Get Started

Trying to figure out how to start a young professionals group in your region? Use these guides and tools below. You can always reach out to YouthInvolvement@redcross.org with any questions you may have.

Guides

New Young Professionals Group Kick-off Event Planning Guide

How to guide for a Red Cross Young Professionals Group to plan a kick-off event. Links to the sample email and venue partnership agreement are below.

• Sample Email
• Venue Partnership Agreement
   

Young Professionals Group Toolkit

How to guide for young professionals about how they can start a Young Professionals Group.

Young Professionals in the American Red Cross: Quick-Start Guide

If you’re interested in establishing more Red Cross opportunities for young professionals in your area, check out this guide, developed by the National Young Professionals Council (NYPC). It provides tips for how to get started and highlights best practices from across the country.

Menu of Opportunities

If you support young professionals at a local Red Cross unit, or know someone who does, check out the myriad ways that young professionals can be involved in your unit.

How to Register your Young Professionals Group on Volunteer Connection

Social Media

Leveraging Social Media for Young Professionals Guide

Social media standards and best practices for Red Cross young professionals groups.

Young Professionals LinkedIn Group

Activity Guides

Mingle for a Mission

A social fundraising event for young professionals to mingle, network, learn about and raise money for the American Red Cross.

Check out more guides on our Activity Guides page.

Presentations

Engaging Young Professionals

Presented at the Southeast and Caribbean Division Volunteer Summit.