaster Action Team (local, small disaster response), a sheltering or logistics volunteer helping to support a large-scale disaster, a licensed mental health or health care professional assisting disaster victims with psychological or medical needs, or an organization or company who wants to form a group of coworkers to respond together as a team, we want to hear from you!

To learn more, visit www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer or email VolunteerNNE@redcross.org.