Volunteer
The Komen North Texas Race for the Cure® and every event organized throughout the year by Komen North Texas would not be possible without the generosity of spirit of hundreds of dedicated volunteers (now termed activists). Komen was founded on the ideal of being volunteer driven and is now admired worldwide as such. Survivors and activists are at the heart of every initiative of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. You can make a difference!
If you are interested in volunteering on any of our committees please complete the Volunteeer Application and send to volunteer@komennorthtexas.org and enter "Volunteer Recruitment" in the subject line.
The 2010 Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure® online volunteer sign up system will open on April 1st. Please come back then to volunteer!
We have volunteer opportunities on the following affiliate committees:
Education & Community Outreach
Chair: Lisa Washington
We are looking for volunteers to help spread the word about breast health and carry out the Komen mission. We need women and men to help with health fairs, mailings, putting packets together for newly diagnosed women, and beginning work on a resource guide for the women and men of Collin, Denton, and Grayson counties.
Qualifications for Community Outreach Committee:
- Energetic and creative
- Enjoy meeting new people and ability to communicate well
- Have a car and phone (email user is a plus!)
- Can give 2 or more hours a month
- Speak English, Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, or any other language that our community speaks
- Nurse practitioner, medical professional, educational professional, survivor or family of a survivor
Fundraising Committee
Chair: Tammy Bowman
Need strong, organized committed people to work on this committee. Fundraising committee members work year round in assisting the Chair with duties such as:
- Screening fundraising offers to determine if it is beneficial and appropriate for the affiliate
- Presenting qualified opportunities to the Board for approval
- Recruiting and mentoring event chairpersons
- Overseeing various events from initial organization through final reporting and thank you’s
- Working closely with the PR committee
Public Relations
Chair: Andrea Kirsten-Coleman
In need of 1 to 2 people to assist in:
- Creating email newsletters
- Compiling books of press clippings
- Celping to organize events during Breast Cancer awareness month which is October
- Distributing press kits during Race
- Scouting other opportunities and avenues for publicity
PR volunteers need to be very professional and organized. A background in PR is a plus.
Finance Committee
Chair: Open Position
Individuals with accounting or book keeping experience needed to manage the Affiliate’s financial duties, which include:
- Serving as an assistant to the Chair of the Finance Committee
- Establishing system of receipt and disbursement for all Affiliate funds
- Meeting reporting commitments to the board and the National Organization of Komen
- Balance sheet and income statement reporting
- Budget-to-actual reporting to the Board
- Bill paying and book keeping using Quick Books On Line.
- Follow up communication with donor organizations
- Record keeping of all financial activity, including vendor records, paid bills files, deposit activity
- Bank reconciliations
Grant Committee
Chair: Rozalind Dickerson
The Grant Committee is busy the entire year. The Grants are paid in two payments and reports must be submitted by each grant recipient twice a year to ensure the recipients are distributing their funds according to their application.
Help needed on the Grants Committee would include:
- Individuals from Collin, Denton and Grayson Counties to help spread the word of the Grant Program.
- 2 - 3 individuals from these areas to be on our Grant Review Board.
If you are interested in learning more about the Grant process we would like to work with you to be a Grant Co-Chair next year. National offers an excellent training program for the Grants Program. Working with grants is an extremely rewarding and busy position. It is rewarding to see the money we raise put to work in our Affiliate service area.
Race Committee
Chair: Mary Frances Hoover
Do you like planning events? Have you always wanted to see how a Race for the Cure® is put together? Are you an organizer? Are you clever and creative? Do you like to have fun and be a part of a team? Then we want you on the Race committee! The 2010 Race will be Saturday, June 12th.
The organizing committee for the Race for the Cure® is already underway. We generally have two meetings per month until April, when we will begin meeting more frequently until Race day.
This is a great committee and we need lots of energetic people, both men and women. We have several committee chair positions to fill, as well as committee members needed, so whether you like to be in charge or a worker bee, we have a place for you. If you have a few hours, or a few days of open time we could use your help!
Click here to volunteer for the 2010 Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure®
Volunteer Committee
Chair: Open Position
The volunteer committee recruits all volunteers for Affiliate functions and events throughout the year including the Race. Each year the Race involes about 450 volunteers in various roles, pre-race and on race day, to ensure that everything gets done.
We are also recruiting volunteers for the Ride for the Cure and the Promise Golf Classic.
Recruiting duties include:
- contacting volunteers from last year
- notifying various volunteer leagues
- coordinating with PR Committee
The qualities needed for this committee are:
- Fluent in email - an absolute “must”!
- Organized
- Excellent communication skills - written and oral
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work well with other committees to determine volunteer needs
- Ability to juggle differing requests from multiple people
PUBLIC POLICY
Chair: Stacy M. Gibson
Recruit advocates for public policy
- Advocates will promote the "I Vote for the Cure" initiative. This initiative engages policymakers and leaders at all levels of government to advocate for increased investment in breast cancer research and greater access to breast health services
- Advocates also work to achieve legislative objectives at the federal, state, and local levels
- Public policy group will cultivate relationships with programs such as Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (BCCEDP), as well as other programs
Public policy members also have opportunities to volunteer at many events to speak about Susan G Komen for the Cure, and also to gather petition signatures for initiatives which are important to breast health
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