Pierce County Medical Reserve Corps

Check out the MRC Recruitment Video. Share this video with friends and family!

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We need volunteers at our upcoming event. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer in your local community (Pierce County), please register and sign up for our events.

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Join Us!

We have plenty of volunteer opportunities for both medical and non-medical volunteers.

We are looking for volunteers to help the PC-MRC at this years Unleashed Stadium Bowl 2023, August 6th. If you want to register with the MRC and join our events please go to our website, http://pcmrc.volunteerhub.com and sign up.

pcmrc.volunteerhub.com

We are always looking for volunteers that want to help their community.

Thank you from the PC-MRC!!!

Our next event is 5/9/2023....reserve your spot now!!!!

If you are interested in volunteer April 19th, 2023, we are looking for clinical MRC Volunteers to administer child/school vaccines. Please log into https://pcmrc.volunteerhub.com to claim your spot or sign up to be a volunteer. There will be several opportunities to help your local child community members over the next few months. Keep your eyes open.

Sign up at this link http://pcmrc.volunteerhub.com/

Here is our 2022 Year in Review.

The City of Puyallup will be hosting a CERT Train-the-Trainer in January. Puyallup’s West Pierce Fire has a phenomenal CERT Program.

CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team. The CERT Program covers basic skills that are important to know in a disaster. A host of topics are covered such as search & rescue, medical ops, fire safety, disaster psychology – overall ways to prepare & recover from disasters. Individuals can sign up to take CERT Basic; if they complete CERT Basic, they have the option of joining a CERT Team to work as a community volunteer. We will be hosting a CERT Basic Course in March 2023. Info can be found at www.cityofpuyallup.org/cert. Please let me know if you have any questions and thanks for your time. And Happy New Year!

Hello volunteers!

The Pierce County MRC team wanted to share The Hazard newsletter for July. Scroll through the pictures to read in-depth about upcoming events, our vulnerable population pilot project, and much more! All previous issues of The Hazard can be found at our website piercecountymrc.org/events/

The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. Click the link below to learn more about the importance of donating blood and where to donate near you.

https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news-room/events/detail/2022/06/14/western-pacific-events/world-blood-donor-day-2022

https://www.redcross.org/give-blood.html

June is National Safety Month and we are excited to join the National Safety Council in observing this important initiative. NSC offers free weekly resources to help keep workplaces safe on topics like musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), workplace impairment, injury prevention, and slips, trips and falls. Sign up now to claim your months’ worth of free materials: https://nsc.org/nsm.

Happy International nurses day! Did you know there are over 3 million nurses in the U.S? Nurses not only work in hospitals but also work in outpatient clinics, schools, health departments, law offices, and many more.

May has been observed as mental health awareness month for the past 70 years. It is important to educate families and friends of mental health resources and promote recovery. Pierce County Medical Reserve Corps has a team called the Trauma Resilience Team, they help build trauma resilience in the community and offer mental health resources for individuals across Pierce County. A few of these online resources include emotional first aid and grief yoga. To access these resources click the link below.

http://piercecountymrc.org/trauma-resilience-team/

Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is an event that happens around the world to demonstrate support for environmental protection and raise awareness of environmental concerns such as global warming and renewable energy. Climate change not only affects our environment but health as well. As the climate continues to increase, health threats and public health challenges arise. Linked below is some information from U.S Health and Human Services regarding climate change and healthy equity as well as HHS Earth Day Speaker Series.


https://www.hhs.gov/climate-change-health-equity-environmental-justice/climate-change-health-equity/index.html

https://www.hhs.gov/climate-change-health-equity-environmental-justice/climate-change-health-equity/news/index.html

Happy National Public Health Week! This week recognizes the contributions of public health and brings attention to issues that are vital to improve the nation.

The graphic above shows many different aspects that affect public health and how critical they are in creating a healthy community. For more information and resources about National Public Health Week, visit the link below.

https://nphw.org

Today is the fifth annual Women Physicians Day! Today is also the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first women to earn a medical degree from an American medical school in 1849. Let’s celebrate the accomplishments of women physicians everywhere and honor the path they paved for other aspiring physicians. Swipe to see a few women physicians that are members of Pierce County MRC.

Hello volunteers!

We need your help filling clinical positions for COVID-19 testing dates these next few weeks. To volunteer for these events you must have a minimum active MA license. Click on the link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0845aeae23a1f94-small or email [email protected] to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Thank you

Good Afternoon!

Here are a list of some upcoming vaccine clinics Pierce County MRC is offering in the month of December.

Listed below are addresses of the vaccine clinic locations.

South Hill Mall:
3500 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98373

Greater Christ Temple Church:
1926 S G St, Tacoma, WA 98405

Catholic Community Services- Family Day Center:
5050 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98409

Happy Sunday and International Volunteer Day! We would like to thank all of our MRC volunteers and volunteers around the world for their hard work and dedication. It is because of all of you we can achieve our sustainable development goals.

Hello everyone!

Today is not only Thanksgiving but National Family Health History Day.

The goal is to take a day when all your family is gathered and discuss your family health history.

For more information about this day, visit the link below.

https://nationaltoday.com/national-family-health-history-day/amp/

Did you know the flu vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of having to go to the doctor with the flu by 40 to 60 percent?

Protect yourself against the flu and get your vaccine this Friday, November 19th, 2021 at Asia Pacific Cultural Center (4851 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA). You can like Asia Pacific Cultural Center page for more information about upcoming events.

More information about the flu and flu vaccination can be found at the site below!

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/keyfacts.htm