Build long lasting friendships while leaving lasting impressions with the people who need you most in your community. Get involved with the American Red Cross Youth Services, and find out how you can help!

With the Red Cross, teens can receive valuable training in first aid, CPR, HIV/AIDS, baby sitting, lifeguarding, preparing for a disaster, swimming and water safety. They can also learn about the fundamental principles of the Red Cross and international humanitarian law or learn to organize a blood drive. Teens can participate in leadership camps and help during times of disaster in our shelters.

Volunteers have always been at the heart of the American Red Cross. In fact, for every one Red Cross employee, there are 37 volunteers! Your Red Cross provides teens the opportunity to learn new skills and reach out to their local communities and across the globe.

As a Red Cross volunteer, you can organize other teens and young adults in your community by forming a Red Cross club to support national and international Red Cross programs, coordinate a blood drive program, or become part of the Red Cross disaster response team at your chapter. What ever you decide to do, there is something for you!

There's more! Check out our virtual museum and take a step back in Red Cross history. Don't miss a walk through the DOC, our Disaster Operations Center at national headquarters, the brains behind the national disaster services relief efforts. We're still under construction, but stay tuned for games and quizzes.