HBCU Ambassador Program

An American Red Cross Partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Overview

Benefits

Commitments

The Red Cross HBCU Ambassador Program begins with an intense two weeks of virtual training aimed at honing your leadership, advocacy and networking skills.

Through the HBCU Ambassador Program, you will become part of a special tradition of young people who work with the Red Cross to:

Inspire a new generation of Red Cross volunteers and leaders
Promote diversity of Red Cross Blood Services Regions’ donor recruitment
Improve health outcomes of diverse populations in need of blood transfusions.
Champion a philanthropic cause
Impact local communities
Empower through training, mentoring, and networking opportunities
Foster leadership opportunities

Benefits

Program Benefits:

A $3000 annual scholarship ($1500 each semester)
A two week virtual leadership, advocacy, and workforce readiness training: July 11-15 and July 18-22 , 2022.
Coaching and mentoring by senior American Red Cross leadership and representatives
An opportunity to make a significant impact on your campus and community through organizing successful blood drives that help save lives
Sales, Leadership and Workforce Preparedness Training.

Commitments

Participant Commitments:

Participating students must agree to:

Attend the two-week Red Cross Ambassador Leadership Academy (virtually)
Work 4 hours per week on Ambassador related activities
Serve for a two-year period.
Host at least 2 blood drives annually on campus
Hold at least 1 community outreach event through the Pint-Size Hero/Future Blood Donor Program. (annually)
Work with National Alumni Network to host a virtual blood drive.
Utilize network to promote blood donations and blood drives.

Overview

The Red Cross HBCU Ambassador Program begins with an intense two weeks of virtual training aimed at honing your leadership, advocacy and networking skills.

Through the HBCU Ambassador Program, you will become part of a special tradition of young people who work with the Red Cross to:

Inspire a new generation of Red Cross volunteers and leaders
Promote diversity of Red Cross Blood Services Regions’ donor recruitment
Improve health outcomes of diverse populations in need of blood transfusions.
Champion a philanthropic cause
Impact local communities
Empower through training, mentoring, and networking opportunities
Foster leadership opportunities

Benefits

Program Benefits:

A $3000 annual scholarship ($1500 each semester)
A two week virtual leadership, advocacy, and workforce readiness training: July 11-15 and July 18-22 , 2022.
Coaching and mentoring by senior American Red Cross leadership and representatives
An opportunity to make a significant impact on your campus and community through organizing successful blood drives that help save lives
Sales, Leadership and Workforce Preparedness Training.

Commitments

Participant Commitments:

Participating students must agree to:

Attend the two-week Red Cross Ambassador Leadership Academy (virtually)
Work 4 hours per week on Ambassador related activities
Serve for a two-year period.
Host at least 2 blood drives annually on campus
Hold at least 1 community outreach event through the Pint-Size Hero/Future Blood Donor Program. (annually)
Work with National Alumni Network to host a virtual blood drive.
Utilize network to promote blood donations and blood drives.

A Lifesaving Purpose

Every blood donation is important and maintaining a diverse blood supply is a priority to the American Red Cross because of its importance to patients.
Diverse blood donors may have the unique ability to help patients with different illnesses or inherited diseases – for example, those with sickle cell anemia.
Our program participants embrace a mission to help those who suffer from sickle cell disease and other blood transfusion needs. Sickle cell disease affects almost all ethnicities; primarily affecting people with ancestors from Africa, India, Central and South America, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
A single patient can receive up to 100 pints of blood each year.

Application Instructions

BEFORE you fill out the application, please carefully read and consider all of the questions. You can only submit a complete application, so please make sure you have everything you need before applying.

As part of the application process, you and your school will need to complete the application and the HBCU Ambassador Agreement Form. Before proceeding with the application, please first print out and have the appropriate people sign and fully agree to this document so that you can upload it as part of your application.

You will also need to email an unofficial transcript and a resume to hbcuambassadors@redcross.org and micah.hollimon@redcross.org
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Application

Student Agreement Form

Selection Process

All applications will be reviewed by the American Red Cross and students will be selected for virtual interviews. The Red Cross will notify students who are accepted to the Red Cross HBCU Ambassador Leadership Program by June 2022.

^{Please note: Only one student per school will be accepted into the program.}