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How You Can Contribute:

💖 Donate: Every dollar makes a difference! Your financial contribution, no matter the size, directly impacts the success of our mission.

🤝 Spread the Word: Share our fundraiser within your network, encouraging others to join us in creating a more inclusive and culturally enriched community.

🎁 Sponsorship Opportunities: Explore ways your business or organization can become a sponsor, aligning your brand with the values of inclusivity and community engagement.

👥 Volunteer: Join us in bringing the PDDBM Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration to life by volunteering your time and skills! Whether you're assisting with event setup, guiding attendees, or helping with cleanup, your involvement is invaluable in creating an unforgettable experience for all.

Together, let's ensure that the PDDBM Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration remains an accessible and enriching experience for all. Your support brings joy, unity, and cultural celebration to those who need it most. Join us in making a positive impact today! 🌈✨

For donation details, more information, or to sign up as a volunteer, visit our website or contact us directly. Let's celebrate diversity, empower our community, and make Kwanzaa truly memorable for everyone! 🌟🕊️

***Volunteers Must Be Flexible and Able to Float to Other Positions If Needed
• Business Donation Door Knockers (5-10)
• Brand Ambassador/Influencer (2)
• Advertising and Marketing (5)
• Set Up Crew (5)
• Take Down Crew (5)
• Photographer (4)
• Videographer (2)
• Stage Lighting Crew (2)
• Parking Patrol Team (3)
• Vendor Table Assistants (4)
• Sidewalk Directional Attendants (2)
• Greeters (2)
• Sponsored Student Ambassador (2)
• VIP Seating Host (2)
• General Admission Seating Host (4)
• Backstage Model Dressers (10-20)
o The backstage dresser normally gets assigned to one model who will have 2-3 looks to change for that fashion show.
• Collection Coordinators (4)
o Once final looks are selected, the Collection Coordinators create small, individual boards – one per look. On each board, they list out every single item the model will wear for the look, specific styling instructions, and any additional notes. These mini boards are placed strategically on racks with their corresponding looks backstage for dressers to reference when dressing their model.
• Hair and Makeup Artists for about 24-30 models
• Runners (3)
• Silent Auction Desk (2)
• Ticket Booth (2)
• Servers (enough to serve and clean 50 tables)

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General Setup	50	n/a	n/a
3-Hour Morning	10	n/a	n/a
3-Hour Afternoon	10	n/a	n/a
Backstage/Dressers/Collection Coordinators	20	n/a	n/a
Servers	10	n/a	n/a
General Setup	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Ready to make a difference? MENTOR New York invites you to explore opportunities in our community using the Mentoring Connector, the only national database of youth mentoring programs. For more information, please visit www.mentornewyork.org/become-a-mentor

Think back to the mentoring figures in your life—be it teachers, coaches, or supervisors—who left a lasting positive impact. These people wear various hats, acting as delegators, role models, cheerleaders, policy enforcers, advocates, and friends. Mentors assume these different roles during the course of a relationship, and share some basic qualities:

- A sincere desire to be involved with a young person
- Respect for young people
- Active listening skills
- Empathy
- Ability to see solutions and opportunities
- Flexibility

Mentorships are a shared opportunity for learning and growth—in fact, mentors often find the experience as rewarding as their mentees! Mentors tell us volunteering enables them to:

- Have lots of fun
- Learn more about themselves
- Improve their self-esteem and sense that they're making an impact
- Gain a greater understanding of other cultures and appreciation for diversity
- Feel more productive and positive at work
- Enhance relationships with their own children

Opportunity Details

The Pyjama Foundation are seeking volunteers to assist with putting together our fundraising "Pyjama Day Kits" which will be sent to workplaces, schools and fundraisers who have registered to host National Pyjama Day. National Pyjama Day is the Foundation's flaship fundraising event which aims to raise awareness and funds for children living in foster care.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Pyjama Day Kit Packing	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Caritas Sofia is looking for volunteers with teaching experience or a strong interest in education to join our training program for refugee children. Volunteers will work with small groups of children to provide personalized lessons in math, history, Bulgarian, literature, and other subjects appropriate to their needs and interests.

Goal: Our goal is to support the educational development of refugee children by providing them with additional opportunities to learn and practice critical academic skills and improve their Bulgarian language skills.

Information about the centre: The Center for Migrants and Refugees "St. Anna" is a project of Caritas Sofia, which provides humanitarian aid, psychological support and language courses to asylum seekers and refugees in Sofia. The centre works closely with the State Agency for Refugees and other partners to ensure that services are tailored to the needs of beneficiaries.

If you share our vision of supporting refugee children, please contact us to discuss volunteering opportunities in our individual training program. Together, we can make a difference!

Opportunity Details

We aim to provide a matching service like DonorsChoose but isn't limited to US public schools - our hubs are global projects where contributors can donate time and other resources, not just money.

We want to create a digital makerspace where you can unite around projects you care about, and action measurable positive impact, in alignment with Marc Prensky's principles of Empowerment Hubs.

Opportunity Details

Are you interested in shaping the future generation of leaders? Whether you are a team leader, a professional coach/mentor, or just a leader, this is your chance to make a difference through our Tech Hero Program. Please share your knowledge and help guide our students towards a successful tech career. Imagine the positive impact you can have by sharing your experiences, listening to diverse perspectives from our students, and empowering them to become leaders. If you think you have what it takes to become a tech hero - someone who inspires technical education and employment - we would love to hear from you.

Opportunity Details

Join us at KidBizCon, a dynamic one-day youth entrepreneurship conference on Friday, July 12th. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make this event a resounding success! Whether you have a knack for hospitality, a passion for tech, or a desire to assist in educational settings, we have a role for you. At KidBizCon, 40+ youth entrepreneurs will participate in a pitch competitions and 300+ additional youth will participate in workshops and networking .

Why Volunteer?

Volunteering at KidBizCon is an opportunity to support and interact with tomorrow’s leaders. You’ll be contributing to an environment that fosters creativity and learning, while also networking with like-minded individuals and professionals. Volunteers will receive a letter of appreciation and are invited to participate in the networking sessions.

What Volunteers Need to Bring or Wear:

Comfortable attire suitable for your role (business casual for welcome team, casual for setup and cleanup).
A proactive and positive attitude ready to tackle various tasks.

What will volunteers do?
Volunteer Roles Available:

Event Setup , Coordination and Welcome Team
Shift: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Responsibilities: Setting up event spaces, assisting with volunteer and participant check-in.
Greeting attendees, distributing name tags and booklets, guiding participants.
Catering and Dining Area Assistants

Workshop Helpers
Workshop Assistance: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Responsibilities: Assisting with room setups, participant management, and facilitator support during workshops.

Afternoon Support Team (During pitch competition)
3:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Responsibilities: Managing AV setups, ensuring smooth technical operations during the pitch competition. Assisting with food service, managing dining areas. Event breakdown, venue cleanup, managing lost and found.

What will volunteers need to bring or wear?
Wear comfortable clothing. KidbizCON volunteer T-shirts will also be provided.


ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Signed forms
You will receive an email from our staff to electronically sign the waivers and a copy of our volunteer handbook.


Training
Before you come to volunteer we will send you an email with an online training module.

Opportunities for Groups:
Assist and/or lead a workshops one of the following workshops:



The Art of Business and the Business of Art

Participants create T-shirt designs, exploring art from concept to product.

Seeking: Local artists, graphic designers, and screen printing professionals.

How Much A Dollar Cost: Financial Literacy

Covers budgeting, saving, and smart financial habits.

Seeking: Bank partners, financial advisors.

SLAY: Personal Branding and Presentation

Covers wardrobe, personal branding, and professional headshots.

Seeking: Branding experts, marketing professionals, public speakers.

Mad Scientist: Your First Cosmetic Creation

Create your first beauty product while learning cosmetic chemistry.

Seeking: Chemists, cosmetologists, DIY beauty enthusiasts.

Meet a Mentor Townhall

Q&A with professionals across industries for career advice.

Seeking: Diverse professionals with inspirational stories.

Design Thinking: Thinking Outside the Box

Creative problem-solving focusing on user needs and prototyping.

Seeking: Inventors, creative professionals.

Pick Up Lines: Elevator Pitch Mastery

Youth learn how to craft elevator pitches with emphasis on storytelling and persuasion.

Seeking: Communication experts, entrepreneurs.

E-Commerce Launchpad: Starting Your Online Store

Youth learn about setting up and managing an online store, including digital marketing.

Seeking: E-commerce experts, digital marketers.

Work, Work, Work, Work, Work: Fitness for Entrepreneurs

Fitness routines and tips for entrepreneurs to maintain health.

Seeking: Fitness trainers, wellness coaches.

Investing Your Way to $25K

Introduction to stock market, investment strategies, and portfolio building.

Seeking: Financial educators, stock market analysts.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Morning Team (Event Setup, Coordination and Welcome)	15	n/a	n/a
Workshop Helpers and Facilitators	30	n/a	n/a
Afternoon Support Team (During pitch competition)	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Enterprise Day supports young people to work together in teams to create a business plans and develop their teamwork, communication, creativity and entrepreneurship skills. Alongside another volunteer, you will be leading a class to support the students as they work on their idea through a variety of fun activities over the course of the day. You’ll also give them valuable constructive feedback and share your career and education pathway. At the end of the day, the students will present their enterprise projects to you for feedback. All content will be provided & a teacher will support you in the classroom at all times.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Enterprise Day	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Enterprise Day supports young people to work together in teams to create a business plans and develop their teamwork, communication, creativity and entrepreneurship skills. Alongside another volunteer, you will be leading a class to support the students as they work on their idea through a variety of fun activities over the course of the day. You’ll also give them valuable constructive feedback and share your career and education pathway. At the end of the day, the students will present their enterprise projects to you for feedback. All content will be provided & a teacher will support you in the classroom at all times.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Enterprise Day	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Volunteers from various professional sectors will, in pairs, deliver a number of workshops to Year 7 pupils around the theme of financial literacy, aiming to help to build students' confidence in managing money. This half-day programme intends to challenges students' ideas and preconceptions about money and finance and give them insight into the broader conceptual ideas of money and society. You will be accompanied by teachers in the classroom & all content and lesson plans will be provided!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Financial Literacy	5	n/a	n/a