The Case for Youth Involvement

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The Case for Youth Involvement
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Youth involvement

• Everyone should have a voice in the Red Cross

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Youth Involvement History

• In 1884, six children put on a play that raised
  over 50 dollars that they donated to the American
  Red Cross. Red Cross. The money was used to aid a
  family victimized by the severe Midwestern flood.
  The young volunteers were dubbed the Little
  Six.

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What is youth involvement?

• Involving youth and young adults in all aspects
  of the Red Cross (service delivery, leadership,
  governance)
• Youth and young adults age 24 and younger
• Youth 18 and under
• Young Adult 19-24
• Young people under age 25 make up 29 of all Red
  Cross volunteers!

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What is youth involvement?

• Youth involvement does not mean an expensive,
  separate youth program
• Youth involvement is not just for chapters who
  already do everything very well
• We can build our chapter through youth
  involvement!

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Diversity

• People choosing the some other race category to
  describe themselves have the youngest median age
  (24.6). Approximately 97 percent of people
  choosing some other race were Hispanic.
• Other groups
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
  (27.5)
• American Indian and Alaska Native alone (28.0)
• Black or African American alone (30.2)
• Asian alone (32.7)
• White alone (37.7)

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Facts

• Young people require some degree of special
  recruitment and treatment as volunteers
• Liability
• Opportunities to socialize
• Accommodations for school schedules

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What can young people do in the Red Cross?

• Disaster Services
• Participate in disaster drills.
• Health Safety Services
• Teach first aid and CPR.
• International Services
• Raise money for the Measles Initiative.
• Blood Services
• Make reminder calls.
• AFES
• Write to troops.

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Business case

• Two-thirds of adult volunteers began volunteering
  when they were young.
• Adults who began volunteering as youth are twice
  as likely to volunteer as those who did not
  volunteer when they were younger.
• In every income and age group, those who
  volunteered as youth gave and volunteered more
  than those who did not.

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Business case

• About 55 of young people volunteer, almost twice
  the rate of adults.

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My American Red Cross Story
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