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Volunteer Opportunities with Armed Forces
December 4, 2011 (4 volunteers needed)
Christmas Party for National Guard Children
We will meet at the GCC chapter at 9 am to load the vehicle and drive to Holton Arena UNCC, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC. We will be providing assistance to Santa and helping the children with card and ornament decorations. Event ends at 2pm at which time we will help clean up and return to the chapter.
December 10, 2011 (2 Volunteers Needed)
Navy/Marine Reserves Informational Table & Briefing
The Navy/Marine Reserves will be hosting a large deployment meeting with all Medical Units associated with Camp Lejeune. They are expecting about 130 people. We will meet at GCC to load materials at 7:30am and drive to 6115 North Hills Circle. The event will end at 4pm and we will return to the GCC chapter.
December 10, 2011 (3 or 4 volunteers needed)
Candle Light Vigil for service members & veterans
The Lake Norman Branch office of the GCC will be hosting a Candle Light Vigil for service members & Veterans. The event will take place at Little Joes Chapel, Barium Springs Campus (Children’s Center) located in Troutman, NC 28166; right next to the YMCA on Route 21. Setup starts at 6pm and event ends at 8pm.
December 16, 2011 (All are invited to attend)
Holiday Mail for Heroes Card Sorting Party
We will meet at the GCC chapter at 6pm to listen to holiday music, eat pizza, drink hot chocolate, and sort holiday cards for our Service Members and Families. Members of the community made or signed holiday cards and we will sort them according to branch of service, veterans, injured soldiers, etc. The event will end at 9pm or when the cards have all been sorted, whichever comes first. Please email an RSVP so that I can keep you updated on any last minute changes.
We are looking for additional volunteers who would be interested in dedicating one morning each week to give a briefing to new recruits at the MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Command) in Charlotte starting January 1st.
Classes on how to deliver a “Get to Know Us” briefing will be starting in December.
Email for more information.
Year-round opportunities
Military Entrance Processing Center (MEPS)
- Stuff envelopes & prepare to-go boxes w/ brochures & pens, etc.
- Provide 1 – 3 briefings one (or more) days a week about the Red Cross Emergency Communications, have the recruits complete a form, address an envelope. (expect to be there from 1 to 4 hours)
Emergency Communication Follow-up
- Contact families and determine if the families had a good Red Cross experience and find out if there are additional services that the Red Cross can provide.
Service to the Armed Forces Newsletter & website articles
- Gather SAF information & stories from the regional chapters to submit for our Regional SAF Website.
Yellow-Ribbon & Family Events
- We are looking for volunteers who may have weekends free and would be interested in providing a 10 – 15 minute briefing about Emergency Communications. Prepare and display an information table. These events occur on Saturdays about 1 to 2 times per month. Hours usually last from 8am to 4:30 pm.
Drivers for veterans to/from appointments at Veterans Medical Clinics & Hospitals
- We are creating a list of potential volunteers who may be interested in being a driver for veterans to/from the veteran’s medical clinic and hospital. This would be a one (or more) days per week commitment. This is a program we are currently developing and may not be able to put into service for a few months. However, we’d like to be able to find out the interests for volunteers.
Please contact Robin Callahan via email at if you are interested to hear more.