Volunteers

Participating in a lunch making session for the Light House Shelter is a great way to get to connect with other giving circle members for coffee, conversation and good deeds.  Volunteers gather at the home of an AAWGT member to make 70 sandwiches to feed our less fortunate neighbors.  The host purchases the provisions ahead of time and the cost is shared by those present (about $25 per person).  Lunchmaking is from 8:30 - 9:30 am and delivered to Lighthouse by 11 am.  Members are more than welcome to bring a friend to see our giving circle in action!

Hosts and volunteers are needed for the following dates:

Jun 14  (Friday)
July 18 (Thursday)
Aug 20  (Tuesday)  Host Karen Davis
Sep 23  (Monday)
Oct 16  (Wednesday)
Nov 15 (Friday)
Dec 12 (Thursday)


Shopping Instructions:  Detailed instructions are available to AAWGT members in the Members Only section of this website.

Volunteer or Questions:  Contact Karen Davis at kluciadavis@hotmail.com

Volunteer now for an AAWGT Committee!

The Membership & Outreach Committee provides information to prospective members and welcomes new members, facilitating their participation in activities and committees. The committee plans new member orientations during the year and several events for members and prospective members. This devoted group of volunteers needs help with:

• Welcoming and registering guests who attend open AAWGT meetings.  It involves arriving early to meetings and greeting guests, having them sign in, encouraging them to sign up for our newsletter, etc. 

• Serving as Buddies to new members.  Whenever a new member joins, Membership tries to connect them with a veteran member who will welcome her, encourage her to attend the upcoming meetings and give her a sense of the committee structure and ways she might choose to become more involved with AAWGT.  We like to have a list of folks to draw from when a new member joins and doesn't have any particular connection to a current member.

• Each year, Membership is responsible for organizing a volunteer activity with one of our current or past grantees.  Last year, several members helped serve as course monitors for a Girls on the Run race at the Community College, for example.  It would involve looking for opportunities for a one time volunteer event, publicizing it through the newsletter to our membership, and coordinating sign up.

To sign up to help with the Membership Committee, please contact Missy Attridge at 410-280-6655 or aattridge@verizon.netor Marie Brockhurst at 410-280-0713 or vze2nwkh@verizon.net.

The Marketing and Communications Committee has a small, dedicated team of people, who publicize events and AAWGT’s mission and work in the community, work on the newsletter, produce and manage copy for the website, and promote the giving circle through social media, but we could use additional help so team members have more backup and aren’t spread so thin. Marketing and Communication needs:

• Writers to cover events, interview grantees and write features about them for the website, 
  

• Photographers to take photos at events that will be used on the website, in newsletters and on Facebook, and sent to media outlets

• Help with the website (outlined below)

• Publicists, who like working with the media to get the word out about the good work AAWGT is doing

• Social media mavens who can help us take our social media marketing to the next level.

For more information or to join the committee, contact Lynn McReynolds at 410-268-0275 or lynn@mcreynoldselek.com.

Volunteer needed to assist the Webmaster in maintaining the AAWGT website, givingtogether.org.   AAWGT uses Wild Apricot Membership Management system for the website to manage our organization's membership database, event registration, as well as presenting general information about AAWGT. 

No html or web specific technical skill is required; however, the volunteer should be comfortable with overall online file management and the various file formats used, e.g., jpg, pdf, xls ,rtf and docx. Webmaster will provide whatever training is required. Experience with photo management is helpful as well.

Volunteer tasks:

• Review and update web pages

• Coordinate with Committee chairs to add new content

• Assure the quality and functionality of each web page

• Assist other AAWGT members who have limited access to the Wild Apricot software.

• Help design and implement new features and new webpages.

• Coordinate with AAWGT members to link the Website with Facebook

• Provide backup for Webmaster

If you are willing to help a few hours a month, please contact Eve-Marie Lacroix at evemariel@gmail.com