Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The NYC Citizen Corps Council Youth Program is a new community service opportunity for high school students throughout NYC currently enrolled in grade 9 to 11. Participants will gain valuable experience in the field emergency preparedness and disaster response, while developing relationships with important city-wide organizations and other NYC youth.

Youth leaders will be interviewed and selected to meet every other Tuesday evening from February to June 2010. These youth will receive training about emergency management in New York City and have the opportunity to collaborate to improve on existing preparedness messaging and make it more focused to high school youth.

Each session, youth leaders will attend hands-on trainings by professionals, go on field trips to partner agencies, and attend community events. Using these trainings and experiences, our leaders will work to build and implement a youth-oriented emergency preparedness event.

This program is being done as part of the NYC Citizen Corps Council, a national initiative to bring together local leaders from community organizations, government agencies, local elected officials’ offices, the private sector, and volunteer programs. The NYC Citizen Corps Council promotes community preparedness and volunteerism with a goal of enabling New Yorkers to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. The Council has four Task Forces (Special Needs, Immigrant and Limited English Proficient, Volunteer, and Youth) that are used to conduct targeted outreach campaigns to vulnerable populations. The NYC Citizen Corps Council strives to prepare all of New York’s vulnerable populations through public education, training opportunities, outreach programs, and volunteerism.

Applicants must be:

• Minimum of 14 years of age.
• New York City Resident.
• Current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior with a minimum B average (cumulative GPA of 3.0) at the time of application.

This opportunity is sponsored by: NYC Office Of Emergency Management This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Teens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning Afternoon Evening X Contact Person: Catherine Lague, Assistant Director, (212) 875-2189, (email) View all organization contacts Address: American Red Cross New York, NY 10019 (See a map) Web Site: http://www.NYC.gov/citizencorps Miscellaneous Information Borough Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island Volunteer Shifts Application Due: Friday, January 11, 2010 @ 5PM Interview by: Friday, January 22, 2010 Acceptance by: Friday, January 22, 2010 Orientation: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:30-6:30PM Meeting Dates*: 02/09, 02/23, 03/09, 03/23, 04/06, 04/20, 05/04, 05/18, 06/01 (* All meetings are held Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30PM. Some special events may take place on weekends)

Last updated on January 12, 2010

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