Sacramento CA Team Hope Walk Volunteer Coordinator Internship

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Volunteer Coordinator: Internship

Team Hope Walk Sacramento

Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare, fatal, incurable brain disorder that has symptoms like ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's at the same time. It usually strikes during prime working years and is a long progressive disease. For more information about HD, please visit the HDSA National Website: www.hdsa.org.

Huntington’s Disease Society’s Mission: To Improve the Lives of Everyone Affected by Huntington’s Disease and Their Families. Our Vision: A World Free of Huntington’s Disease.

This Volunteer Coordinator Intern position will assist in executing the HDSA Team Hope Walk Sacramento. The position duties are as follows:

• Walk related roles and responsibilities to ensure that fundraising, recruitment and sponsorship goals are realized for a successful event.
• Outreach to build the walk and grow participation.
• Securing local sponsors for the event.
• Applying for grants for event.
• Recruitment of Committee, Team Captains and Participants.
• Social media and marketing/promotions on HDSA Facebook and other social pages.
• Lead Committee Calls to keep event on timeline.
• Plan and execute day of event logistics per previous events.
• Partner with Nor Cal committee members for execution.
• Partner and report to Pacific Region Staff to ensure success in all areas of event development.
• Ongoing communications and reporting on event benchmarks, progress and budget allocations.
• Ongoing volunteer leadership, committee and event development to ensure long term growth and sustainability for the event.
• Annual volunteer/participant retention and recognition.
• Post event reporting and contingency planning if applicable to meet budget.