ARMED FORCES EMERGENCY SERVICES

• Ensure members of the US Armed Forces and their families timely and reliable emergency communications and case management service, 24 hours a day, worldwide.

• Support members of the US Armed Forces and their families by offering timely and reliable emergency financial assistance.

• Assist Veterans with transportation to VA hospitals in Connecticut.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

• Aid Americans and foreign nationals by seeking to locate and reunite families separated by war or other causes beyond their control.

• Serve as a channel for concerned Americans who wish to be of help to refugees and victims of international disaster or conflict, and transmit family messages in such situations when normal communications are not in effect.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

• Maintain a nationwide disaster preparedness program consisting primarily of volunteers to provide rapid response when disaster strikes and to help prevent and minimize human suffering.

• Give individual families needed emergency help with food, rent, clothing,, transportation, medical needs, and selected household furnishings.

• Provide additional assistance to victims for whom government help is not available.

• Join with government and other agencies in local and nationwide disaster planning and operations.

BLOOD SERVICES

• Collect blood from volunteers at bloodmobiles throughout the county, in cooperation with Connecticut Red Cross Blood Services . The blood collected is then prepared for transfer to patients at Connecticut hospitals.

• Recruit new blood donors and new blood drive volunteers. To become a blood donors please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICES

• Help individuals gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes for safe and healthy lifestyles for themselves and others.

• Teach First Aid, CardioPulmonary Resuscitation(CPR) and Water Safety courses.

• Offer a range of health and safety education programs and services for people at work, school. home and community sites.

• Provide high quality service at a reasonable cost, utilizing, cost-sharing fees where appropriate and ensuring access to services for those unable to pay.

• Serve as a lead agency in HIV/AIDS education and general awareness.

• Instruct youth in programs which include Babysitting, Basic Aid Training (BAT), Home Alone, First Aid for Children Today (F.A.C.T.) and Learn to Swim.

• Train instructors in CPR/First Aid, Water Safety, Lifeguarding, HIV/AIDS education and more.

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

• Transport the elderly and disabled to medical appointments, shopping, social and nutritional visits, etc.

• Partner with other agencies to provide a comprehensive, coordinated regional transportation system.

RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

(RSVP)

• Recruit retired persons 55 years or older to participate more fully in the life of their community through significant volunteer services.

SHELTER PROGRAM

• Shelter homeless families with children in the Red Cross Family Shelter in Middletown.

• Offer afterschool programs and a teen "drop in" center.

• Enable families to build necessary lifeskills to create a stable, permanent and safe home environment through our Transitional Housing program.

MIDDLESEX EMERGENCY FUEL BANK

• Award grants for electricity, oil or gas for families who are over income for Federal and State Energy Subsidies.

MIDDLETOWN EMERGENCY FOOD BANK

• Supply food for families who are in need due to an emergency.

• Make and distribute holiday baskets at Thanksgiving, for Middletown families in need.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES PLEASE CALL (860)347-2577

OR EMAIL [email protected]

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