Medical Volunteers

Volunteer as a Health Care Worker

North Carolina has built a medical response capability through the state’s health care coalitions that can augment all levels of care to citizens affected by a disaster event, such as COVID-19. The capability includes medical supplies and equipment, as well as volunteer health care and medical professionals who are willing to deploy to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care.

This response is provided through the State Medical Response System, which recruits and manages volunteers in the following areas:  

• Clinical (physicians, advanced care providers, nurses, EMS)
• Clinical support (pharmacy, imaging and respiratory care)
• Non-clinical support (facility maintenance, safety and administrative)

We are also asking volunteers to provide medical supplies if they are able, including personal protective equipment.

If you can volunteer, please register though the N.C. Training, Exercise and Response Management System (NC TERMS) at https://terms.ncem.org/TRS.

• Once you create a personal profile, you will need to access the Request for Team Membership from the response profile page.
• Click Join a Team, then select ESF8 – Public Health and Medical Services.
• Select COVID-19 Medical Response Volunteers.
• Select the team you wish to join, and click Request Membership.

As your help to respond to the evolving COVID-19 crisis, you will be vetted then onboarded through Temporary Solutions, the temporary staffing agency of the N.C. Office of Human Resources prior to assignment.

According to N.C. General Statute 166A, individuals providing health care services as part of a State Medical Assistance Team designated by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services will be considered an  “emergency management worker” and will be subject to the Immunity and Liability provisions outlined in 166A-19.60.

Food Assistance

Food Banks

Search for a food bank near you to volunteer or donate, or check out local and regional food banks listed below.

Read this document for best practices for food bank and delivery volunteers

Running a food pantry or delivering food? Read these helpful tips to keep people safe.

Pack & Deliver Food

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels

Volunteer at Home

Remote Volunteer Opportunities

Local Volunteer Centers

Local COVID-19 Volunteer Opportunity Lists 

Additional online volunteer centers may have more opportunities.

Hurricane Volunteers

Hurricane Recovery Is Ongoing

Even with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, hurricane recovery is ongoing, and organizations need volunteers from all backgrounds and levels of experience.

Get Trained Before the Next Disaster

Sign up for the next North Carolina's ReserveCorps training so you can help immediately after a disaster. Or register for updates about additional trainings.

Depending upon the disaster and individual abilities, volunteers could be preventing further damage to homes, running a volunteer center, supporting mass care, managing crisis calls etc. All willing residents, especially veterans and AmeriCorps alums, are encouraged to register and get trained before a natural disaster strikes, .

This spring, the trainings will be taught by North Carolina Baptists on Mission. Background checks may be required prior to deployment as required by the ReserveCorps partnering organizations.

Attorney & Paralegal Training

Watch the recorded continuing legal education presentations at the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center’s Disaster Legal Services Bootcamp for attorneys and paralegals wanting to help following a natural disaster.