Help celebrate our 2nd Annual Mangrove Action Day Dinner!
ORGANIZATION: Mangrove Action Project
Please visit the new page to apply.
We have begun organizing MAP’s July 26, 2017 Mangrove Action Day (MAD) Dinner, and need a team of interns and volunteers to contribute to the vision and make it even more spectacular than last year!
Mangrove Action Day is now and internationally recognized UN holiday, and this will be the 19th annual celebration, coinciding with MAP's 25th Anniversary!
There are several kinds of opportunities:
Silent Auction Outreach: Contact local, supportive groups that can contribute silent auction donations. Email, and follow-up with businesses to put together silent auction packages. Need to be able to make day-time calls.
Publicity: Help create promotional materials and conduct outreach to our Community Partners to publicize the event. Assist with social media outreach (draft posts, create attractive visuals).
Food Outreach: Contact local businesses, farms, co-ops, wineries and bakeries to see if they can donate food this year.
Supporter Outreach: This essential role follows up with our valued MAP membership requesting that they attend the dinner and encourage their network to attend as well. You will be provided with all the contacts and outreach materials you need!
Creative Design: Assist with the creation of attractive decorations for the event, including printing and matte-framing photos, creating wall art of mangrove trees, and more!
Event Volunteer: Help with set up, serving, running the auction, and cleanup/breakdown after the event.
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About Mangrove Action Project
Location:
606 Maynard Ave. South, Suite 102, Seattle, WA 98104, US
Mission Statement
Partner with mangrove forest communities, grassroots NGOs, researchers, and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based sustainable management of coastal resources.
Description
The Mangrove Action Project is an international NGO focused on conserving and restoring mangrove forests around the world. Mangrove forests are among the most biodiverse habitats on earth. They are also among the most efficient absorbers of carbon and they protect coastal communities from hurricanes and tsunamis. But the world has already lost half its mangrove forests.
Witnessing firsthand the rapid devastation of the world’s mangrove forest wetlands and their associated coastal ecosystems, the founders of the Mangrove Action Project (MAP) decided in 1992 that it was time to form a global network to address the problems of mangrove loss worldwide. MAP’s pro-active approach to long-term mangrove conservation involves: education, advocacy, collaboration, conservation and restoration, as well as sustainable community-based development.
One of the major contributors to mangrove loss is industrial shrimp farming in the developing world. The high demand for cheap farmed shrimp is stripping mangrove forests from our coasts. Most people are simply unaware of this connection, so the Mangrove Action Project has launched the "Question Your Shrimp" campaign which allows consumers to make informed decisions about what they eat.
Please click on the "Opportunities" link to the right to browse our volunteer positions!
To learn more about mangroves & read further about the campaign, visit: www.mangroveactionproject.org
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
606 Maynard Ave SouthSuite 102Seattle, WA 98104
DATE POSTED
April 12, 2017
SKILLS
- Advertising
- Event Planning / Management
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Public Relations
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 5-10 hours a week