The American Red Cross Broward County Chapter needs volunteers for the hurricane evacuation centers. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and must submit to a background check.

The mission of the Center for Independent Living Broward is to offer assistance to people with disabilities in fulfilling goals of independence and self-sufficiency. The Center helps with employment, independent living skills, assistive technology, and housing. Volunteers will be asked to provide many services to persons with disabilities before, during and after a storm, including outreach, needs assessment, establishing registries for volunteers and consumers, contacting individuals before and after the storm, helping prepare individual's homes for a storm, gathering and delivering hurricane supplies, and storm restoration. To volunteer, call 954-722-6400 (Voice/TTY).

A Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is an organized group that receives special training for the purpose of enhancing their ability to recognize, respond to, and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation. CERTs are organized under the leadership of the fire protection or law enforcement authority having jurisdiction on the area where the CERT will operate. As an organized team, CERT provides valuable support to the professional emergency responder whose arrival might be delayed due to the nature and/or scope of the event. CERT members are trained by Fire Department and/or Police Department certified officers in areas that will help the residents take care of themselves and others should the need arise, during a major emergency or disaster.

Neighbors to the Rescue “virtual warehouses” are community-based, community-controlled vehicles for helping people recover from disasters. This organization helps communities keep track of surplus items and pro bono services and match them up with people in the same geographical area who have lost everything.

The Salvation Army's  Disaster Services  program began more than 100 years ago in response to the devastating hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900, and has grown into a nationwide network involving thousands of volunteers and trained personnel. In case of a countywide emergency such as a hurricane, volunteers would deliver relief supplies and offer support to those in need. Volunteers must be 16 or older. Anyone interested should contact the Army's volunteer coordinator, at 954-712-2435 or email VolCoordBroward@uss.salvationarmy.org. 
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SKYWARN is a nationwide volunteer network of weather spotters who report observations of significant weather and resulting damage from severe weather events to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service then sends alerts to the public through television, radio, marine and weather radios, public safety agencies and other information sources. Since the National Weather Service instituted the SKYWARN program, there has been a significant decrease in deaths due to tornadoes and other severe weather. SKYWARN offers free training classes to interested volunteers, who include amateur radio operators, Red Cross volunteers, firefighters, students and others who want to serve. For more information, send an email n4hhp@comcast.net. 

United Way of Broward County is a volunteer driven, community-based, nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the lives of individuals and families in Broward County. United Way of Broward County unites the resources of donors, volunteers and agencies to identify and target the community’s most pressing needs and create measurable results that have the greatest impact. This organization brings together people from all across the community – people from government, business, labor, faith groups, nonprofits, academic institutions, and residents – to tackle the issues that matter most.

Volunteer Broward provides a central focus for the development, growth and coordination of volunteer activities and services within Broward County and promotes involvement from all and for all segments of the community in relation to volunteerism. This organization connects people who want to help with volunteer opportunities that make a difference in the community. Volunteer Broward refers individuals and groups to over 600 nonprofit organizations in Broward County. The need for volunteers is constant, and there are thousands of volunteer opportunities to choose from. Call 954-522-6761 or send an email to contactus@volbrow.org to participate in a new volunteer orientation.