A Home for the Holidays Event Planner

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AGENCY DESCRIPTION:

A Family For Every Child is a nonprofit organization located in Eugene, Oregon. AFFEC’S mission is to find loving, permanent families for every waiting foster child. We have over 10 different programs that serve foster and at-risk youth and families in Lane County, as well as foster youth throughout Oregon and nationwide.

JOB SUMMARY:

A Family For Every Child is seeking a volunteer/intern to help plan and carry out the organization’s annual Winter Wonderland event. This event benefiting foster children consists of a dinner, auction packages both silent and live, a dessert dash, a wine wall selection, and a beautiful holiday celebration.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Program Director, the intern/volunteer will:

• Research last two A Home for the Holidays events and write up changes needed, goals for the next year, funding and attendee’s, partners, new ideas, new funding sources, new sponsors, etc
• Compile team of past volunteers, asses supplies we have from previous years, and plan for needed growth in the current year
• Interview past volunteers to create plan for the current year, assign committee heads, and identify new needs
• Recruit, train, and engage new volunteers, venues, or partners needed.
• Plan a timeline for tasks to be completed, who needs to be involved, what is needed, and create a budget
• Plan Marketing Calendar, social media plan, and Advertising campaign
• Work with web team to lay out web pages
• Build email templates, press releases, PSAs, and other marketing tools
• Carry out annual event, evaluate event, thank all partners, and enter all data
• Make plan for next year’s event