Media & Public Relations Specialist for Nonprofit Startup

• Volunteer Opportunity: Media & Public Relations Specialist
• Location: Remote (Work from Anywhere)
• Commitment: 5-8 hours/week (Flexible Schedule)
• Help Us Share Stories That Matter!
• Seeking a Creative Communicator to Amplify Our Mission

Hey storyteller!

At Responder Relief Fund Corp, we’re looking for a Media & PR Volunteer with a passion for crafting compelling narratives. If you get excited about shaping stories, building relationships with media, and using your communication skills to make a real difference, we’d love to have you on our team!

• Why Your Voice Matters:

Every press release you draft, every media connection you make, and every social post you help shape will directly impact our ability to:

• Share inspiring stories of first responders and families we’ve helped
• Attract more support for our emergency relief programs
• Raise awareness about the challenges heroes face after disasters
• What You’ll Do:
• Craft press releases and media pitches that get noticed
• Build relationships with local and national journalists
• Help shape our public messaging and brand voice
• Collaborate with our team to spot newsworthy stories
• Occasionally prep spokespeople for interviews (we’ll provide training!)
• You’ll Thrive in This Role If You:

✓ Love writing crisp, compelling copy that moves people

✓ Enjoy the thrill of seeing your work featured in media

✓ Are curious, proactive, and full of creative ideas

✓ Want to use your skills to support frontline heroes

• Why Volunteer with Us?
• Build your portfolio with real-world PR experience
• Make measurable impact – see how your work drives support
• Enjoy creative freedom to try new approaches
• Join a supportive team that values your ideas
• No Fancy Requirements – Just Bring Your:
• Strong writing skills (sample welcome but not required)
• Basic understanding of media landscapes
• Enthusiasm for our cause
• Ready to Get Started?

Responder Relief Fund Corp

• P.S. Know any journalists or influencers who might care about our cause? We’d love an introduction!
• This is a volunteer position perfect for communications students, career-changers, or anyone wanting to use their storytelling skills for good. We’ll provide training and support!

Let’s work together to share hope and heroism with the world! ✨📰

• 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.