Volunteer

You can Make a Difference. Help us end tragedy on the rails: Get involved. Become an LA OL Volunteer! Each year more than 25,000 people in Louisiana -- including school children, drivers education students, school bus operators, professional truck drivers, law enforcement, emergency responders, state fair attendees and members of civic organizations -- receive Operation Lifesavers safety messages from an OL-trained and certified Presenter or Associate.

If you enjoy public speaking and would like to tell people about safety around the rails, consider becoming an Operation Lifesaver Presenter. To become a nationally certified Operation Lifesaver presenter, you must attend a presenter course taught by an Operation Lifesaver instructor and successfully pass the course.

The course is free to the public. Once you have passed the course, you will give a presentation to be monitored by a certified Operation Lifesaver presenter. After receiving an acceptable rating on this presentation, you will be a certified presenter and will receive all of your visual aids and supplies for FREE. To keep your Operation Lifesaver certification active, you will be required to give four presentations within one calendar year of your first monitored presentation.

Not comfortable as a public speaker? That's ok. Operation Lifesaver needs Associates to staff booths and displays at fairs, keep inventory of educational materials, write newsletters and grants, plan and assist with events, help with clerical tasks, serve as fund raisers, schedule presentations, and other activities. Click -here- to register for a Presenter / Associate Training Class, or click -here- to contact your state coordinator for more information on becoming an Operation Lifesaver volunteer. OL volunteers are people from all walks of life: locomotive engineers and other train crew members, teachers, retirees, health professionals, police officers, truck drivers, students and maybe even you!

If you are interested in being an Operation Lifesaver presenter, please fill out this Presenter Certification Training Questionnaire and e-mail to Pat Edwards, Interim Executive Director.