Red Cross Community Outreach Team

Get Ready Seminars!

We want to turn everyone in our vibrant and diverse communities into lifesavers. You can help when you sponsor a Red Cross Get Ready Seminar. Click here for more information about Red Cross Get Ready Seminars.

Free Community Presentations              Multicultural Outreach

No matter your age or background, the Twin Cities Area Red Cross is committed to teaching you life-saving skills. We come to your community and offer free one-hour presentations. Twin Cities Red Cross life-saving topics include:

• Get Ready!
• Emergency Preparedness
• Weather Safety
• Home Fire Safety
• Home Safety Checklist
• Chemical Safety and Poison Prevention
• Emergency 9-1-1
• Heart Disease Prevention
• Fall Prevention for Seniors
• Choking Prevention
• Pandemic Flu Prevention

It’s important to start preparing our community from a young age. Red Cross Community Presentations start as young as preschool age and progress through elementary and middle schools. Then high schoolers get a unique opportunity to join something outside of themselves.

Safety Mobile

The chapter's Safety Mobile program offers free twenty-minute safety presentations for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students. Each presentation is conducted by volunteer presenters and in lower elementary, our loveable B. Safe Bear comes along! Students and teachers walk away with take home materials to reinforce the lesson. Depending on the time of year, presentations focus on the following topics: emergencies and 911, fire safety, poisoning prevention, preventing common injuries, winter weather safety, spring/summer weather safety, water safety, and wheel safety. Contact Kirby Schmidt at (612) 872-3261 or kbschmidt@redcrosstc.org.

HealthSpeak

Health professionals talk with youth about healthy lifestyles. One-hour presentations for 4th-8th grade classrooms help children learn healthier life choices. Topics include nutrition, physical fitness, preventing common illnesses, tobacco abuse preventions and violence prevention and coping skills. Contact Vivana Sotro at (612) 872-3224 or vsotro@redcrosstc.org

SAFE

“Safety Awareness for Everyone” or "SAFE" is designed for 6th graders and above. The Red Cross presents life-saving messages to middle schools, community centers and senior centers. Contact Vivana Sotro at (612) 872-3224 or vsotro@redcrosstc.org

Youth Corps

The Youth Corp gives older teens the chance to gain community service credit while helping to improve their worlds. Right now, the biggest program is “Dimes For Disaster,” the annual fundraising focus from March-May. Teens can also volunteer to be our mascot, wearing the B. Safe Bear outfit and visiting schools. Community Service Events are also available for ages 17 and up. Contact Vivana Sotro at (612) 872-3224 or vsotro@redcrosstc.org