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A fun & simple opportunity for Kohl's team members to get together to support a great cause and assemble our new client registration packets. Thank you for all of your help and support!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We need help with the following: set up, watching silent auction items, help serving food and clean up. ALL VOLUNTEERS GET FREE ADMISSION!

The Greatest Spectacle in Tasting is an annual event in Kokomo that supports Bona Vista Programs, a comprehensive rehabilitation center for adults and children with disabilities. This event is an opportunity for the community to sample great wines and microbrews from Soupley’s Wine & Spirits and wonderful food from 30 local restaurants all while supporting Bona Vista.

In 2019, more than 750 people attended the Greatest Spectacle in Tasting and helped us raise more than $60,000! We are celebrating the 26th year for the event, and our goal is to have 1,000 in attendance this year!

Through the help of our volunteers, we are able to put on the Greatest Spectacle in Tasting - Bona Vista’s biggest fundraiser!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set up for event	5	n/a	n/a
First Shift	5	n/a	n/a
Second Shift	5	n/a	n/a
Clean Up	10	n/a	n/a

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Volunteers are the heart of our mission and play a vital role in helping neighbors in need thrive. Whether you're looking to give back individually, as a group, or through your workplace, we have meaningful ways to get involved. Our volunteers assist with everything from direct service to behind-the-scenes support.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities include:

Greeting visitors and answering phones at the front desk

Assisting neighbors with applications and program intake

Sorting, organizing, and bagging food in our Choice Pantry

Writing thoughtful thank-you notes to agency donors

Picking up and delivering donations (food, clothing, etc.)

Folding and organizing clothing donations

Planting, weeding, and maintaining our community garden (Spring/Summer)

Supporting special events throughout the year

Assisting with tax preparation through our VITA program (tax season only)

Teaching life-skills classes as part of the RENEW program

Helping families shop in our Christmas Morning Shoppe (December only)

No matter your skill set, we have a place for you at Greer Relief. Join us in making a difference—because Every Neighbor Matters.

Check out opportunities online at: https://greerrelief.charityproud.org/VolunteerRegistration/Calendar

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MDA golf tournaments are a powerful and fun way to bring together members of the MDA community to show appreciation and raise donations to support our mission. As a volunteer, you will provide general event assistance specific to the nature of each individual golf event. Do you want to make an impact in your community? Sign up below and we will send you all the details.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Registration & Hole Contest Monitor	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We will do a makeover on an autistic person to remind them that it's ok to be different, yet comfortable in your own skin. This is important to teach diversity and inclusion.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Skills Required:
 Board experience in a not-for-profit setting, or the willingness to learn
 Knowledge of finance, the legal system, health & wellness, human resources, systems integration or organization management
 Passion for mental health wellness for our community

Activities/Tasks:
 Ensure compliance with the corporation’s by-laws and regulations
 Ensure than an annual budget is prepared and approved
 Not be an active client in any of the sponsored programs of the agency
 Attend 75% of board meetings and meetings of committees of which you are a member
 Ensure that CMHA has access to competent legal and accounting services
 Ensure that the Board of Directors as whole determines policies and management of the affairs of CMHA
 Record all volunteers hours and submit on a monthly basis
 Participate in fund raising and other events

Goals:
 Educate public, inspire hope and help reduce stigma.
 Raise funds
 Build relationships

Time commitment: Orientation and Training (approximately 4 hours); 2 – 4 hours monthly for meetings and events

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We need smiling faces to Greet and Guide to help make our EMPOWER! Abilities Expo a success. Greeters and Guiders will help our attendees feel welcomed, know where to start their tour, where to find the speaker location, and where to find the nearest restrooms. The EMPOWER! Abilities Expo is presented by pushpushpray.org and powered by a quality of life grant from The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. This is a FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Health and Wellness event designed for our community of people with disabilities, their families, and caregivers; seniors; healthcare professionals; and interested supporters. Great collection of News, Information, Products, Services, and Resources gathered in one place for all to explore!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2275062719424813/

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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We are EXCITED to announce that GiGi's Playhouse will host a BREW HA-HA as its 9th annual Spring Fundraiser on April 27th, 2019 at the Majestic Theatre in Kankakee, IL.This event is our largest and most important fundraiser of the year, and key to providing programs for individuals with Down syndrome AND their families!

This year’s event will feature outstanding comedians and beverages, silent auction and raffle items, appetizers and inspiration from our individuals with Down syndrome! We will also celebrate the achievements of GiGi’s Playhouse Bradley-Kankakee and our individuals with Down syndrome.

For the last six years, GiGi’s Playhouse Bradley-Kankakee has served as a trusted partner in achievement, belief and confidence for individuals with Down syndrome and their families. We offer therapeutic based and educational programs free of charge so that cost is never a barrier to participation or achievement.

Our core message is Global Acceptance for everyone, which we live out every day by celebrating the achievements of individuals with Down syndrome through programs, special events and critical social change campaigns. With that said, our programs are not free to deliver. We need funding for our programs that will affect not only today’s generation but also tomorrow’s.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The event is fun and family oriented with live music and a BBQ. There will be K9 demonstrations and K9 “meet and greets” with the Paterson NJ Police K9 Unit. Donations received are used to purchase police K9s, support the K9s with tactical equipment, including Canine Counterterrorism Operational First Aid Kits™ (COFAKs™) and for K9 educational purposes.

Volunteer Duties: Set-up and tear-down of tables and chairs, greeters and event fee collection, support staff for Paterson NJ Police K9 teams and for Tails of Hope at both organizations display tables for donation collections of T-Shirts and other items, hosting food and beverage stations, and distribution of educational literature.

Free parking, but all tolls and travel expenses are the responsibilities of the volunteers.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This event involves thousands of people from all over the world. Tails of Hope hosts one of the most popular booths and related activities including: K9 “meet and greet”, K9 demonstrations with MTA Counterterrorism K9 teams, Paterson NJ Police K9 teams, Paws for a Cause and many other K9s. Tails of Hope team members at our booth will include law enforcement, EMTs and trauma specialists. At times visitors share personal, private and emotional conversations with us concerning the loss of loved ones or those traumatized by the 9/11 attacks. Confidentiality is critical.

Tails of Hope Foundation carries a sacred responsibility to remember the fallen of 9/11 including Port Authority Police K9 “Sirius” who was murdered on 9/11/2001, honor the K9 teams who served in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and support those serving America’s homeland and deployed worldwide.

Volunteer Duties: Set-up and tear-down of Tails of Hope’s booth, assist with crowd control for “meet and greet” with the K9 teams and for K9 demonstrations with the diverse group of working dogs who will be appearing with us, distribution of educational literature, hosting of food and beverage for our honored K9 Hero handlers. Everyone works as a team and specific assignments cannot be selected by the volunteers, but all volunteers will be in close proximity of the K9s and K9 professionals and will have a chance to interact with them.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a