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Volunteers · BE PART OF THE SOLUTION! Volunteer opportunities and internships are available now in all four programs. Choose the program you like and earn Service Learning hours for graduation. GRIOT WORKS™ 4 hours per week Description: · Participate/lead activities in storytelling workshops (Tuesdays) · Participate in 2-3 storytelling outreach performances in the community (days and times vary) · Create update survey/feedback form for workshops · Identify and contact middle and high schools to set-up outreach/recruiting · Set-up performance opportunities with programs, schools, organizations serving families/youth in transitional housing, shelters, hospitals, low-income after-school programs · Create tracking sheet in Excel with contact names · Identify new storytelling resources · Design flyer and handbill for promoting new sessions · Assist with set-up/ clean-up after workshop · Support with positive ideas and helpful suggestions Skills/Qualifications: · Good listener and willing to try new things · Work well with different people of all ages, social, racial and economic backgrounds at the same time. · Comfortable with creating documents in WORD, EXCEL, PUBLISHER (willingness to learn) · Likes finding new resources in library, internet, etc. · MUST be able to work independently and complete task on time RESTORATION WORKS™ 4 hours per week Description: · Attend Saturday work parties at Genesee Park · Design flyer and handbill for promoting program · Identify and contact middle/high school for recruiting · Identify and conduct adult outreach · Assist with set-up/clean-up after project · Support with positive ideas and helpful suggestions · Assist with promotion needs · Assist with creating educational materials Skills/ qualifications: · Desire to learn about Native Plants and eco-systems · Desire to learn about “human geography” · Ability to organize information · Work well with others · Willing to work outside (site-visit/work projects) · Good writing skills ADVENTURE WORKS™ 4 hours per week Description: · Assist with materials preparation · Recruit/ Outreach for events · Distribute flyers/posters · Willing to learn/teach outdoor skills · Contact clients · Logistics support for Saturday programs · Investigate, research, report on new hiking possibilities · Letter writing to potential sponsors/partners · Participate in Saturday Hikes (optional/perk) Skills/Qualifications: · Good record keeping · Capable of copying and organizing materials · Strong writing skills · Ability/willingness to hike and write · willing to make phone calls Membership Assistant 3 hours per week Description: · Create E-News using Constant Contact or other format · Update E-News as needed · Create membership questionnaire(s) · Send member Evites to member events · Assist with members quarterly meetings Skills/Qualifications: · Comfortable with internet · Detail oriented · good typist · Visual person SPECIAL PROGRAMS ASSISTANT 4 hours per week · Organize materials for workshops · Research and collect new information · Compile information for easy access · Investigate topics connected to health, the natural world, race, gender, sexual identity, domestic violence, prisons, environmental impacts, toxins, civil rights, immigration, population, land management and endangered species. · Brainstorm and investigate fun ways to present Skills/Qualifications: · Concerned and passionate about global and local issues · Alert about connecting issues · Interested in community outreach and organizing · Background or interest in social justice CREATE AN INTERNSHIP Service Learning Volunteers are invited to stay involved with the program and, if interested, work with UWP staff to develop an Internship that suits the SLV's educational and professional goals. INTERNS NEEDED 5-6 Hours per week Development Assistant (1) · Identify suitable grants for 4 program areas and special programs · Create, update and maintain grant calendar · Create grant binder · Organize binder · Generate Letters of Inquiry · Support budget development for grants · Assist with item procurement for fundraiser (Village Fare) Communications Assistant (1 of 2) · Identify Free Community Listings · Create a perpetual calendar for listing deadlines · Write press releases ( Media alerts, develop press packets) · Email or Snail Mail/ Deliver Press releases before deadlines Communications Assistant (2 of 2) · Create E-News using Constant Contact or other format · Update E-News · Update calendar/brochure annually · Coordinate distribution of calendar/brochure · Create and maintain list-serve Program Outreach Assistant (1) · Assist in implementing programs · Brainstorm program development ideas with Director · Assist with outreach and promotions including flyers, handbills, posters · Generate Evites Contact Us Jourdan I. Keith, Founder & Director 206-579-5848 urbanwildernessproject@yahoo.com P.O. Box 18874 Seattle, WA 98118 © 2004, Jourdan I. Keith site design by Kind Of 7.com |