Six Things Your Volunteers Can Do In Times of Disaster

“What we try to do is develop plans, procedures and policies to kind of get between that volunteer and the disaster site so that we can effectively place them in proper volunteer opportunities,” Rothe-Smith says.

Every organization, whether involved in direct service or not, has a role to play. Food pantries and shelters have an intrinsic role in disaster relief, but even environmental organizations that traditionally do more advocacy work have volunteers that can do things such as debris removal, etc.