If You’d Like to Become a Volunteer Please Contact: Athens County Lisa Simpson (740) 594-3533
Working with the Development Director help promote and organize a live Auction fundraising event in the spring of the year. Contact regional businesses that can supply products or services to complete five or more auction packages. Conduct asks for donations over the phone and in person to these businesses. Follow up on asks until donations…
Write newsletter articles, blog entries, and/or press releases covering Rural Action programs and local restoration and sustainable development news. Assist the Media Team with newsletter and e-newsletter production, as well as editing, as needed. Attend Rural Action events to cover stories. Projects are flexible, based on volunteers’ interests and experience; special projects are welcomed.
Photograph Rural Action events and programming; help compile a digital database of striking images for use in multimedia presentations, print publications and marketing tools, and on the web. Special projects, such as photo essays, are encouraged.
Assist in maintaining the grounds at the Kuhre Center for Rural Renewal offices in Trimble Ohio including mowing, weeding and planting flower beds, trimming bushes and general beautification of grounds.
Assist the Development Liaison with office work, including: membership renewals and other mailings, database entry and management, file organization, thank you letters, etc.
Sort through and organize historical Rural Action/AOPIC photos and publications; maintain the current digital photo database; organize and maintain the Rural Action reference library; and develop new systems for preserving important materials. Time estimate: prefer commitment of 3 months, flexible during office hours 9-5, M-F at the Kuhre Center for Rural Renewal in Trimble, OH.
Volunteers skilled in communications are needed to help write press releases, work with local media, write and/or collect stories, edit and create visual media, and post to social media. All or part of this can be virtual. After an interview, volunteers must attend a 1-hour training course that goes over all the policies and procedures…
Volunteers are needed to help behind the scenes with marketing, grant-writing, office work, and collaborating with other organizations. All or part of this work can be virtual. After an interview, volunteers must attend a 1-hour training course that goes over all the policies and procedures for helping us run America’s only peace museum!
Volunteers give tours to both individuals or groups, help with the front desk, plan and assist at live events. After an interview, volunteers must attend a 1-hour training course that goes over all the policies and procedures for helping us run America’s peace museum.