We need your help!
There are dozens of ways you can
make a difference.
Volunteers are needed for
the 2007 Grand Rapids Walk on September 29th at Ah Nab Awen Park!!
Volunteers are needed for set-up, work in the food tent, balloon tent,
registration and accounting, parking assistants and clean-up on Walk
Day.
Volunteers are also needed to distribute Walk brochures and Walk posters
to local and surrounding area businesses.
The JDRF office is also looking for volunteers for the Fall Walks in
Grand Rapids and Lakeshore. Many volunteers are needed in all areas.
If you are interested in giving of your
time and talent, please call Maxine at the JDRF office at 616-957-1838.
Thank You!
Other Ways to Volunteer for JDRF West
Michigan:
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Help out at the office. We have mailings
to stuff, stamps to stick, photos to file, envelopes tomseal, media
calls to make, and a database to keep up-to-date!
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Work at an event.
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Pass out t-shirts
or help set up Walk sites. Be part of the team putting together
the Silent Auction on Gala night. Each year JDRF needs a virtual
army of volunteers to make our fabulous special events a success!
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Serve
on a Committee. Help develop the Chapter's communications strategy.
Be a part of our Public Outreach Program. Serve
on our Corporate Recruitment or Development Committees. Coordinate
a Walk site. Help plan our Gala program. Solicit items for our
event auctions. Our Committees give the Chapter its sparkle!
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Participate
in our Government Relations Program. Let your voice be heard!
Sign up to be an Advocate and contact your elected representatives
about diabetes-related
policies. Hundreds of Advocates throughout
the state write letters, send e-mails and faxes, and make phone
calls to their Senators and Congresspeople whenever an issue of
importance to diabetes or health-care policy surfaces
in Washington.
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Join our Auxiliary Partners
Program. Hold a party for JDRF! Coordinate a restaurant
opening, baseball game, race, motorcycle
ride, garage sale, or special shopping day - with the dollars raised
benefiting JDRF and diabetes research. The only limit is your imagination!
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Donate
Through Your Business. Make a gift of your printing or design
services. Contribute your photography
skills. Use your public relations firm to help get press for a
Chapter event. Donate a company product
- or an item for our live and silent
auctions (new items please!) Make your restaurant, golf course,
or
other facility available at no
charge for JDRF events.imagination!
Help take us one step closer
to a cure!
Please contact
Mary Scheidel at mscheidel@jdrf.org or
616-957-1838
to obtain a volunteer
questionnaire.
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