Passionate about Helping Children & Teens? You Can Make a Difference in their lives!

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Are you passionate about helping Children & Teens? Would you like to improve the lives of Children & Teens? Join us any time between these hours and find a project to work on or a nonprofit to volunteer with. We have several Child & Teen related projects that we will be working on that will make a difference in the lives of Children & Teens.

Come Join us! Meet nice people. Have fun. Learn new skills. Make a Positive Difference!

Who else do you know who may want to help? We would love to meet you in person. If you are available please come to this event:

This is the link to use if you know of people who may want to volunteer to help any type of nonprofit: Volunteer Opportunity Fair! Help for Nonprofits, Community Projects, Schools Jul 21, 2018 9:30-1:00 PM Mesa Main Library 2nd Floor Board Room https://www.eventbrite. com/e/volunteer-opportunity- fair-help-for- nonprofitscommunity-projectssc hools-tickets-48184744869

Thanks for wanting to make a positive impact in your community!

In addition to a variety of community projects that help Children & Teens and Children & Teen related nonprofits, some of us are working on creating a new animal shelter that will hire disconnected youth/opportunity youth. They will also receive mentoring. Here are some of the helpful teams we are forming. Would you like to help with one of these teams?

Our ideas for teams

1. Fundraising
   1. Ideas to help with financial needs and raise money.

• Fundraising events
• Donor Database
• Donor Cultivation
• Workshops/Experiences
• Donation jar
• Calendar/Photos with sexy guys, i.e. firemen
• Tabling events (stores)

1. Grant Writing
   1. Writing grants for different charities, workshops, departments.

1. Philanthropy
   • Estates, wills, pet trusts
   • Wealthy people in cities, such as, Fountain Hills, Scottsdale.
   • Corporate sponsorships

1. Volunteer Recruitment & Management
   1. These would increase the number of volunteers and bring traffic to the shelter.

• Community skill bank
• Outreach to seniors
• Veterans
• Volunteer orientation
• Training program
• Database
• Foster homes
• University & colleges
• Posting positions

1. Marketing & PR

1. Team of people who would handle anything related to marketing and increase the awareness of the shelter to the public; Mass media.

• Social media - Implement an approval process when kids are working with social media.
• PR & media relations
• True stories/testimonials
• News
• Print
• Television
• Magazines
• Flyers
• Business cards
• Brochures
• Internet
• Radio stations
• Signage
• Speakers
• Videos
• Newsletter
• Local
• Media kit

1. Community Partnerships
   1. Find companies or businesses that would partner with the shelter on projects and attend networking events.

• Faith communities
• University & colleges
• Cites
• Public & private
• Other nonprofits
• Rotary, Lions Club, Jaycee’s, etc.
• Government agencies
• Community relations
• Database
• Explore nontraditional partnerships
  • Business community
• Foster homes

1. Adoption Facilitators
   1. Assist with finding volunteer opportunities for everyone of all ages.

• Adopting
• Bottle-feeding kittens/puppies
• Kitten condos
• Donation bins
• Fosters
• Volunteer orientation
• Volunteer manual
• Group foster homes & foster kids (approval process)
• Handle adoption events

1. Supply Chain & Donated Items Management

1. Assist with donations.

• Pet food
• Food bank
• Contact Purina

1. Human Resources
   1. Assist with finding recruiting and onboarding for employees.

• Recruiters
• Develop guidelines and procedures
• Employee manual
• Tax deals for hiring
• Talent acquisition

1. Executive Administration
   1. Helping the front desk and lobby operations.

• Paperwork
• Reception
• Answer calls

1. Education
   1. Promote education of caring, training, and anything relevant to being a pet owner.

• Learning how to care and train a new puppy.
• Education for the rescue.

1. Promote education of caring, training, etc. for the public

• Education for the public
• Train dog on erratic behavior.

1. Support (CAP, FAIR, Senior to Senior, Pet Food Bank)
   1. Providing any type of support to pet owners to make it easy for them and reduce the number of owner-surrendered animals.

• How can we best support pet owners?
• Support for the rescue

1. Provide support for other rescues and nonprofits.

• Support for the public.

1. Medical
   1. Team of medical personnel to have on hand when animals are sick or for procedures.

• Vet Technicians
• Doctors
• Interns

1. Retail Partners
   1. Partnering with retail store locations for projects.

• Groomers
• Trainers
• Doggie day care
• Dog hotel & boarding

1. Building Committee
   1. Handle renovations and upgrades.

• Architect/interior design
• Contractor
• Book-keeping
• Licensing
• Permit
• Builder

1. Help Line Resource Center
   1. Phone system for pet owners to call and ask pressing questions about animals.

• Where to drop off owner surrendered animals?
• Find a rescue to sponsor
• Pet food bank
• I found a reptile here, what do I do?

1. Finances
   1. A team who handles the finances and money for the animal shelter.

• Revenue stream/expenses
• IRS
• Billing
• Budget