Development Administrative & Event Volunteer (In-Person)

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The Development Department is responsible for raising Canal Alliance’s annual $13+ million budget. Our volunteers help with our mailings, including writing personalized notes to donors, handwriting addresses, and folding, stuffing, and stamping envelopes. Volunteers also make thank you phone calls to donors to express our gratitude for their support. These tasks are essential in helping Canal Alliance to build strong, long-term relationships with our donors.

AGES: 18 YEARS OR OLDER

Volunteers are needed weekly or monthly to assist with donor thank you notes/emails, regular mailings, and other administrative activities.

Volunteers are also needed for occasional larger mailings (Once a month during "slower" periods and once a week during the "busier" periods (end-of-year).

• Initial 30 min intake meeting with Volunteer Coordinator and Program manager
• Fill out Canal Alliance forms through DocuSign (forms will be emailed by the Volunteer Coordinator).

• Handwriting notes to donors and addressing envelopes and postcards
• Folding letters, stuffing, sealing and stamping envelopes, and printing letters
• Making thank you calls to donors and relaying notes learned in conversation with said donors to update their files and communication preferences.
• Assembling donor packets for meetings and/or welcome packets for new donors
• Assisting different team members with varying tasks such as: unpacking and storing mail, office maintenance, event planning assistance

• Administrative skills including note-taking and legible handwriting
• Comfort talking on phone with strangers
• Cultural competence in working with diverse populations, including communities of color, immigrants, and persons of various ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, health status, and abilities..

Ready to apply? Email Ivonne Molina at ivonnem@canalalliance.org to get started.