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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	80	n/a	n/a

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Put your heart, muscles and pocketbook to good use. We are building an orphanage in the Philippines and YOU can be a part of it. We broke ground last July for the 1st of 5 orphan homes. This time next year, the giggles and laughter of children who are orphans-no-more will be heard in this place. Join us to build a home and a future for orphans. Contact us at info@kidsriseinspiresoar.org now!

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Get Involved!
The Friends welcomes your unique skill set—your time and talents can help make our shared goals a reality! Join our volunteers, including people of all ages and walks of life, as they provide the passion and the ‘elbow grease’ necessary to bring our projects to fruition. Volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization; their importance cannot be overstated, nor can they be thanked enough!

Volunteer Workdays
Be a part of transforming and preserving our Park! Since October, 2010, over 1,500 volunteers have labored to suppress invasive exotic species and helped to ensure the establishment of native plantings in Fort Williams Park.

Jump in with your garden tools, gloves, and grubby clothes to clear invasive plants, weed, plant or mulch at the Ecology Project sites. A trained horticultural ‘captain’ will help oversee your work. S/he will be able to focus efforts and answer questions. Just show up at the appointed time and you can participate in this most hands-on of efforts!

Please note: to ensure that your volunteer activities in the Park are effective, fun, and safe, we must limit the size of any group to 25 people. For more information, contact Andrea Southworth at asouthworth@fortwilliams.org

Adopt-A-Plot
Prefer to set your own schedule and care for your own piece of paradise? Meet in the Park with Adopt-A-Plot Volunteer Coordinator Tom Atwell at tomatwell@me.com, to adopt a small section of an Ecology Project landscape. Then come and go at your convenience to keep weeds and invasive species in check so new plantings can be established.

Weeding and mulching can be fun when done in such a beautiful location!

Corporate Workdays
We have had the good fortune to partner with various businesses which have sought a meaningful outdoor venue for their employee community service and team-building activities. The Park offers the most gorgeous of venues in which to engage mind and body, foster team building, while giving back to the community through a corporate workday experience.

Please note: to ensure that your volunteer activities in the Park are effective, fun, and safe, we must limit the size of any group to 25 people. We welcome your organization to learn, work and play here! For more information, contact Andrea Southworth, asouthworth@fortwilliams.org.

Office Help
The office staff would welcome your assistance with preparing mailings, data mining, taking photographs, posting to social media, designing & distributing fliers, ads and temporary informative signage, and other tasks. Contact Jennifer Scarpitti-Nelson at jscarpitti@fortwilliams.org

As you can see, our needs are many and diverse. They are more intense when we are preparing for a major event. For more information on general volunteer needs, contact Jennifer Scarpitti-Nelson at jscarpitti@fortwilliams.org.

Committees
We welcome you to contribute your expertise by serving on our committees:

Ecology Project Committee: The Friends’ primary horticultural and ecological initiative is the Ecology Project, which provides the structure within which we work to restore biodiversity and improve wildlife habitat by creating sustainable native landscapes. This committee is responsible for the implementation and refinement of the Ecology Project Master Plan. For more information, contact Ecology Project Director, Andrea Southworth at asouthworth@fortwilliams.org.

Education Committee: Our Park is a treasure trove of learning opportunities! The Foundation is in the process of developing educational initiatives around the Arboretum sites. Our goal is to foster lifelong learning about stewardship of our environment and how we can all have a positive impact on it. Our Education Committee is actively seeking new members—no teaching experience required. If interested in learning more, please contact Andrea Southworth at asouthworth@fortwilliams.org.

Marketing: Would you like to help the Friends promote its work? Do you have skills in marketing, graphic design, merchandising or public relations? We would love to put your talents to work on the Marketing Committee. Contact Marketing Chair, Rod Harmon at rodharmonpr@gmail.com , to get involved.

Events: Each year, the Friends puts on the Cape Elizabeth Garden Tour. This fabulous celebration of all things garden takes months to plan and requires over 100 volunteers on the day of the Tour. Planning begins in the fall previous to this early summer event. Get involved by contacting Lynn Shaffer at lynxshaf@gmail.com.

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Do you enjoy networking and business development? Want to help empower children in under-served communities? Join Books of Joy as a volunteer Corporate Relations Development Manager.

Books of Joy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to empower children in under-served communities to achieve their full potential through education. We partner with local communities to provide books, school supplies, create educational programs and establish learning environments to promote literacy. Our organization is entirely run by volunteers. We are seeking a volunteer Corporate Relations Development Manager to identify and build strategic relationship with corporate partners who share similar values to Books of Joy, and help broaden our impact of empowering children with education.

Responsibilities:
- Research and secure corporate partner support for our cause and build strategic alliance
- Develop and implement a corporate development strategy, researching and identifying prospective corporate partners with synergies in mission with our organization
- Conduct business development activities, identifying appropriate contacts and building partnership opportunities
- Collaborate with companies' giving departments in designating corporate contributions, workplace giving and matching gifts to our children's educational programs
- Co-design programs with corporations that bring transformational change in children's education

Qualifications:
- Ability to present our vision to potential partners and funders
- Knowledge of corporate businesses and potential partners
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

Commitment:
- Flexible; 2 hours per week

If you're interested, please email us at volunteer@booksofjoy.org. Thank you for your support in providing the opportunity of education to every child in the world.

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PTHC is seeking dynamic volunteers for this year’s conference! You can make a big difference!

Please feel free to sign up for your desired positions and our next training session on May 24th via this link:

http://vols.pt/WHALJa


Our conference will be held June 9-11, 2016 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Our volunteers’ incredible contributions ensure the success and continuation of the world’s largest trans* health conference – a three day event, free to our over 3200 attendees, with 250+ workshops and activities.

The mission of PTHC is to educate and empower trans* individuals on issues of health and well-being; educate and inform allies and health service providers; along with facilitating networks, community-building, and systemic changes. We strive to create an accessible and respectful environment that is inclusive of diverse gender-identities and expressions as well as inclusive of diverse opinions and ideas.

Volunteering at PTHC will allow you the opportunity to give something back to the community that deserves restorative, affirming, and encouraging associations in a safe place such as PTHC.

For more information, contact the PTHC Volunteer Coordinator Meryah Fisher at: volunteer@trans-health.org.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Please sign up via: http://vols.pt/WHALJa	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Our 4-person Development Team is searching for a volunteer to help with administrative activities related to grants and foundation relations for our organization. We are seeking a good humored and organized individual to assist with re-organizing and preparing foundation folders, filing grant-related documents, helping to maintain digital files, as well as some day-to-day administrative duties. This friend of Western Center would help us secure needed funding to ensure legal justice and maintain critical programs for millions of poor Californians.
We prefer the opportunity go to someone with past grants and/or administrative experience but we would consider someone actively seeking a certification in grant writing through an accredited program.
Activities will be supervised and guided by the Foundations Manager and would require a 6 – 8 hour commitment per week to help with the following activities:
• Review hard copy and digital grants files, synthesize information and create master folders for all past, current and perspective funders
• Update active and create new foundation files as needed to reflect accurate information
• Use Microsoft office suite and E-Tapestry database software to prepare lists and manage records
• Assist with mailings and provide administrative support to Foundations Manager where necessary
To offer up your talents on a volunteer basis, please send your resume to lbrandon@wclp.org

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	1	n/a	n/a

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Mental Health Charity Trustee with experience in fundraising, fundraising strategy and external communications.
The role of a Trustee is to attend four meetings each year and an AGM. The active Trustee will help the Project Director develop strategies particularly in the area of fundraising and external communications.
The ideal Trustee joining the team will be able to add general managerial expertise for the charity as a whole. The Board consists of 8 trustees at present as well as the Project Director herself. We have experience in legal, accountancy, and building trade, as well as in mental health service needs and counselling arrangements. Our key challenge is to become self-sufficient in terms of funding over the next two years.
Vital skills are:
1) a passion for helping to develop the individual, a sympathetic approach to mental disability and a positive outlook for their future wellbeing,
2) a keen interest in developing the organisation to include helping more people at the centre,
3) experience in fundraising, fundraising strategy and external communications.

Time Commitment
Quarterly management committee, held in the evening, lasting average 90 mins. Plus a regular fundraising sub-committee (frequency of which to be determined but possibly every 6 weeks). Additional time if working on a specific project.

Available Shifts

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

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A very talented and accomplished local artist has created an original 24 x 36 acrylic painting. Her only instruction to Connecting Countries Adopt-a-School (CCAAS) was it must be used to raise funds for our charity’s programs, and at the same time increase awareness of those programs.

The artist has agreed that smaller numbered prints of the original would help to generate funds as well from a wider audience.

CCAAS needs:
a) A plan to promote this piece of art work – it has been suggested that an on-line campaign could be affective along with cameo displays of the painting in prominent locations.
b) A scheme to make it easy to “bid” on the original painting, and how to market the prints.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	2	n/a	n/a

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On the third Thursday of every month, thousands of visitors converge Downtown to celebrate art, food, technology and business. Along the way, people partake in an evening of sights, sounds, food, shopping and cosmopolitan living.

The Gallery Hop officially starts at 6:00 pm and runs until 9:00 pm, while some restaurants and bars stay open later.

On a typical Hop, several galleries and non-traditional art venues spotlight the best of established and emerging Orlando-based artists in tandem with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Street artists and performers settle into the many nooks of the District. Expect the unexpected as each month is uniquely an experience in art and culture.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Gallery Support	4	n/a	n/a

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The Surgeon General released a Call to Action on skin cancer prevention to raise awareness on the need for good sun protection. Live SunSmart designed a multi-component community-wide initiative in response to Surgeon General's report making skin cancer a public health issue.
Skin Cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States and in most cases it is preventable and most preventable cause of skin cancer is over exposure to UV light.

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