- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Volunteer at NW Children's Fund 2018 Forum on Infant & Early Childhood Trauma
ORGANIZATION: NW Children's Foundation
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
As NWCF enters its fourth decade of work, we’re harnessing the power of collaboration to lead the fight against child abuse and neglect, providing more opportunities for dedicated people to join hands and finds solutions together. Over 500 researchers, social service providers and others committed to helping children will attend for a conversation about the impact of early childhood trauma and how best to support a child's recovery. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Ghosh Ippen will illustrate how everyone involved with the child - parents, caregivers, teachers, service providers, doctors, even police, legal advocates and others - must collaborate, using the best available science to support the recovery of the traumatized child.
Our volunteers are critical to producing this important event.Schedule & Volunteer Tasks:
- 8:15am - Event Volunteer Greeting, Orientation, and Breakfast Treats
- 8:30-10:15am - Set Up Event and Training on Event Positions
Set-up team will create the event on the ground be working on preparing and laying out our ballroom tables, registration, lobby, stage, flowers and more! We will then train all volunteers on their event positions. - 10:20-10:35am - Grab Quick Lunch and Water
- 10:35-11:45am - Assist at Registration and Lunch Distribution, Greeting, Ushering
- 11:30 to 3:30pm - The Forum Program
During the program, we will divide and conquer with our team. The Ballroom Team will remain for general guest assistance (late arrivals for example), as well as to help with Q&A by collecting question cards from the guests and more. The Lobby Team will flip the lobby into our post program networking layout, as well as to close out registrations and generally tidy up. Once this is accomplished, our volunteers are welcome and encouraged to enjoy the program in the ballroom (and take your lunches with you if you did not have a chance to eat earlier!)
- 3:30-4:15pm - Networking and Load Out
Volunteers will assist our guests in finding their way for the networking portion of the event, as well as assist with facilitating an efficient packing up and loading out of the event materials. Once complete, volunteers will be free to depart with our biggest thanks!
More opportunities with NW Children's Foundation
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About NW Children's Foundation
Location:
2100 24th Ave South, Suite 320, Seattle, WA 98144, US
Mission Statement
NWCF works to end the intergenerational cycle of child abuse, neglect and trauma. We envision a world in which all children thrive in safe, equitable, and nurturing communities.
Description
NW Children's Foundation (NWCF) believes that the early years are the most critical to a child’s development, and have implications for the rest of his or her life. We are acutely aware of how childhood trauma, if left unaddressed, can impact brain development and adult outcomes. Our work focuses on helping to make children safer, more resilient and better able to thrive. It is carried out through two complementary programs:
- Grantmaking: NWCF’s grants support prevention, early intervention, and treatment programs to heal children, strengthen families, and empower youth. Every grant applicant is carefully evaluated, including a site visit to see their programs in action. Since 1985, we have distributed more than $21M to area nonprofits.
- Educational Outreach: NWCF convenes diverse players in the child welfare field - schools, direct-service nonprofits, researchers, healthcare providers, therapists, funders and advocates, judges and lawyers, parents and more - to learn, discuss and connect in order to work toward community-level improvement in our approaches to building resilience and preventing and responding to child maltreatment.
Over its 38 years, NWCF has evolved into a seasoned and respected element of our region’s child welfare landscape, playing a significant role in our community’s efforts to improve the lives of our communities' children and families.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
WA State Convention Center705 Pike StSeattle, WA 98101
DATE POSTED
January 10, 2020
SKILLS
- Child Welfare
- People Skills
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Ushering
- Youth Services
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 8 hours - can be split into 4 hour sessions