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Do you want to make a difference in the community, meet new people and have fun all at the same time? Then the Boulder County Fair & Rodeo is looking for you! The Boulder County Fair would not be the success that it is today without the dedication and hard work and enthusiasm of its volunteers. All volunteers will receive a volunteer t-shirt, name badge, training and invitation to a special volunteer appreciation event.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Information Booth Ambassador, Shuttle Driver Ambassador, Event & Ticket Taker Ambassador, Roving Ambassador	200	n/a	n/a

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Dinner, Auction, Games, Fun, and Fellowship! Our premiere fundraising event for funding our mission of being an interfaith ministry of volunteers which champions and sustains adults who are aging or with disabilities.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	20	n/a	n/a

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The Marrakesh Agreement (June 2013) provides that accessible literature can be produced without the consent of the rights holder. This potential of internet for the Arab speaking disabled community led AlManarah to evolve from Braille to the first international online Accessible library in Arabic – ArabCast.org with Android and IOS phone apps.
In 2017 we made significant development of its infrastructure and constructed 3 new professional recording studio rooms. 2 recording studios for more audio book recordings and 1 for a community radio run by Arab people with disabilities. As part of the radio we also plan to create various podcasts.

We need volunteers to:

- review and check the library functions and give us a regular feedback
- further technically upgrade and improve the ArabCast.org site and mobile apps to be even more accessible and user friendly for people with print disabilities, fix bugs
- participate in creating the online community radio
- participate in creating podcasts - technically as well as with content
- help with technical support, backups of the Library files
- help with files editing
- help with videos, promotion and social media networking to extend the community of users worldwide (currently over 100,000 Arabic speaking users with print disabilities registered).
- assist as voice artists to increase the number of accessible audio books on the Library (currently 5,000)
- event, logistics, travel assistance and coordination support

Resources:
The Online Accesible Library: http://arabcast.org/
Library Mobile apps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arabcast.almanarah
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mktbt-almnart/id597383899?mt=8

The Story of Making the Library: https://youtu.be/PdDmIEerkrk

Thank you!

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Volunteer Duties during East L.A. Meets Napa Food and Wine Festival
Volunteers are needed to arrive at L.A. Live, 800 Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015, by 3:30 p.m., and the volunteer shift is from 4:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Volunteer duties include: Wine and Ice Distribution; Monitoring the VIP Lounge; handling disposable wine glasses/plates; runners; replenishing water stations; distribute water at the water station; VIP and Sponsor Check-in area; Vintner & Restaurant Check-In & Booth Support; Government Relations/Will Call; Distribution of Supplies; General Check-In; and helping at the Altamed Booth.
The goal of the event is to provide funding for AltaMed's programs that provide quality healthcare to the underserved and uninsured in Southern California.

All proceeds from East LA Meets Napa will benefit AltaMed's programs that provide quality healthcare to the underserved and uninsured in Southern California. This ensures that more than 209,000 adults and children continue to receive high quality health care services from infancy through their senior years.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
East L.A. Meets Napa Food and Wine Festival Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Volunteer opportunities to recruit blood donors, spread the word and assist in recruitment the day of the blood drive.

Available Shifts

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

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Volunteering

The word volunteer is conceived as someone who works in a job on their own free will, however, in Turkey, it is usually thought to be a person who works in an NGO because the act of volunteering is one of the main pillars of NGOs. Volunteering means, at its simplest, not requesting any wage/pay or income/profit from the job one does. Volunteerism means to volunteer. Volunteering plays an important role in the strengthening of the social structure on a spiritual level.
Volunteering is crucial in the cases of national disasters and social development projects. Volunteering also allows the individual to gain knowledge, experience, become active, learn to tolerate, and a professional approach as well as qualities such as taking responsibilities, and being accountable/reliable. Even if one does not earn any income from volunteering, one’s primary personal gain is the skills and competencies they earn.
Dreams Academy emphasizes volunteering as an added value in all projects in order to promote improvement of the volunteering experience, the awareness for it, and encourage more young people to take part in social awareness projects. The academy also benefits from the support of the volunteers to reinforce the concept of volunteering in Turkey. All projects of Alternative Life Association are built on volunteering, and the association views volunteers as the future social entrepreneurs in social responsibility. In this context in Dreams Academy:

The project staff who have the responsibility for coordinating volunteering, act as role models for the volunteers, and adopt an approach that is inclusive (one that is not conventionally hierarchical nor audited adorning a distanced attitude.)
The opinions of the volunteers are not only valued during the fieldwork but also during the office work when the project is under design.
The Dreams Academy volunteers invest in their futures by taking on roles in different stages of a project and contribute to their personal development by being involved in social responsibility projects and project management.
The Dreams Academy project is provided with volunteering support from its contacts/partners, hence, creates a volunteering awareness in these corporations/institutions.
The Dreams Academy volunteers play an active role in the implementation of the project as well as in the field and office/paper work stages, in line with their expertise.
As a result, The Dreams Academy project views its participants, tutors/trainers and project team as actors of change who each have equal rights and conditions and tries to promote a family environment rather than a conventional volunteer-project team relationship.

The volunteers involved in the field work;

Guide the students during the entrance to the classes and at the exits when the workshops finish.
Attend the classes and assist the tutors with;

→ keeping an attendance record,
→ the lessons,
→ repeating the materials covered in the workshop,
→ helping the participants in following the classes.
The volunteers also assist the project team in all activities and events (such as parties, shows, promotions, and presentations, etc.) of the Dreams Academy.
The volunteers in office work;

work in various administrative roles to help the project team with the work overload,
play an active role in the designing and planning the future of the project (if the volunteers have the required expertise if their schedule permits/if they are available),
get a chance to closely observe the planning and implementation stages,
Aside from these lines of work, Dreams Academy expects from its volunteers:

to attend all the workshops that they volunteer in as much as possible,
to increase the awareness about Dreams Academy in their circles,
to seek barters and/or financial support for the sustainability of Dreams Academy,
to implement the values and principles of Dreams Academy in their own lives as much as they can and to adopt ethical social responsibility.
To contribute to the community, producing is not a must. The most influential tool for change is spreading information and knowledge and promoting awareness. Our volunteers become a big part of the social integration by sharing the realities of physically handicapped or socially disadvantaged young people.

Project Deliverables

The band gave 12 concerts in 2016, 4 of these at Babylon, the rest at events held by private corporations and foundations. In each concert about 10 Dreams Academy students took stage and were accompanied by different volunteer musicians. About 1000 people attended these concerts.

Opportunity Details

Junior Achievement needs help with recognizing volunteers during the national volunteer appreciation week. We need your help to personalize thank you notes for our key donors.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Volunteer Set Up and Recognition	40	n/a	n/a

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The JA Bowl-A-Thon is one of JA’s biggest fundraisers and a top team-building opportunity for corporations in Tarrant County. Hundreds of participants from local companies bowl to help JA provide financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurial programs to local students. Each bowler raises money from friends, family and colleagues. The teams then come together and celebrate their hard work by bowling with their companies. It is a fun filled day with treats and prizes, and a perfect opportunity for co-workers to get together in support of a great cause!
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the JA Bowl-A-Thon will be used to bring vital JA programs to students at no cost to schools.

Available Shifts

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

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Annual fundraising event hosted by Camp Fire. Party-goers will cheer for their favorite horse and participate in activities including Win, Place or Show predictions, a "horse" auction, hat contest, complementary bourbon tasting, and more. Guests may also enter to win a “Trough of Cheer” or "Feed Your Thirst" drawing and bid on a extensive selection of silent auctions items. Delicious Kentucky-themed hors d'oeuvres and traditional Mint Juleps will be served.

The Kentucky Derby Party raises necessary funds that are directly used to support Camp Fire's many programs for children and teens. In addition to raising dollars, the event provides the opportunity for guests and supporters to celebrate the youth in our community and to learn more about the important work of the council.

The goal is to have 300 people attend the event and to raise $78,000.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
First Shift	6	n/a	n/a
Second Shift	6	n/a	n/a

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My name is Charity Coats and I am the volunteer coordinator for Serenity Hospice Care in Columbus Georgia. On August 8,2018 we will be having a community Health Fair event to for the residents of Manchester Georgia. We will have several stations set up for exercise, blood pressure checks, aerobics and we will be serving lunch. We would love to have your help if at all possible with serving and assisting the elderly. This will be an informative event about out Serenity Foundation as well as Serenity Hospice. We would appreciate your help.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Health Fair	5	n/a	n/a