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We need YOU! Our MRC unit is always looking for high-quality, passionate people to join our MRC.
MRC is needed nationwide during disasters, and in the community during non-emergency events. Non-medical and medical professionals are needed to build strong MRC units, prepared to respond and support the communities's needs.
Anyone wanting to help their community can volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps!
Anyone wanting to help their community can volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps!
Imagine a community – or a nation – in which everyone volunteered. Everyone would expand their skills and knowledge. Everyone would be healthier. And everyone would have a more meaningful life. This is a future we all can work towards.
Why Should I Volunteer?
Why Should I Volunteer?
You've worked hard in your career to master a variety of skills – in medicine, public health, safety, logistics, communications or a number of other areas. Volunteering with the Medical Reserve Corps is a simple and effective way to use and improve those skills, while helping to keep your family, friends and neighbors safe and healthy. For example, you may put those skills to use during an emergency, or while providing some services for the most vulnerable members of your community.
Volunteering can give the great satisfaction of helping others. For many individuals, volunteering gives them a sense of purpose and meaning in their lives. It helps to broaden their social networks, which lead to many positive benefits . Volunteering provides opportunities for social interactions with fellow volunteers while supporting an important activity in the community. Interacting with others with a common interest is also a great way to create new relationships.
Volunteering can also have a significant effect on your own health. Research presented by the Corporation for National and Community Service shows a strong relationship between volunteering and health: those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression later in life than those who do not volunteer.
What would I do as a volunteer?
What would I do as a volunteer?
MRC volunteers train - individually and with other members of the unit - in order to improve their skills, knowledge and abilities. Sometimes the training is coursework, and other times it is part of a drill or exercise conducted with partner organizations in the community. Continuing education units and credits are even available for some programs.
Many MRC volunteers assist with activities to improve public health in their community – increasing health literacy, supporting prevention efforts and eliminating health disparities.
In an emergency, local resources get called upon first, sometimes with little or no warning. As a member of an MRC unit, you can be part of an organized and trained team. You will be ready and able to bolster local emergency planning and response capabilities.
The specific role that you will play, and the activities in which you will participate, will depend upon your background, interests and skills, as well as the needs of the MRC unit and the community.
MRC Volunteers teaching and learning Stop the Bleed Techniques December 2018
MRC Volunteers teaching and learning Stop the Bleed Techniques December 2018
MRC Volunteer Application
MRC Volunteer Application
MRC application.docApplication Process:
Application Process:
- Submit a completed application to MRCCoord@gmail.com or mail to: Medical Reserve Corps, 2401 S. 73rd Street, Suite 200 South Building, Omaha, NE 68124
- References provided on the application will be contacted by the MRC Coordinator.
- The coordinator will then contact you to schedule an interview.
- After the interview, the MRC coordinator will submit your information for a background check.
- You are officially an MRC volunteer!
- You will have 6 months to complete the required training for all MRC volunteers.
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