Red Cross Belarus announces 3 contests for volunteers

Red Cross Belarus has announced three contests for volunteers: The Volunteer of The Year 2009, Best Youth Initiative 2009 and For Supporting Volunteer Movement. The contests will be held in October -- November with support from the International Red Cross Federation and Red Cross Denmark. The aim is to popularize voluntary actions and the social activity of the population. Red Cross Belarus lists 15000 volunteers. There are 1,215,000 members of Red Cross Belarus, reports Belapan.