Through local emergency management and disaster response agencies, members provide support to projects that deliver education and training about disaster preparedness to citizens. They also train and coordinate volunteers in disaster response. Through their service, members help improve the community’s resiliency to disasters.
Examples of service activities include:
-Serving as the volunteer coordinator for a Medical Reserve Corps of 1000+ members, who train for disaster response and keep their skills fresh by donating health-related services to under-served segments of the community.
-Organizing, testing, and recruiting participants for, and instructing Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes, drills and ongoing CERT member training.
-Conducting research to support disaster preparedness planning.
-Coordinating events and activities between multiple community organizations working toward the reduction of disaster risk.
Members help low-income adults, immigrants, refugees, and the long-term unemployed find self-sufficiency and a more stable future for themselves by providing training, tutoring or assistance in adult basic education, English-language tutoring, GED preparation, computer skills, and financial literacy.
Examples of service activities include:
-Facilitating classes in English as a second language, financial literacy, and gardening for recently arrived refugees.
-Assisting clients to enhance their computer skills, knowledge of civics, and job readiness.
-Maintain and augment a list of landlords interested in accepting tenants who receive housing assistance or are of a certain background not protected under fair housing law.
-Researching and recommending community resources and social services to clients experiencing housing insecurity.
Positions focus on conservation, restoration, and community engagement. Members serve at small non-profit agencies, city and county offices, and national wildlife refuges. They educate the public about our state’s ecosystems and human impact upon the environment; they recruit and manage volunteers in habitat restoration projects; and perform field and lab work to help with monitoring and data collection.
Examples of service activities include:
-Assisting with experimental research of site restoration practices.
-Identifying collected specimens and monitoring species in the field.
-Implementing environmental education events and volunteer restoration events.
-Collaborating with local school groups, community based organizations, and land owners to enhance public access to natural areas.
Programs aim to reduce childhood obesity, provide nutritious meals to homeless or low-income individuals, and help the elderly and disabled live independently. Members provide nutrition education through school-based gardens and community outreach events; coordinate programs that provide breakfast and after-school meals to low-income students; and support projects that provide food, transportation, or other services to seniors or disabled adults that allow them to stay healthy, active and engaged.
Examples of service activities include:
-Leading and supporting nutrition classes, events and workshops focused on healthy choices.
-Fostering community partnerships to expand programming.
-Collaborating with staff, parents, volunteers, and students to develop, maintain, and improve food education programs.
-Helping healthcare patients navigate the healthcare system and link them with health resources as needed.
Members help veterans increase their connection to the communities they live in by recruiting them into volunteer programs that in turn help others – reducing their isolation, increasing their commitment to civic engagement, and improving their physical, emotional, and mental health. Members also provide resources to vets in need of affordable housing, financial stability, and transitional education.
Examples of service activities include:
-Delivering services, programs, and educational presentations to better prepare service members and their families during times of emergencies and deployments.
-Assisting in volunteer recruitment, training, supervision, and recognition.
-Coordinating programming designed to support veteran reintegration, including PTSD therapy activities.