Are you interested in helping your community improve overall health and respond to public health emergencies? To support our efforts to protect our community, the Winnebago County Health Department needs volunteers with a variety of backgrounds, including medical.
Examples of activities volunteers participate in and support:
- Emergency preparedness and response trainings and exercises
- Community vaccination clinics
- Emergency shelter operations and medical care
- Disaster medical and behavioral health support
- Disease testing and surveillance
- Community education and outreach
Benefits to Volunteering
- Help Winnebago County respond to public health emergencies
- Meet new people in your community
- Get to know your community better
- Network and build references
- Gain public health experience
- Learn new skills through training and hands-on drills/exercises
Becoming a Volunteer
Interested in volunteering? Email mrc@publichealth.winocoil.gov
You will be notified when your application is fully processed. All our volunteers must meet the following requirements:
- Be a citizen of the United States or legal/registered alien
- Be 18 years of age or older (16 for non-medical roles)
- Have a current professional licensure information (for medical professionals only)
- Pass a background check
- Be ready to help in the event of a public health emergency
If you have any questions about the application process please contact mrc@publichealth.winocoil.gov
Current Volunteers
There are a variety of activities for current MRC Volunteers to participate in. To view upcoming activities, schedule to volunteer, track your volunteer hours, or update your contact information, login to the Volunteer portal. Make sure you keep your contact information up-to-date so that we can reach you!
