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Love planning parties? Good at soliciting for donations? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you. St. Sophia’s Forgotten Felines is looking for Fundraising Assistants to work on a variety of activities all with the goal of helping to raise money to save more cats.

Main activities/tasks:

Under the supervision of the Fundraising Coordinator, the Fundraising Assistants will help with:

• Event planning, including but not limited to:
  • Researching and securing venues
  • Finding and securing vendors or sponsors
  • Soliciting for donations from local, regional, and national businesses for raffles/silent auctions
  • Passing out flyers and helping with other advertising
  • Administration on day-of event (ticket sales, decorating, facilitating, etc)

• Passive Fundraisers:
  • Researching potential partnership opportunities with online or other passive fundraisers (Scentsy, Yankee Candle, Sees Chocolates, etc)

• Responding to e-mails and phone calls and any other ad hoc administrative duties required.

Relevant experience/skills:

• Volunteers must have basic computer skills, and possess a keen attention to detail
• They should be happy talking on the phone or using e-mails to reply to enquiries
• Fundraising Assistants must be able to work independently or without assistance

Training and support:

Any specific information and training required by Fundraising Assistants will be delivered by the Fundraising Coordinator on a one-on-one basis.

Availability: Flexible, normally about 2 hours a week, more if an event is coming up.