Strong communications skills are necessary in view of the extensive amount of outreach that is done within the community. Volunteers are needed to serve on the committee along with the Director of Fundraising. The evening requires detailed planning and organization. The committee meets for two hours on a monthly basis in late Fall and bi-weekly as the date of the event approaches. We are looking for people, who feel comfortable soliciting items over the phone, selling tickets and picking up donations.
Organizational skills are always an asset.
Each year volunteers are needed to work on the day of the event decorating, setting up the silent auction items, registering guests, overseeing the items during the evening, data inputting, and assisting with the live auction. Both events are lots of fun and require an energetic committee to organize them. Committee members meet monthly for three hours and will be most active during May and June planning the picnic, and in October and November planning the Christmas party. The newsletter is a tri-annual information bulletin about general happenings at Big Sisters of York. It is distributed throughout our agency, as well as to our community sponsors.