Activity Guides
The American Red Cross has developed fun activity guides for your group to use to help spread the word about the Red Cross and its mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Activity guides can be used by Red Cross Clubs, youth groups, or classes who want to organize around Red Cross mission-related activities.
These activity guides will help you lead Red Cross activities. No matter what activity you choose, get in touch with your local Red Cross chapter or Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) station. The Red Cross can provide you with helpful resources and guidelines to make your activity a success!
Find your local chapter here!
Download your activity guide here:
Guides for chapters as well as more information can be found on CrossNet.
- Prepare and Share Kit Drive
A Kit Drive activity in which essential preparedness items are collected, assembled in a pack and delivered to those who need it most.
- Fire Safety Canvassing
Distribute lifesaving fire safety information to residents in your neighborhood.
- Disaster Speaks
A powerful school-based event that gives students the opportunity to personalize disaster.
- Preparedness Week
A five-day campaign that aims to motivate students to take action in preparing themselves and their peers in case of a disaster!
- Hosting a Blood Drive
An event that gives community members the opportunity to donate blood with the American Red Cross.
- Tweets to Thank
A competition between digital advocates where members of your group will use Twitter to thank blood donors.
- Iron Rich Feast
A community dinner hosted in the days leading up to a blood drive.
- Change for Change
A coin drive fundraising competition that engages your group with elementary school students to raise money for the American Red Cross.
- Helping Hands
A service-based group fundraising event that allows community members to utilize your group to perform various outdoor tasks.
- Ready Relay
A fundraising activity where teams of participants compete against one another to complete a series of mission-related tasks.
- Give Something that Means Something (Coming soon!)
This holiday season, take a break from just giving stuff. Instead, give something that means something by raising funds to help the Red Cross offer gifts of real hope for people in need.
- My Holiday Campaign (Coming soon!)
Fun and easy ways that you can to tap into your personal networks to raise money for the Red Cross.
- Top Fundraising Ideas (Coming soon!)
There are so many ways that you can raise money for the Red Cross. Here are some fundraising ideas you can use to help get you started!
Questions about the guides or need more information? Email youthinvolvement@redcross.org
