2008 Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure®
Committee Volunteer Opportunities
Persons interested in the job titles in bold must be able to attend most if not all committee meetings. Meetings are held once a month in the evening during December, January and February and every other week in March, April and May. Meetings are the first Wednesdays and when needed the third Wednesday of the month. They are held in the training room of Nordstrom at Arden Fair Mall.
Contributions Chair
- Ideas for promoting pledge collection
- Implementation of selected pledge promotion
- Supervise the collection of pledges on race day
- Supervise/coordinate volunteers for pledge prize pick-up and mailing
Race Co-Chair in Training
- Shares overall responsibility with another volunteer and staff person
- Must be able to attend some daytime and evening meetings
- Must be available full-time the week of race May 6-12th
- Learns all aspects of the race, helps make decisions, will serve as Race co-chair in the future
Teams Co-Chair
- Communicates with Team Captain and committee on all Race functions
- Develops team print, website, e-mail materials, messages, etc.
- Creates Recruitment Plan, Action and Follow-up
- Coordinates team benefits; contests, pictures, signage
- Oversees team packets and preparation
Volunteer Co-Chair
- Communicate with groups who want to volunteer pre-race and race day
- Match groups with tasks by age, ability, and time available
- Assist Volunteer Chair with deployment of volunteers
Survivor Co-Chair
- Solicit donations for survivor goody bags
- Order one item (that the race will pay for) to put in the bags
- Supervise goody bag stuffing
- Decorate survivor area for race day
- Provide ideas for survivor race day celebration
- Supervise the parade of honor for survivors
Race Kick-off Event Chair
- Secure event location
- Assist with invitations, RSVPs
- Decorations
- Program and entertainment ideas
Men for the Cure®
- Race set up and tear down
- Participation in the survivor parade of honor
Data Entry
- Supervise data entry from race entry forms into excel spreadsheets weeks before and after the race
Office Help
- With staff person, help respond to emails and phone calls about the race-April 1st to May 20th
Hospitality
- Coordinate plans for special guests
- Meet and greet at the race
Komen Expo display manager
- Plan and develop our presence at the post-race expo
- Coordinate volunteers to staff
Expo Event Intern/Volunteer
- Must be available from May-Aug. 2008
- Requires approximately 125 hours (can determine own schedule)
- Assist in Results Book publication of event
- Design layouts for multiple unique photo page recaps using Photoshop or similar program
- Coordinate reproduction process for multiple copy distribution
- Graphic design, photo coordination and layout, event-planning background helpful
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