Volunteer Opportunities 

Unless otherwise indicated, volunteers will be active in their own community or in one of the zones near their own town: Upper Cape, Mid Cape, Lower Cape or Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket. Occasionally, travel to the chapter house in Hyannis may be necessary.

Volunteers are needed for the following areas:

Public Affairs in Disaster, to support the chapter and its respective zones in the case of a local disaster relief operation (such as a local fire) and to support the chapter Public Affairs in the case of a state or national disaster relief operation.

Staff Services, to support the chapter and its volunteers with volunteer coordination and support scheduling to ensure smooth collaboration between all parties involved when dealing with a disaster relief operation; locally and nationally.

Emergency Operations/Government Relations, to represent the chapter to our government and emergency management partners by attending monthly meetings and when assigned to incident command and multi-agency coordination centers and other emergency management settings.

Disaster Management, to support the chapter during normal business hours 8:30 to 4:30 each week, and in the case of a disaster relief operation, to help manage shelters in their own community among other tasks.

Website, to support the maintenance and updating of the chapter web site, www.capecodandislandsredcross.org, especially during times of disaster.

Data-entry, to support fundraising for the chapter.

For more information, contact Jenn Carlson at (508) 775-1540 x. 15 or via email at disasterservices@cciredcross.org

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Download New Volunteer Handbook here.

For Disaster Volunteers only:

If you are a Disaster Services Volunteer, please contact your Zone Leader for the username and password for this site.  If you are interested in becoming a Disaster Services Volunteer, please contact your Red Cross Chapter House Disaster Services Department at (508) 776-1540 x15.

On the Disaster Services Volunteer secure page you will find links to

  • On Call Schedule 
  • Disaster Assessment Worksheet
  • Incident Report form
  • CAC User Login
  • Training and meeting schedules
For national and international disaster relief information, click here.

Summer Placemats now available at a restaurant near you.

If you're interested in using the placemat (example here), contact info@cciredcross.org

Web site maintained by Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, American Red Cross. 286 South Street, Hyannis, MA 02601, tel. (508) 775-1540 or (866) 762-1928. Click here for privacy policy.