VOLUNTEER

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:
  • 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!
  • Work at an event.
  • 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!
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • 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.

    Thank you!



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