Volunteer opportunities include participation in the Early Bird Heart Walk-on Thanksgiving morning, helping in schools with Jump Rope for Heart, staffing health fairs, and clerical assistance in the regional office. The Walk starts on Sat 9 AM from Dos Hombres in the Redlands, and follows the Colorado River Trail. Registration includes a Heart Walk shirt. Highlights include fine wines, select hors d'oeuvres, limousine services, and live music and dancing. Assist in ticket sales or participation the organizing committee.
Topics range from exercise to diet to diseases of the cardiovascular system.
A brief training course readies the volunteer. Join our network of grass rooters who support heart-healthy legislation. Stop the erosion of physical education programs in our schools, and fight for no smoking initiatives in public places. Ensure that Grand Junction gets its fair share of tobacco settlement funds to finance smoking cessation and prevention programs. The American Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross Movement.