March of Dimes Programs and Fund Raising Events

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October 25 th, 2014: Signature Chefs - The March of Dimes annual Signature Chefs Auction provides support to th vital mission of the March of Dimes. Approximately 500 affluent society members and business professionals who attend support our mission while enjoying an evening of fine cuisine created by local executive chefs, wine, spirits and exclusive, and exciting custom-created auction packages.

Event Set-up: 15 people

• Time Required: 5 people in 2-3 hour shifts.
• Skills: Able to lift boxes and equipment, creative, have a decorative eye
• Those assisting with event set up will decorate, lift boxes and equipment, and possibly set up tables

Greeters/ Speaker Handlers/Bid Spotters: 15 people (Minimum of 1 person per every 4-5 tables for bid spotters)

• Time Required: 5:00pm till end of event (if possible attend program rehearsal earlier)
• Skills: Extrovert, people skills
• Greeters are stationed near the door and along the route to the ballroom to guide attendees to the ballroom will transition to speaker handlers and or bid spotters for the live auction, some spotters may be Fund the Mission nudgers for our top level pre-secured donors.

Registration: 20 people (2 people per station)

• Time Required: 1-3 hours at the beginning of the event
• Skills: Polite, caring and understanding, computer skills
• Greet and check patrons in, hand out event materials such as catalogs, bid numbers, bid paddles, collect ticket payments, pre-swipe credit cards for auction payment.

Culinary Assistants: One per chef

• Time Required: 2 hours before event and all during event. Clean up after event
• Skills: culinary students preferred or personable, able to handle multiple requests in chaotic environments
• Assist Chefs with load in and assist Chefs at Chefs table. Directing Chefs to their table, assisting Chefs with setting up and ensuring they have everything they need before and during event.

Big Board/ Silent Auction: 11 people

• Time Requirement: Start to finish of event
• Skills: Extrovert, talkative, social, observant, technology skills (if applicable)
• Socialize with bidders and encouraging patrons to check their items and place bids. Instruct patrons on technology features. Monitor items for security purposes.
  • Big Board: 6 people (one person per every 4 items)
  • Silent Auction: 5 people (one person per every 15 items)

Live Auction: 8 people

• Time Requirement: 1-2 hours during the live auction
• Skills: Extrovert, talkative, social, technology skills (if applicable)
  • Live Auction Runners (contracts on clip boards for all winners): 4 people
  • Fund the Mission Scribes: 4 people

Cashier: 8- 10 people (can be the same people that worked registration)

• Time Requirement: 1 hour at auction close
• Skills: People, manners, polite, able to keep calm in difficult situations
• Greet patrons, look up patron purchases, accept payments, run credit card machines, print invoices, thank patrons and direct patrons to auction item pickup.

ID Clerk: 6- 8 people (can be the same people that worked registration)

• Time Requirement: 1-2 hours after auction close
• Skills: Able bodied, quick, accurate
• Locate patron purchases in auction area and organize into stacks, bags, piles or areas for patron pickup. Greet patrons, review receipt for payment, and find patrons items and deliver to patron.

Continuous: The Teddy Bear Den is an incentive program that provides free baby care products to low-income pregnant women as incentives to practice healthy behaviors throughout their pregnancies. Teddy Bear Den clients "earn" points toward incentives, such as diapers and infant clothing, through a variety of positive, health-promoting activities: attending prenatal care appointments, participating in prenatal education classes, keeping appointments for well-baby visits, etc. We depend on items donated by businesses and the community to stock the Teddy Bear Den and provide essential items to pregnant and parenting moms in need.

Maintain Teddy Bear Den: sort incentive items and place on proper racks and shelves; tag incentive items; straighten store after each client visit.

Stocking Teddy Bear Den: inventory incentive items and make list of needed items.

(Minimum requirement for Teddy Bear Den boutique volunteers is one shift per month)

Community Baby Shower Host

Plan, organize, and host a baby shower to collect baby items, maternity items, or monetary donations for Teddy Bear Den.

Provide Services to Teddy Bear Den Clients: greet clients; help register clients; and assist clients in redeeming points for incentives. Spanish speaking is necessary.

May: March for Babies happens in May in Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden. We need plenty of help with set up and/or take down as well as helping during the event. During the event volunteers will help with directing traffic, registration, putting up signs, and handing out fruit, water, etc. Time requirement is 8 hours the day of the event.

Please contact Tina Baucum at 801-509-3172 or TBaucum@marchofdimes.com if you are interested in any of the above.

75 Cents of every dollar raised will go towards funding our research programs as well as our community programs. Again, our goal is to save babies!