We rely on volunteers to make this happen. Please consider one of the many volunteer opportunities listed below. Any of these tasks can be shared;, you do not need to commit to a whole area below or commit a lot of time in order to volunteer. If you're interested get a copy of our Volunteer Inventory form. Any help is appreciated!

• Can & Bottle Collection helpers (NOW & any time ~ ongoing)
• Data Base Entry
• Set-up contact list
• update new contact info as it comes in
• Business Info Management assistance
  • help with business needs, paperwork, timelines for resubmission/maitenance of business fillings
  • help with accounting, accounts set-up, filing needs
  • help with policy development and maintenance
  • much more
• Grant
• Research grant opportunities
• get on mailing lists for grant alerts, quick reviews to see if they might apply to us
• help keep business & project info current to make grant application quicker when they come available
• assist with writing
• assist with grant review before submission (critical reading)
• Newsletter
• keep up on what's happening with business, projects, grants, events, etc
• put together newsletter, about quarterly, and maybe if special event
• get newsletter into the community (email, website, facebook, area businesses, etc)
• Marketing & Media lead
• keep up on deadlines for submission
• keep in contact with area media options, (you don't have to be a spokeperson or on-air person to do this)
• submit info to keep community aware of what's happening
• Project & Event Leaders (goal is to keep events happening throughout the year, if we have lead person for various areas multiple things can be in the works at the same time). The lead person would not be responsible for independently carrying out the activity, but leading it by planning schedule(s), arranging location, getting volunteers as needed, etc.
  • Can Drives
  • Bake Sales
  • Spaghetti Dinners (or other similar large community involvement events)
  • Raffle
• Miscellaneous tasks: we need lots of people for this 'stuff' there's always lots to do, not necessarily ongoing but this may be a list of willing and available to help finding people take less time.
• phone calls
• letters
• mailing
• copying
• Volunteer coordinator
• keep list of volunteers and their interests to make recruiting easier when looking for specific interests or abilities for specific projects or events
• continuously recruit new vounteers for all types of tasks
• help project leads with volunteer needs for evnts and projects
• Community Hand-UP Board member
• Assist with strategic planning
• assist with project and event planning
• help with Community Partnership development
• CHUP asset building (people, collaborations, community awareness, fund raising, etc)