Adopt-A-Family Volunteer Coordinator

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NoSilence NoViolence is a volunteer run non-profit supporting survivors of domestic violence. Many of our survivors leave abusive situations with only what they can carry.Adopt-A-Family is a holiday tradition designed to assist children of survivors who otherwise wouldn't have the resources to celebrate the holidays. This program provides a wonderful holiday experience for families at a critical time in their lives.Families who are adopted are provided with food, clothing, and gifts from their sponsors.

We are in need of an Adopt-a-Family volunteer coordinator who can manage the holiday program smoothly from start through to completion.

The Adopt-a-Family Volunteer would provide:

• Assist in finding families, individuals or business who want to sponsor a family over the holidays
• Track who is assigned to which families
• Gather lists from families and determine if host family is purchasing or volunteer is purchasing
• Shop for items on a families list and deliver to families so they can wrap themselves
• Coordinate delivery and pick up items from host people who have purchased but haven't wrapped
• Wrap gifts that need wrapping and deliver or coordinate pick up from families
• inputting of volunteer hours for excel spreadsheet
• Maintain record of hours volunteered and survivors supported

Skills required;

• excellent communication skills and organization skills
• Sensitivity to survivors and domestic violence
• Loves to shop and look for deals