Volunteer Opportunities

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="12bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Sidney Center</B></FONT><B>    </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="112d2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="0f8abc40.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sidney Center"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>Mission/Vision/Values</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parent Support"><U><B>Family Support</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quilts for Carols Angels"><U><B>Dream Quilt Project</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><U><B>Community Services</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us/Feedback</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Financial Information"><U><B>Donation/Financial Information</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Volunteer Opportunities</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events"><U><B>Special Events</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Volunteer Opportunties<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Volunteer Opportunitites at The Sidney Center</B></div> <bR> <div> VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!  CALL 284-2712, E-MAIL  <A HREF="mailto:chantel@sidneycenter.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:chantel@sidneycenter.org"><U><B>chantel</B></U></A><A HREF="mailto:chantel@sidneycenter.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:chantel@sidneycenter.org"><U><B>@sidneycenter.org</B></U></A><B>, or fill out the volunteer interest form below and indicate where you would like to help.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>If you have any interest please contact us today! We can put you to work immediately!</U></B></div> <bR> <div> What do you like to do? What gets you excited?  <B>We can use your abilities to make a difference </B>in the lives of families who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death.</div> <bR> <div> If you are interested in volunteering for The Sidney Center, please contact the Sidney Center office at (541) 284-2712 or send an e-mail to <A HREF="mailto:support@sidneycenter.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:support@sidneycenter.org"><U><B>support@sidneycenter.org</B></U></A><B>.</B>  <B>Please fill out our volunteer interest form at the bottom of this page.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Volunteer opportunities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Phone Calling Team</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Phone calling volunteers make phone calls as needed to businessess, churches or individuals for various purposes including enlisting their support for fundraising activities, or calling to invite program participants to social events.  Phone calls can be made from the office or from your own home.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>The Dream Quilt Project</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Crafters & Quilters needed.  Quilters are needed to make memorial quilts and crafters are needed to provide special craft projects for silent auctions.  Material and patterns are provided.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Board Members</U></B></div> <bR> <div> The Sidney Center is seeking servant leaders willing to join us as Executive Board Members to help The Sidney Center continue to grow as it provides comprehensive grief support to bereaved families and their caregivers in our area and around the country.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Administration:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Answering the phone in the office, stuffing envelopes, preparing packets for mailing, data entry, desktop publishing.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Client Services:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> One-on-one peer support, write letters to parents, deliver care baskets, talking with parents by phone, meal delivery or childcare.  We need volunteers to send out cards monthly to bereaved parents at birthdays, anniversaries and other significant dates.  There are three different types of volunteer opportunities directly with parents, family support volunteers, helping hands volunteers and group facilitators.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Advancement/Fundraising:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Helping create and coordinate local fundraising events, grant writing, fundraising follow-up by phone, Sidney Center partner recruitment.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Training and Education:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Contacting others in the community such as doctors, churches, hospitals and other businessess to help them to be aware of The Sidney Center's services.  Deliver brochures or other materials to these offices or help to coordinate a community training. Create a professional PSA or other publicity items.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Prayer Partner</U></B></div> <bR> <div> These individuals pledge to pray on a regular basis for the Sidney Center and more specifically for a volunteer/staff member who is working with a family or families.  The Sidney Center will send specific prayer requests to this person directly.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Special Event Volunteer needs:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Coins for Healing Hearts</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact businesses, churches and individuals to take the baby bottles</B></div> <div> <B>Distribute and pick up baby bottles </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Laugh for Life</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Committee leaders to help plan the 2008 event</B></div> <div> <B>Volunteers to work with committee leaders</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Committees:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Media/publicity</B></div> <div> <B>Ticket sellers</B></div> <div> <B>Sponsorships/financial</B></div> <div> <B>Volunteer coordination</B></div> <div> <B>Facility/program</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Volunteer positions the day of the event</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Set up/clean up</B></div> <div> <B>Ushers (need around 25)</B></div> <div> <B>Ticket takers</B></div> <div> <B>Program distribution</B></div> <div> <B>VIP section ushers</B></div> <div> <B>Assistant to the comedian</B></div> <div> <B>Door ticket sales/will call</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION IS REQUIRED. ALL TRAINING IS PROVIDED.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Volunteer Interest Form</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Fill in each line and use the tab button to move from field to field.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <form action="http://csbmail.globalscape.com/cgi-bin/csbmail/csbmail.pl" method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SortOrder" value="FirstName,LastName,Email,Address1,Address2,City,State,Zip,Phone,MailingList,Area of Interest"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_FormIndex" value="2"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_OKMessage" value="Thank you for your interest in volunteering for The Sidney Center. Someone will be in touch soon! Deena Crandall, Program Director"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SendMode" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_Subject" value="A volunteer info form was submitted"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_EmailTo" value="support@sidneycenter.org"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="left">First Name:<br> <input type="text" name="FirstName" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Last Name:<br> <input type="text" name="LastName" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Email:<br> <input type="text" name="Email" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Address Line 1:<br> <input type="text" name="Address1" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Address Line 2:<br> <input type="text" name="Address2" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">City:<br> <input type="text" name="City" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">State:<br> <input type="text" name="State" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Zip:<br> <input type="text" name="Zip" size="10" maxlength="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Phone Number:<br> <input type="text" name="Phone" size="14" maxlength="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input type="checkbox" name="MailingList" value="yes"> Add me to your mailing list</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Volunteer area of interest:<br> <input type="text" name="Area of Interest" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><input type="reset"> <input type="submit" value="Send" name="tlx_send"></td> </tr> </table> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Have you had a loss or an adverse diagnosis? </B>We need individuals who are willing to share their experiences with other families facing similar situations and losses.  You would be paired with another person who has faced or is facing the possible death of their child, to walk with them through their time of trial.   Go to our <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feedback"><U>feedback page</U></A> and fill that out if you would like to be included on that list.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>