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Alexandria Medical Reserve Corps

The Alexandria Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a unit of local medical and non-medical volunteers who are ready to respond to public health emergencies and support public health emergency preparedness across Alexandria.

In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, thousands of Americans volunteered their skills and talents to assist the community. Many more asked, “What can I do to help?” The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was established in 2002 as a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. The MRC network is made up of 987 community-based units and almost 200,000 volunteers located throughout the United States and its territories.

Operating as usual

06/08/2021

MRC Infection Prevention Ambassadors at the polling locations keeping everyone safe during elections!

05/12/2021

Alexandria MRC has won two National Awards for our COVID-19 response efforts, in particular for logistics support and our volunteer-led COVID-19 Call Center. Congratulations on your awards! Well deserved!!!

03/29/2021

Alexandria MRC volunteers in various roles at the COVID-19 PODS. Our MRC serve as POD managers, supervisors and deputies as well as staffing other roles in the PODS. Thank you for keeping our communities safe and healthy.

Seeking #Employment? The #AlexandriaHealthDepartment is currently accepting applications for a number of Temporary #COVI...

03/23/2021

Job Opportunities | Alexandria City Government Jobs

Seeking #Employment? The #AlexandriaHealthDepartment is currently accepting applications for a number of Temporary #COVID POD positions. #VaccinationStaff #AppointmentAssistanceStaff #LogisticsStaff #FlowStaff #HealthOutreachStaff For additional information, please visit the link below:

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A small army of Alexandrians!https://alextimes.com/2021/03/your-views-small-army-of-alexandrians/

03/04/2021

Your Views: A small army of Alexandrians | Alexandria Times | Alexandria, VA

A small army of Alexandrians!

https://alextimes.com/2021/03/your-views-small-army-of-alexandrians/

To the editor: This winter, a small army of Alexandrians roll out of bed in the wee hours, don burgundy Medical Reserve Corps shirts and badges, pack masks, shields, water and snacks and head through

01/15/2021

Thank you to all MRC volunteers!

Virginia's teachers are getting vaccinated! It was great to visit T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria this morning where Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. and math teacher Ms. Thorne and were among 800 educators to receive the #COVID19 vaccine.

01/14/2021

Good job Alexandria MRC medical volunteers for helping with COVID vaccines!!!

COVID-19 :: Governor Ralph Northam, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of the Alexandria City Council visited an Alexandria Health Department (AHD) vaccination site yesterday, to recognize Alexandria’s leadership in administering the vaccine against COVID-19. As a result of advocacy by AHD and the City of Alexandria, state officials authorized Alexandria to be among the first localities to move to Phase 1b of vaccinations, which includes frontline essential workers, persons age 75 or older, and staff and residents of correctional facilities and homeless shelters. This follows work from December 24 through January 8 to provide 1,518 doses of vaccine to health care workers and staff and residents of long-term care facilities eligible under Phase 1a.

“Our message is simple: Get the vaccine as soon as you are eligible,” said Alexandria Health Director Dr. Stephen A. Haering. “If you are not eligible yet, you will be soon. Be prepared to take this important step for your health and those you love.”

For more information, visit alexandriava.gov/119804.

12/17/2020

Alexandria COVID-19 Information line is still managed by our dedicated MRC volunteers! You guys ROCK!!! Thank you for your help!!

12/16/2020

MRC volunteer helping with COVID -19 testing event!

12/04/2020

Responding to COVID-19 wouldn’t be possible without some logistics and ground work!

12/03/2020

Alexandria MRC volunteers helping with weekly testing events in the City! Thank you so much for your service!

11/24/2020

Flu POD Exercise at Alexandria Health Department! Thank you for helping us get ready for COVID PODS!

11/23/2020

16 MRC volunteers helped with Saturday’s testing event!!! Thank you all for all your help and commitment to make our community safer!

11/09/2020

MRC volunteers helping with organizing supplies at Casey Clinic!

11/07/2020

MRC volunteers helping with testing events in Alexandria! Thank you for your work!!

11/03/2020

MRC volunteers setting up for the afternoon shift!!! Thank you for keeping Alexandrians safe!!!

11/03/2020

MRC volunteers working as Infection Prevention Ambassadors at polling stations!! Go MRC!!!!

10/29/2020

MRC volunteers fit testing providers at outpatient medical practices in Alexandria! Thank you so much for your commitment!

10/26/2020

MRC volunteers continue to support free testing events in Alexandria! THANK YOU!

10/19/2020

Volunteers staying busy doing PPE distribution! Thank you so much for your help!

10/05/2020

Wow! I do not have enough words to thank these 52 amazing volunteers who helped with the POD operations on Saturday. You helped keeping Alexandria healthier by giving out 962 vaccines!!!! Thank you!!!!

09/28/2020

Great collaboration between staff and MRC volunteers during our flu vaccination clinic! 54 MRC volunteers worked and helped AHD staff. Thank you so much for your time and commitment. With your help, we were able to vaccinate 840 Alexandrians!!!

09/26/2020

MRC volunteers helping with a testing event in Alexandria! Thank you for your service!

09/14/2020

Thank you for your service, Deborah McGhee

09/12/2020

Deborah McGhee awarded by Dr. Haering with Alexandria MRC plaque in the presence of all command staff and MRC volunteers.
Thank you Deborah!

09/11/2020

Another day of celebrating Deborah! Thank you for being a dedicated volunteer!!

09/10/2020

We are so grateful to you Deborah! Thank you for keeping our community safe!!! We have no words to express our gratitude for your service!

09/09/2020

Alexandria Call Center Supervisor Recognition Week!

Thank you cards from all call center volunteers and AHD staff! Thank you Deborah for being the City’s COVID-19 Information Line supervisor for 6 months!! We appreciate you!!

08/12/2020

MRC volunteers staffing Alexandria COVID-19 Information Line! Thank you all for your hard work and dedication!

07/18/2020

MRC volunteers are busy with fit testing and badge/t-shirt distribution!

Alexandria MRC in Washington Post!!! Way to go MRC volunteers!! Thank you so much for your great work!https://www.washin...

07/06/2020

Contact tracing is a race. But few U.S. states say how fast they’re running.

Alexandria MRC in Washington Post!!! Way to go MRC volunteers!! Thank you so much for your great work!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/contact-tracing-metrics/2020/07/04/da7d2812-bae4-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html

Coronavirus case spikes will hamper contact tracing efforts, but even states seeing declines are finding it hard to measure their contact tracing success.

06/25/2020

Volunteers assembling face shields for medical practices!!! Thank you so much for your time and commitment!!! Go Alexandria MRC!!!!

06/24/2020

Infection Control Training for Group Homes! Thank you Lauren and Melinda for teaching the class!

06/23/2020

Another proper social distancing demonstration at Durant Center this afternoon! Thank you MRC volunteers for all that you do!!

06/23/2020

Thirteen MRC Volunteers as Infection Prevention Ambassadors at six different polls in Alexandria!! Thank you so much for keeping us safe!

Address

4480 King St
Alexandria, VA
22302

General information

The Alexandria Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was established in 2005 and is housed within the Alexandria Health Department. The Alexandria MRC seeks to improve the health and safety of communities across Alexandria, VA by recruiting, training, and managing professional and non-professional volunteers who support existing public health infrastructure during public health emergencies and routine community activities.

Telephone

(703) 746-4978

Website

http://www.alexandriava.gov/medicalreserve

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Videos

This past weekend, MRC volunteers participated in Shelter Fundamentals Training taught by the Red Cross. We had a blast! #beready #buildingcommunityleaders #volunteer #publichealth #emergencypreparedness

Another busy and successful week for our MRC Unit. Of note, two of our very own MRC volunteers received an Emergency Preparedness Volunteer Service Award for their amazing work in our community! #buildingcommunityleaders #beready

Check out our Alexandria MRC volunteers learning about Public Health Emergency Management and also brushing up on CPR skills! Our team has been busy! #beready #buildingcommunityleaders #volunteersrock

Alexandria MRC

Alexandria MRC Update! See what our team has been up to in the past week.

In the past few weeks, Alexandria MRC volunteers have participated in Active Shooter training, Category "A" Agents training and several community outreach events! #MRC #FightTheBite #buildingcommunityleaders

It has been a busy week for Alexandria MRC! Volunteers participated in Leadership in ICS Training and Psychological First Aid Training. Our unit also continues to perform outreach on how our community can Fight the Bite!

June 2016 MRC Events

In the past few weeks, volunteers performed outreach at several community events and also underwent Psychological First Aid Training and Emergency Preparedness & Response for Individuals with Disabilities Training! #preparedness