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This Month in Volunteering
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Summer may be winding down as we enter August, but our volunteer opportunities are ramping up!
Thank you to our volunteers who donated time, items, tickets, and money to our Day at the Races fundraiser that took place July 23. We are happy to say our 4th annual event was a beautiful day in sunny Del Mar!
A few months ago, Chris, Suzanne and I completed the Points of Light Service Enterprise Initiative, a program teaches organizations how to leverage volunteers and their skills to successfully deliver on its social mission. With this in mind, our team has made a conscious effort to increase volunteer opportunities and include volunteers in our day-to-day functions.
Check out the latest volunteer opportunities and roles in the Service Spotlight section below!
Ball Gown Giveaway collection update:
We are hoping for about 600+ more gowns, cocktail dresses, shoes, accessories, and men's wear for our Ball Gown Giveaway in September. For those who live in the OC area, we have partnered with the Women Helping Women Thrift store which will sell gowns to be donated to the ASYMCA for $5 each. If you do not have items to donate, or wish to donate more, please visit Ginger, the store manager, who recently received 200+ gowns in pristine condition, at "
Deja New,"
711 W 17th St,
Costa Mesa.
Only a few tickets left to our last summer event:
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Service Spotlight:
New Opportunities and Positions
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We know that YOU, our volunteers and team members, are passionate, caring, dedicated, intelligent people.
We also know that you balance your ASY time with work, family, travel, sports, other volunteer work, and fun. We hope that the new opportunities below cater to those volunteers who cannot physically come on base, but are spiritually always with Camp Pendleton's Marines, Sailors and their families. Please contact me for further information on the following positions.
We are specifically looking for volunteers to help with blogging/social media,
grant research,
Ball Gown Giveaway coordination,
OKC quilting, OKC coordination, and
community outreach, both on and off base.
Please read the other options below to find the position that best fits you!
Administration
Options include: Operation Kid Comfort coordinator, data entry, Operation Ride Home coordinator, Project Liberty Call coordinator, database management, photo/video management, management of board meeting minutes, scanning, shredding, public relations coordinator, and program sign-up coordinator. Coordinators must commit to a weekly, or bi-weekly schedule. Some administration is time-sensitive and may require being present specific days/times (board meetings, sign-ups, etc.).
At-Home / Off-Site
Options include: soliciting auction/raffle items, grant research, Corporate Solicitation Campaign, marketing material creation, donor research and outreach, blogging/posting on social media, volunteer outreach, quilting, and program toolkit creation. Certain volunteer tasks are time sensitive, such as auction items, quilting, and blogging, while others may be done at your leisure.
Community Outreach
Options include: command team training briefs, deployment briefs, new recruit briefs, resource fairs, housing fairs, local organization/group meetings, and other events that may present themselves. Volunteers may also attend and facilitate tours of Camp Pendleton and ASYMCA programs with prospective volunteers and donors.
Outreach volunteers will receive training and supervision until they feel comfortable attending on their own. Briefs are held M-F during normal business hours at various locations on base, generally weekly for 60-90 minutes. Local meetings are held off base during normal business hours across the county, depending on the organization/club. Resource and housing fairs are generally held after 1700 during the week or late morning – early afternoon on the weekends, on base.
BGG Coordinator
Responsible for overseeing gown sorting parties at the ASY office. This includes organizing the volunteers for the sorting days, contacting FRO’s and military spouses with the dates, and managing the sorting. The BGG Coordinator will assist at the Ball Gown Giveaway event, both at set-up and the day of the event. The Coordinator will also drop off any inapplicable gowns at the NMCRS Thrift on base after the last sorting party.
Note: Must be able to commit to two sorting parties, 8/16 and 9/9 0900-1200, as well as event set-up and execution, 9/28 and 9/29.
If you are interested in any of these volunteer positions or have another skill the ASY can utilize, I look forward to hearing from you.
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Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
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Recreation Center at School of Infantry
You choose your hours
8/5 1000-1800
8/6 1000-1800
8/12 1000-1800
8/13
1000-1800
8/19
1000-1800
8/20
1000-1800
8/26
1000-1800
8/27
1000-1800
Concrete Beach at School of Infantry
Concrete Beach shifts are full for August.
September shifts are now open.
Volunteer Orientation
8/7 0800-0900 at Main Office
8/16 1500-1600 at Main Office
Golf Classic
8/8 1430-1630 ACTIVE DUTY ONLY PLEASE
Ball Gown Giveaway Sorting (pictured)
8/16 0900-1200 at Main Office
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The following volunteers have achieved new hourly benchmarks!
Anita Dice - 50 hours
Galen Grant - 20 hours
Signe Johnson - 20 hours
Vanessa Lewis - 20, 50 & 100 hours
George Rhea - 50 hours
Vanessa Rivera - 50 hours
Stephanie Vegas - 20 hours
Yvonne Wade - 20 hours
Thank you for your commitment to serving those who serve our country.
Our next volunteer thank you luncheon will be held August 30 for all volunteers who have logged 50+ hours. Please RSVP by August 23.
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Volunteer Orientation - please sign up!
Orientation covers the handbook, all programs and services, Volgistics, and the history of the ASY. It is required of all volunteers who wish to attend multiple programs or events throughout the year and is guaranteed to introduce you to more ways you can Make Military Life Easier!
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This newsletter is designed to enhance your volunteer experience, so please provide me with any and all feedback.
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