About this event
"Talk the Talk" is a 3-hour educational session where participants learn about the legacy of Apartheid. There will be a speech preparation and presentation workshop to prepare our youth for the Speech Competition at the Youth Educational Weekend Retreat. The session will end with BC Black Stories: "Then and Now."
The Need
We are in need of outgoing, friendly volunteers to help with fundraising efforts at the event through 50/50 raffle ticket sales and managing the donations box.
Volunteers are welcome and encouraged to stay and participate in the educational session and network at the event social. This is an amazing opportunity to make a change. Be a part of critical systems change work that delivers programs to empower Black Youth and their families through training, recognition and access to education.
Related tasks
- Confirm your ability to help when contacted by the JRBAA Volunteer Coordinator
- Attend an onsite training session on the day of the event
- Log your hours in iVolunteer after the event
What you will be helping with
- Distributing door prizes and generating funds by collecting donations and fundraising prior to the event start as well as during the networking and social hour.
- Setting up a station table with a tablecloth
- Setting up station supplies – tickets, signage, paper, pens
- Setting up prizes
- Setting up a donations box
- Submitting all funds and accounting documentation to the assigned JRBAA member
- Keeping stations clean and tidy
- Handing out door prize tickets to guests (1 ticket per guest)
- Selling 50/50 tickets if applicable
- Selling raffle tickets if applicable
Additional information
- Please arrive 1 hour prior to the event start time to attend an orientation session.
- After set-up is completed, we welcome and encourage volunteers to stay for the educational session, networking and social. You invited to enjoy us for for food and drink.
- Station take-down takes approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Sign-up is required. This is not a drop-in volunteer opportunity!
If you require support to sign up to help, please contact Candace
Volunteer Requirements
All volunteers must:
- have basic math skills for raffle ticket sales and draw tickets
- complete and submit your JRBAA volunteer application https://jrbaa.org/volunteer
- complete a criminal record check for the vulnerable sector
- sign United Way British Columbia’s volunteer waiver
Boundaries
Parents are responsible for minors. Volunteers do not supervise minors or provide child-minding services.
Benefits
- Be a part of grassroots critical systems change
- Empower black youth and their families
- Participate in the education session
- Network at event social
- Ask us for a letter of reference!
Your health and safety are important to us.
Please refer to the provincial health guidelines for current updates.
If you are unwell, please stay home and do not volunteer. If unsure of your health status, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s online self-assessment tool is available at https://covidcheck.gov.bc.ca/.
Disclaimer
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