External Volunteer Opportunities
American Red Cross, Northwest Georgia Chapter
Includes Whitfield and Murray Counties
Contact: Sarah Egan, Emergency Services Program Manager
Website: http://www.redcross.org/ga/rome
Phone: 706-291-6648
American Red Cross, Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter
Cherokee County
Contact: Debora Barseal, Volunteer Coordinator
Website: http://www.atlantaredcross.org
Phone: 404-876-3302
American Red Cross, Northeast Georgia Chapter
Includes Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens Counties
Contact: Larry Tyson, Emergency Services Program Manager
Website: http://www.redcross.org/ga/gainesville
Phone: 770-532-8453
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Cherokee County, Office of Homeland Security-Emergency Management (OHS-EM)
Cherokee County
Contact: Renee Cornelison, CERT Coordinator
Website: http://www.cherokeega-ema.org/cert.cfm
Phone: 678-493-4033
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Gilmer County Emergency Management Agency
Gilmer County
Contact: Raymond Hughes
Website: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cc/showCert.do?id=44908
Phone: 706-635-8249
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Whitfield County Emergency Services
Whitfield County
Contact: Jeff Ownby/Carla Kelley
Website: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
Phone: 706-370-4911
For information about the Medical Reserve Corps and MRC volunteer opportunities in Georgia, please log onto http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/