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Volunteer Update
July 31, 2019
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Thank you to ALL our volunteers for working together and with us to serve our community so well this summer! We think you're swell!
We have many volunteers who take much-needed and well-deserved breaks in the summer. When that happens, we rely on other volunteers to step in to fill the gaps and ensure that all of our valuable services continue. Thank you to all our volunteers who step in to fill gaps in the summer months!
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Representing CRC at Petco Park
JustServe is an organization that CRC partners with to provide meaningful volunteer opportunities to the community. JustServe honored CRC's work and that partnership at Petco Field on July 13! Thank you to our Board President, Katrina Dodson, who represented CRC during the pre-game activities. She then watched the game from behind home plate!
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Congratulations to our 40 new Domestic Violence Prevention Advocates!
Each year, CRC offers a comprehensive 40-hour Domestic Violence Prevention Advocate Training class and the 2019 class was held during May and June. Expert speakers from across San Diego County offered presentations on domestic violence issues related to trauma, the law and prosecution, immigration, sexual assault, the military, stalking and more. Participants in the class include CRC volunteers and new staff; professionals in our community and graduate students; women and men. Some will use this training for volunteer or paid work in organizations including CRC that offer domestic violence services and some will use it in other work or volunteer capacities, but all of the 40 dedicated participants have the knowledge to be life-long advocates for couples, families and communities free from domestic violence.
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Thank you, Hope for San Diego!
An amazing group of volunteers from
Hope for San Diego came out on Saturday, July 27 to donate their volunteer service to CRC. They did a deep clean of our Food and Nutrition Center, pulled expired food, and did painting projects. Thank you Hope for San Diego for your compassion for those in need and your partnership with CRC!
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Congratulations to our July Volunteer of the Month: Liz Morrisette
Our
Holiday Baskets Program
requires more than 2,000 volunteer shifts and many “captains” who work year-round to ensure that it succeeds. While school was winding down and many of us were gearing up for summer, Liz Morrisette was driving around to pick up coats left in school lost and founds. She then washed, and is now storing, the coats to be handed out to the 6,000 individuals who come to the Del Mar Fairgrounds during the CRC Holiday Baskets event in December. Thanks to the behind-the scenes work that Liz does (she has volunteered 100 hours already in 2019!), thousands of children will have a warmer winter.
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Meet our behind-the-scenes social media volunteer, Janene Forman!
Do you recognize this social media post? If you follow CRC's Resale Stores on
Facebook
or
Instagram
, you are probably familiar with Janene Forman’s work – even if you’ve never met her!
Janene volunteers behind-the-scenes to help promote CRC's Resale Stores. She takes photos of items in the stores, creates fun ads and does posts about store sales and discounts multiple times a week. In addition, Janene helps out in our Development department with special mailings, special events registration and posting promotions for fundraising events. We couldn't do it all without Janene's awesome efforts!
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If you would like information on any of these opportunities, please email Volunteer Manager, Sara Rosenbaum at
srosenbaum@crcncc.org
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Holiday Baskets Volunteer Opportunities
We are already gearing up for Holiday Baskets! We are currently looking for volunteers who want to be a part of the Registration Team and "Drives" Team.
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Holiday Baskets Registration Team
Volunteers will:
- Register families for Holiday Baskets
- Perform various administrative tasks including data entry
- Check in families and/or assist with troubleshoot support on distribution days
Requirements:
- Background check. Existing CRC volunteers with Livescan preferred (volunteers must be cleared to handle client data)
- Familiarity with internet, Microsoft Excel, and ability to use a tablet
- Willing to commit to volunteering September through December
- Attend 1 time Training August 20th 10:30-11:30
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Holiday Baskets Drives Team
Working with the Drives Chairperson and the Holiday Baskets Project Manager
School Drives Captain:
Volunteers will:
- Contact local schools with information on Holiday Baskets and keep a spreadsheet of all schools doing drives
- Coordinate with the CRC operations department to schedule pick-ups at the schools or to coordinate drop-off times at one of our collection points.
- Go onto school campuses to talk about CRC and Holiday Baskets, encourage schools to do pre-sorting on site to minimize sorting at the Fairgrounds
- Follow up with schools, collect donation receipts and turn in to the CRC Development Department
Requirements:
- Good Communicator, Flexible schedule
- Organized and able to utilize either excel or Google docs to track drives
- Some Holiday Baskets or large event experience helpful!
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Realtor/Business Drives Captain:
Volunteers will:
- Contact local Realtors and businesses with information on Holiday Baskets and keep a spreadsheet of all businesses doing drives
- Coordinate with the CRC operations department to schedule pick-ups at the business or to coordinate drop-off times at one of our collection points.
- Go to the business offices when able/when requested to talk about CRC and Holiday Baskets, encourage business/Realtors to do pre-sorting on site to minimize sorting at the Fairgrounds
- Follow up with businesses, collect donation receipts and turn in to the CRC Development Department
Requirements:
- Good Communicator, flexible schedule
- Organized and able to utilize either excel or Google docs to track drives
- Some Holiday Baskets or large event experience helpful!
General scheduling for Holiday Baskets will begin in the fall. Please wait for the scheduling to begin before contracting us about those opportunities. Thank you!
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If you have a story you'd like to share about your experience volunteering at CRC, please share it with me at
srosenbaum@crcncc.org
. I can include those stories in future newsletters as an encouragement to our team.
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