VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
URGENT VOLUNTEER NEED –
Saturday, Sept. 7th for Convoy of Hope
Cook
Convention Center 255 N. Main St., Memphis, 38103
Event is
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Volunteers
will work 3 ½ hour shifts – 9:00 to 12:30 and 12:00 to 3:30
Volunteer Mid-South needs some outgoing and reliable volunteers for a
project on September 7th we are doing in partnership with the Points
of Light Foundation and Hands On Network.
Volunteers will be manning a booth at the Convoy of Hope
event at the Cook Convention Center. The event serves low income and some
homeless people with a variety of services.
We would be encouraging the event participants to sit with
us for a few minutes to begin completing an Emergency Financial First Aid
Kit that will help them collect information they would need if a disaster
occurred and they were forced to evacuate. We saw a lack of this sort of
preparedness when we helped with the evacuees form Hurricane Katrina.
There are 2 kinds of volunteer positions:
Recruiter: Volunteers will be outside the
booth recruiting participants and offering them the opportunity to get a FREE
Build a Disaster Kit Bag and to win gift cards if they work with a volunteer to
begin completing a Emergency Financial First Aid Kit. 6 recruiters are needed. Use the link
below to sign up for this volunteer job:
Disaster Plan Helpers: Volunteers will work in
the Disaster Plan Completion Area and assist participants in BEGINNING TO
COMPLETE an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit. A brief volunteer training
will be provided. Volunteers do not need deep financial knowledge; they
just need to explain the importance of having financial records ready in case
of disaster or evacuation. They also need to be able to help participants
understand the FREE plan book. 24
disaster plan helpers are needed. Use the link below to sign up for this
volunteer job:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for
Emergency Response Drills – 9/9 and 9/22
Correction on Oak Court
Mall Emergency Response Drill - Sept. 22, 2013
The
date of this drill was originally listed incorrectly as August 22nd.
Would you like to participate in a community emergency response drill?
This is a great way to serve and help prepare our community to respond to
emergencies. Volunteers are needed to act as “evacuees, patient’s or victim’s”
in several upcoming exercises/drills. Many of the volunteers will be moulaged
(wear stage make-up), act as victims, and many will be transported to area
hospitals via ambulance or bus. A big component of these drills will be testing
the hospitals response to a “surge” of patients. Volunteers will return
to the original location upon completion. Volunteers are an important piece of
this drill as the live people provide a more realistic experience for the
responders. The experience is great for the volunteer as well as it helps the
person think through how they may need to respond should an actual event occur,
and how to prepare in advance. Volunteers participating in previous exercises
expressed that their experience made a big difference for them in understanding
their patients or client’s experiences.
Monday, September 9 at Memphis International Airport l Check-in
at 7:30 am, ends around 4 pm l *Ages 18 and up
For more information about the Airport
Drill contact Lori Morris at
lorim@mscaa.comor (901)922-8754.
Sunday,
September 22 at Oak Court Mall l Check-in at 7 am, ends around
12:30 pm l *Ages 13 and up
The date of this drill was originally
listed incorrectly as August 22nd.
For more
information and to register for drills at the Mall, please visit: www.shelbycountytn.gov/mrc. Contact
Jenny at (901)222-8200 or (901)508-7327 or jennifer.russell@shelbycountytn.gov
