All hail the Red Cross volunteer

The Red Cross has been a symbol of help for centuries. Today, it is the biggest organization in the world when it comes to providing relief and services for people who desperately need them. As such, their volunteers are exemplary individuals, which any philanthropist would be proud to have on his team.

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Red Cross volunteers go through several kinds of in-depth training and workshops that make them capable of handling difficult situations and providing much-need vital help from risk assessment to bleeding control to basic life support. They are skilled in multiple areas of disaster relief, which makes most of them perfect supplements for authorities, especially in high-risk situations.

There are Red Cross volunteers, however, who don’t get to go to the frontlines. But they do important work just the same. Many of these volunteers make life more comfortable for people who have lost their homes, who have nowhere else to go. These volunteers also act as assistants when evacuation commences.

Red Cross volunteers are also well-equipped when the time arises, and are in a way, very similar to preppers. They have all the medical and non-medical emergency items that one needs in times of crisis.

So, as you can see, Red Cross volunteers are the real deal. They are the gold standard in hands-on help.

Larry Polhill here, a recent graduate of University of Florida and a member of several nonprofit organizations that supports poverty reduction, climate change alleviation, and animal welfare. Follow me on Twitter to read more about my advocacies.