Spirit of volunteerism at Belize Red Cross expo booth

More than 100 people – from students and professionals to those skilled in a trade – became volunteers of the Belize Red Cross (BRC) after visiting the Society’s booth at this year’s Belize Tourism Board and Chamber of Commerce Expo Fair.

The event was held at the St John’s College grounds on September 17 and 18, three days before Belize’s Independence Day on September 21.

BRC staff and volunteers swiftly brought together all they could find in the office for exhibition, promotion, dissemination and recruitment.

The booth radiated the good work of the BRC with an assortment of First Aid banners, posters of the recently launched HIV/AIDS “Faces” campaign, The Seven Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the Provention Project, disaster plans, and a map of Belize with the locations of branches.

There was also room to display tee shirts for the HIV/AIDS peer-to-peer education programme known as Together We Can (TWC), and the Caribbean First Aid Project.

Volunteer Detachment #6 came out in full force offering free blood pressure checks. First Aid kits were sold. Two attractive baskets were donated by the First Aid & TWC teams, consisting of a family-size first aid kit, and an assortment of promotional items. 

Interaction with visitors was excellent. Questions about BRC were posed and answered, with small prizes given as rewards. 

Visitors included Miss Belize World Felicita Arzu and Miss Belize Universe Maria Jeffery.Both were presented with small tokens and recruited as volunteers.

The true spirit of volunteerism flared brightly that weekend.