Volunteer Grassroots Advocacy Champion (Volunteer Lobbyist) for Nonprofit Startup

• Volunteer Opportunity: Grassroots Advocacy Champion (Volunteer Lobbyist)
• Location: Remote (with optional DC-area meetings)
• Commitment: Flexible 5-8 hours/month
• Your Voice Can Change Lives for First Responders!

Dear Changemaker,

At Responder Relief Fund Corp, we're looking for passionate volunteers to help shape policies that support our nation's frontline heroes. If you get fired up about making systemic change and enjoy building relationships with decision-makers, we'd love to have you as our Volunteer Grassroots Advocacy Champion (what some might call a lobbyist with heart!).

• Why This Role Matters:

Every conversation you have with legislators, every policy brief you help craft, and every relationship you build will help us:

• Secure better benefits for first responders affected by disasters
• Advocate for mental health support for emergency personnel
• Influence policies that protect those who protect us
• What You'll Do:

✓ Build relationships with lawmakers and their staff (we'll provide training!)

✓ Help craft compelling messages about first responder needs

✓ Monitor relevant legislation and policy opportunities

✓ Organize virtual "lobby days" with other volunteers

✓ Celebrate when policies change for the better!

• You'll Love This If You:
• Believe in the power of government to do good
• Enjoy persuasive communication (or want to learn!)
• Like connecting with people from all walks of life
• Want to make change that lasts beyond any single donation
• Can commit a few flexible hours each month
• No Fancy Experience Needed – Just Bring Your:
• Passion for our mission
• Willingness to learn
• Basic communication skills
• Positive persistence
• Why Volunteer With Us?
• See direct policy impact for first responders
• Gain valuable advocacy experience
• Join a supportive team of change-makers
• Flexible schedule that works with your life
• Ready to Be a Voice for Heroes?

Responder Relief Fund Corp

• P.S. This is perfect for retired professionals, political science students, or anyone who wants to dip their toes into advocacy work!
• Note: We'll provide all the training, resources, and support you need to succeed in this 100% volunteer role.*

Together, we can turn compassion into concrete change! ✨🏛️

• My "Why" for Responder Relief Fund

I want to share something with you that has lived in my bones for over 30 years—a memory that refuses to fade.

In 1992, I was 26 years old, running my landscape business with the invincibility of youth. One of my employees had a father who owned a major construction company. When Hurricane Andrew ravaged Florida, he was invited to bid on rebuilding Homestead. He gathered subcontractors—including a wide-eyed kid like me—and flew us down on his private jet.

What I saw from the air stole my breath.

Miles and miles of nothing. Neighborhoods reduced to splinters. Schools, churches, homes—all flattened like a child’s block tower kicked over. The silence was the worst part. No birds, no laughter, just the hollow wind through broken beams. We landed in a warzone without bullets.

His company never got the contracts. But that flight home? I stared out the window at the ruins below, and something in me cracked open. A question started burning: Who helps the helpers when the unthinkable happens?

For three decades, that question followed me like a shadow. Through careers and life’s twists, I’d wake sometimes to the smell of wet lumber and chaos—that Florida air thick with loss.

Now, at this chapter of my life, I’m done waiting. Responder Relief Fund Corp isn’t just a nonprofit. It’s the answer I wish had existed when first responders dug through those ruins in ’92 with bleeding hands. It’s the promise that no firefighter, no EMT, no officer who runs toward disaster will ever face the aftermath alone.

I’m sharing this because I need you to feel why this matters. Not just understand it but carry it with you the way I still carry Homestead. If that resonates—if you too hear the echo of forgotten heroes in the wind—then let’s talk. Really talk. Not about spreadsheets or strategies, but about how we can build something that outlasts us both.

The jet landed long ago. But the journey? It’s just beginning.

• With urgency and hope,
• Brian H. Myers

Founder, Responder Relief Fund Corp

• P.S. When you’re ready, I’ll tell you about the firefighter I met in Homestead who’d lost his own home but still wore his uniform. That’s who we’re doing this for.