Volunteer Categories and Tasks

In-Person Tasks

Event Leaders

Class/Presentation Leaders (like for hospitals)

·         Soliciting for venues

·         Planning classes and assembling supplies

·         Teaching/facilitating class

Festival Booth Leaders (esp. in April to September) – this may include a fun run/walk in June in partnership with Santa Clara County

·         Planning activities and assembling supplies

·         Making table displays

·         Manning booth / coordinating other volunteers

Marketing and Research Tasks

Solicitation for Grants and In-Kind Donations (esp. for events, festivals, classes, and birthday celebration)

·         Research of sources

·         Modifying letter/calling/in-person visit for donations (money or product)

·         Filling out grant forms/facilitating this (board can help)

Solicitation for Partnerships

·         Research partnerships

·         Modifying letter/calling/ in-person visit

Solicitation for Press

·         Posting events monthly to Bay Area Parent

·         Research other publications for event posting, and solicit

·         Research other publications for article, and solicit

Digital Tasks

Break Ground – require Computer Science knowledge

·         Application for finding a hike

·         Searchable database of newsletters

·         Member-only tools (require login, liability waiver signing; using forms)

·         Form templates for summer interns

Break Ground – does not require CS knowledge

·         Eventbrite for Birthday Party

·         Curriculum Section of Site – organization, layout, collect graphics, collect reliable links for more resources (like coloring pages) -- we have curriculum text content already

·         Curriculum Bins – shop for supplies and plan units for use in a backyard or at a nature area (purchases require approval first)

Pioneer

·         New destinations – photograph and document them

·         Visit existing destinations and add trails (that are documented), photos, check for other changes/ additions to existing content

Graphics

·         Photo editing (for new destinations)

·         Photo editing (for staff photos)

·         New graphics for curriculum

·         New graphics to break up text-heavy intro/background sections

·         Buttons for use in lieu of links (especially for 2 tools at site)

·         Integrate ColourLover Graphics at Website

Editing

·         Check site for broken links

·         New destinations up – integrate edited photos and documentation with html and php

·         Add more recommendations to Bike, Camp, Swim, and Run (groups, races)