High School Red Cross Clubs
Are you a high school student interested in helping others and making your community a better place to live? Start or join an American Red Cross club at your school.  
Red Cross clubs are a team effort, where Red Cross units and youth work together to make their communities and the world a better place and where young people develop leadership skills. A Red Cross club is sponsored by a mentor, usually a teacher from your school or a leader in your community. If you do not have a club in your area, you may want to approach someone you think is the right person for the task and see if he or she will help you get started. The different types of clubs that you could form are listed below.
- School Clubs
Red Cross school clubs are school-based service groups that help the Red Cross fulfill its humanitarian mission. Working closely with the local Red Cross unit, club members participate in Red Cross service projects that impact their community and the world. Student members will discover many new opportunities for self-development and be encouraged to choose activities that will most effectively fulfill the community’s greatest needs.
- Red Cross Service/Project Clubs
A service or project club operates within another club and uses a title other than "Red Cross Club." Members complete service projects for the Red Cross and for other service organizations.
- Clubs Not Affiliated with Schools
Many Red Cross clubs are sponsored by local Red Cross chapters. Like school clubs, members of these clubs develop leadership skills and participate in Red Cross service projects that impact their community and the world.
For more information, call your local American Red Cross chapter, or email clubs@usa.redcross.org.
Active Red Cross High School Clubs and Service/Project Clubs
To locate club information by state:
Register your club!
Getting A Red Cross Club Started
First, find out all you can from your local unit of the American Red Cross. Explain that you are interested in establishing a Red Cross club in your school. Ask them to send you information about the roles teens can fill and the kinds of activities that young people do. You can log on to the Red Cross public Web site at www.redcross.org to find your local Red Cross unit and to gather information.
To get your club going, you will need to obtain permission from your school. They will want to know that you have the support of the local Red Cross unit, a small group of several interested students and a teacher or guidance counselor with whom you have shared your plans who is willing to serve as club sponsor. Your Red Cross unit or potential club sponsor can set up an appointment to see the principal and present the benefits of establishing a Red Cross school club. Try to attend this presentation and lend your support. If your presentation goes well, you will be given permission to form your club. Once you get permission, you're ready to go.
Available from your local Red Cross Chapter, these two guides will help you start a club:
- Save a Life: A Sponsor Guide to Starting a Red Cross School Club, A1307. Written especially for teachers within the school system, this guide describes the vision for introducing students to the Red Cross by involving them in service activities. Clearly states steps for starting and maintaining a club.
- Save a Life: A Student Guide to Starting a Red Cross School Club, A1306. Introduces youth to the American Red Cross and to the opportunities for service available through Red Cross.
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Be sure to register your club!
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