Volunteers Benefit The Heartland Chapter At Every Level

• There are 975 registered volunteers and 530 Disaster Bank volunteers for a total of  1,505 active Heartland Chapter volunteers.
• Ratio of paid staff to registered volunteers and disaster bank staff is 45 to one.
• Volunteer clerical support provided 3,375 hours of assistance averaging 300 hours per month.
• Hospital volunteer staff provided 14,500 hours at seven area hospitals.
• Casework volunteers provided 2,592 hours.
• Youth volunteers provided 4,560 hours in various areas of service and community outreach.
• Volunteer staff supplied 28,000 hours to Midwest Region Blood Services by working at bloodmobiles and transporting blood and donors
• Disaster Action Team members provided 14,712 hours in shifts 24-hours a day, 365-day a year.
• Health and Safety drivers gave 1,536 hours to deliver CPR manikins and class materials.
• Last year, volunteers donated a total of  89,916 hours to the Heartland Chapter.  If these hours were valued at $5 per hour, volunteer time was worth more than $449,000.
• The most often stated reason for volunteering for the Red Cross is "to help people who need help." 

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