Maryland Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (MDVOAD)

Membership Information:

The MDVOAD By-Laws state that there are four levels of membership:

• Full Membership — Organizations with not-for-profit structures; those qualified under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)3, with a stated policy of commitment of resources, without discrimination, to meet the needs of people affected by a disaster, and whose parent organization is a member of NVOAD.

• Associate Membership — Not-for-profit organizations that fit the above criteria but do not have a parent organization in the National VOAD or government agencies active in disaster.

• Affiliate Members — Corporations that have offices in Maryland and are interested in participating in disaster preparedness and response through donations of in-kind equipment, financial aid, and/or volunteers.

• Sub-VOAD Members — When county or local agencies active in disaster come together to form a local umbrella organization with the spirit of VOAD.

Membership applications/dues forms are available here.

Click here to view the newly updated 2010 MDVOAD Resource Directory

Member Organizations:

• Adventist Community Services (ACS)

• American Red Cross (ARC)

• Baltimore County Volunteers

• Baptist Convention of Maryland & Delaware

• Catholic Charities

• Church of the Brethren

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

• Churches of Scientology - Disaster Response

• Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

• Diakon/Lutheran Social Ministries

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Fidos for Freedom

• Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism (GOSV)

• House of Imagene Shelters

• The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

• International Orthodox Christian Charities

• Lions Club, District 22W

• Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD)

• Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)

• Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR)

• Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)

• Maryland Food Bank

• Maryland State Animal Response Team (MD SART)

• Mercy Medical Airlift/Angel-Flight

• Montgomery County Volunteer Center

• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance of the Presbyterian Church USA

• The Disaster Response Ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America

• The Salvation Army

• The Tzu Chi Foundation

• The United Methodist Church

• The Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County

• The Volunteer Center Serving Howard County

• Volunteer Frederick

• Volunteer Maryland

• We Care Ministries