Volunteer Opportunities

Key Responsibilities

Prepare with Pedro is a national youth preparedness program offered by Red Cross regions across the country. It provides emergency preparedness education in the form of presentations that range in length from 30 to 60 minutes. This preparedness program addresses local hazards, coping skills, household preparedness steps and home fire safety.

· Prepare with Pedro is aimed at children in grades K – 2 (ages 4 to 7).

· Youth benefit from a standardized story book and activities. With youth preparedness you will:

• Conduct preparedness presentations given to youth in schools, community settings or virtually

• Successfully complete all training requirements including teach-back sessions

• Ensure all reporting data for each presentation given is collected and given to regional staff in a timely manner

• If appropriate, will hand out and collect materials from students, help with classroom management, grade quizzes, and work with individual students during activities

Travel:

• For our Preparedness positions travel to nearby boroughs or counties is required. You do not have to have a drivers license to volunteer in this position.

• Volunteers may also be required to pick up materials at our chapter locations, give the presentation at the venue and then return the materials to our chapter offices.

• Materials can also be picked up by the volunteer ahead of a presentation.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, including public speaking and experience engaging and presenting virtually
• Dynamic personality that relates well to youth in the target age group
• Comfortable presenting an interactive curriculum to youth in school, in community settings and virtually
• Working knowledge of emergency preparedness, including protective actions for various hazards, or a strong desire to learn about emergency preparedness and protective actions in order to teach them to youth
• Flexible and willingness to teach new ideas and concepts, such as the psychosocial "coping skills"
• Strong organizational skills and ability to follow through with minimum supervision
• Reliable, punctual, good time management skills
• 18 or older with the availability that matches time commitment 
• Must have the willingness to learn or knowledge of, and proficiency, in Audio-Visual technologies such as laptop setups with projector and/or speaker setup. Strong computer skills.
• Ability to relate effectively with diverse groups and individuals, required
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, required
• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and review program guidelines and tools, required
• Experience or comfort public speaking, preferred, willingness to learn, required.

Time Commitment

Must have Weekday Daytime availability between 7am-2pm weekdays (Monday through Friday)

This is an in-person position.

Weekend presentations are rare. 

• In Person Programming: 4-to-6 hours per presentation which may include transportation, preparation, audience participation and follow up.

• Most of the youth presentations occur in the morning.

• Minimum of 10 hours per week, including travel and material pick up. Be able to commit to one school operation per week