Opportunity Details

Volunteer Opportunity –
2016 Chicago Muscle Team
Friday, October 21st
Navy Pier Grand Ballroom

Dear Friend of MDA!

The 2016 MDA Chicago Muscle Team Event takes place on Friday, October 21st at Navy Pier & we would love for you to join our team as a volunteer this year! This high-energy, sports-themed event pairs local and national athletes, celebrities and military personnel with MDA’s Most Valuable Players (MVPs) — our local children and adults living with neuromuscular disease.

Throughout the night, guests will enjoy:
• Live and Silent Auctions
• Fine food and beverages in the historic atmosphere of Chicago’s Navy Pier Grand Ballroom
• The opportunity to mingle with local business leaders as well as our celebrity athletes and MDA ambassadors

With your help we are looking to continue putting on the same great event that helps fuel progress in MDA’s mission to save and improve the lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and other diseases that take away strength and mobility.

Volunteers are needed to assist with many things including registration, the auctions and auction check-out, several attractions and much more. Our event will be starting at 6:00 p.m., with VIP guests arriving at .We are asking volunteers to come at 4:00 in order to provide them time to eat a light dinner and briefly go over last minute volunteer instructions.

To sign up as a volunteer for the 2016 Muscle Team Event or ask any questions please respond via email to amullen@mdausa.org or call (630) 598-0700!

Thank you for considering this opportunity. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

Best Regards,
Anne

Anne Mullen
Fundraising Coordinator
Muscular Dystrophy Association – Northern IL
550 E Boughton Rd, Suite 230
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
o: 630.598.0700 | f: 630.598.0711

Follow us online: mda.org • @MDANorthernIL • facebook.com/MDANorthwestIllinois

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

Reporting to the Development Director, the Fundraising Coordinator Committee Member will oversee and implement strategic, sustainable, long-range fundraising and development plans. This role will work closely with different EKARI Foundation committees, Executive Director, Board President and community partners to identify and achieve overall goals for fundraising events and efforts.
Responsibilities
• Assist with fundraising initiatives, efforts and plans to raise resources, to build organizational capacity and fund EKARI’s programs in Malawi
• Cultivation and prospect research
• Assist in writing and implementing a relationship building strategy
• Assist and support with all of EKARI’s fundraising efforts and annual event
Qualifications
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team setting
• Strong computer skills
• Well organized, detail-oriented and resourceful
• Previous fundraising & donor outreach
• Event coordination experience
• Ability to ask for donations
• Enjoys engaging a diverse community
• Skilled at planning and organizing
• Committed to EKARI’s mission
Time Commitment
This position requires a commitment of 3 - 5 hours per week for a minimum of one year. We offer a lot of flexibility in when and how you complete those hours and many of the tasks and responsibilities can be done remotely, working online, at a time that is convenient for you. Every committee member is invited to attend a monthly board of directors meeting.
Compensation
This is a volunteer position. There will be no financial compensation. Our organization is 100% volunteer run, excluding staff in Malawi and our Executive Director.

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Are you passionate or experienced with social media? Do you have new and innovative ways to build and sustain community and social outreach and wondering where it could be an effective way to connect with future and current volunteers/donors?
Help develop and implement social media marketing strategies, using multiple channels, including social networks, forums, and blog posts, and utilizing written, visual, auditory and interactive content. This role will be part of the Marketing Committee. Volunteer will assist in increasing awareness of Empowerment Through Connection and its goals to help increase community engagement and patrons.

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ETC provides girls and young women ages 14-25 with an unforgettable adventure and a community of their own.

We have decades of combined experience and set high expectations for training: our lead facilitators hold education and/or experience in one of several equine facilitative learning or coaching certifications. Our leaders are passionate about the horses and love teaching / mentoring young people.

ETC is an environmental education organization based in Clearview WA that inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives. Since 2010, ETC’s, equine programs have taught teens, adults, and families the importance of equine stewardship.

ETC believes in the power of unplugging from ordinary life and connecting instead with the nature, oneself, and others in seeking new awareness and from that place, looking at where one wants to shift or change. Find out what's out there---and what's inside of you. Develop leadership skills. Be part of a small group tending horses and learning about yourself. If you're looking for challenge, friendship, and a new understanding of yourself and the world, we want to take you outside.

If you are looking for an opportunity to develop teen girls and young women into our next generation of leaders, this may be a great fit for you. Email us at info@empowermentthoughconnection.org and find out how you can participate.

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Hello! Our school raises a sizable portion of our PTA budget for arts, garden programming, music, field trips, tutoring, etc. through our annual school auction. We have lost our tech person who set up the software for vendor solicitation, item posting on eBay, and item fulfillment for our winners. We use BlueSky software, but we'd certainly be open to other suggestions. Can you help our 600 kids? Many thanks!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Volunteers are critical to our success at Community Bridges. And with 10 programs, 20 sites throughout Santa Cruz County, and 20,000 people to serve, there are countless ways you can help.

Examples of volunteer opportunities at Community Bridges include: joining our Board of Directors, joining our Fund Development or Event Planning Committees, delivering meals to seniors, guiding a child through after-school programs, leading an activity with one of our child, family or senior programs, or helping in the office to help us run as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

The first step to becoming a volunteer with us is to complete a volunteer application, which can be found at www.communitybridges.org/volunteer. If you have questions about where your passion and skills fit best, or if you have an idea for a project, please contact us at 831-688-8840.

Applications can be sent by email to hr@cbridges.org or delivered by mail or in person to 519 Main St, Watsonville, CA 95076. We are open M-F from 9am to 5pm.

Opportunity Details

The Portland Thorns are hosting their first ever HOME PLAYOFF game on October 2nd at 2:00 pm, and Active Children Portland will be there raising money with the 50/50 raffle! We are in need of volunteers to come sell tickets and promote our mission during the game.

Who: Active Children Portland, Stand Together, and the Portland Thorns

What: Volunteers to sell 50/50 tickets before and during the first half of the game. When selling ends, volunteers will get a ticket to enjoy the rest of the game!

Where: Providence Park

When: Sunday, October 2nd at 12:15 pm. Kickoff is at 2:00 pm. Volunteers will sell starting 1 hour before kickoff until the end of halftime.

Why: The Portland Thorns are playoff bound and hosting a game at Providence Park! If you provide just a few hours of volunteer time, you will make a dramatic difference for Portland youth and communities through Stand Together and Active Children Portland.

What do we do?

1. Build fields in underserved communities and fill those fields with youth in need.
2. Provide FREE programming that includes fitness, nutrition, sport, literacy, community service, and leadership to underserved youth and communities of color.
3. 100% of all of our participants qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program.
4. Participants receive FREE uniforms, equipment, mentoring, and homework help.

If you are interested in volunteering or for more information, contact gina@acportland.org.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	30	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Down Syndrome Association of Connecticut supports families who live with Down syndrome and advocates and educates the public and elected officials on their behalf. We also provide social opportunities for families to connect. As a nearly all volunteer organization, our board plays a significant governance and service role. The board meets the second Wednesday of the month, January through June and in September and October.

Opportunity Details

Individual and corporate team volunteers needed to set up, breakdown and support activities and food service. Lunch and volunteer t-shirt provided.

This is a fun-filled day of family entertainment for families, friends and the public to celebrate the potential of people who have Down syndrome. We expect more than 1,000 people to join us at this fundraiser and social event.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set Up	5	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a
Break Down	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Hillsborough Education Foundation is seeking mentors in Hillsborough County for the 2018-2019 school year. The Hillsborough Education Foundation provides scholarships and mentors for over 400 low-income students between 6th and 12th grade in the county through the Take Stock in Children program.

Become a caring mentor for an at-risk youth and make a difference in a child's life today! Mentoring helps students succeed, achieve, and graduate from school. The role of a mentor is to provide a listening ear, valuable guidance, and academic assistance to help students experience greater success. Your guidance can help build a foundation of basic values and challenge students to take responsibility for their own actions. They can start to set goals and understand the importance of staying in school.

Volunteers must be able to meet weekly with the assigned student on school grounds during school hours (7:30am-3:00pm.)

As students begin to realize that someone cares, school absenteeism decreases, academic performance improves and self-esteem increases. Studies show that high-risk students with a mentor are: 46% more likely to stay drug-free 27% more likely to stay alcohol-free 62% more likely not to skip school 37% more likely to avoid violence.

Apply Now: https://www.educationfoundation.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=forms.Volunteer-application-main&tp_preview=true