Americorps
The National Preparedness and Response Corps (NPRC), sponsored by the American Red Cross and funded by an AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service, is the foremost young adult disaster service corps in the nation. The Greater Carolinas Chapter was selected to be one of four additional host sites two years ago bringing the total to 24 Red Cross chapters who have been selected to participate in the program. Corps members will be chosen from a nationwide pool of prospective applicants. A year of service runs from August to June.
Their service activities focus on community disaster preparedness education, responding to disasters --- both local and beyond-the-chapter, and a variety of other disaster preparedness activities. =Our organization’s commitment is to help the group develop as a team, provide leadership development opportunities, and support individual development within the scope of the program’s mission. The team will help us to develop a disaster education program to reach more people within our area with disaster preparedness information and skills. Our new team will bring a great deal of talent and experience to us to share with the community.
For more information, please contact Rick Schou at .
If you would like to apply or know someone who would, please visit the AmericCorps website to complete an application: https://recruit.cns.gov or visit the AmeriCorps Web site: http://www.americorps.org/.
Click here to view pictures of past and present AmeriCorps teams.
Click here to view the bios of our current AmeriCorps team
Quick facts
- Upon successful completion of a full term of service, members receive an educational award in the amount $4,725
- Members receive a bi-weekly living allowance
- Health care coverage is provided.
- Members may be eligible for assistance with child care costs and public transportation.
- Leadership development is achieved through disaster response, community training opportunities, and special project organization.
- Certification classes and training include First Aid, Adult/Infant/Child CPR, AED essentials, family services, disaster services, disaster education, disaster assessment, HIV and AIDS, Red Cross International services, defensive driving, emergency response vehicle operation, presenters workshop, diversity workshop, instructor certification and other career development and health and safety courses.
- Experience teaching students of all ages, from grade school students to senior citizens.
- The opportunity to select and coordinate special projects related to Red Cross service.