Spring Benefit Auction--Volunteers Needed
ORGANIZATION: CLAIRE BEAR FOUNDATION
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On March 22, 2025, the Claire Bear Foundation will hold its 2nd Spring Benefit Auction from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the McGavick Center in Lakewood, Washington. Our foundation works to enhance infant safety and reduce infant mortality through education and outreach regarding safe sleep practices. We offer comprehensive family support and address disparities in race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors to reduce the incidence of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death through both direct and indirect services.
All funds raised will support our mission to provide free cribs to families across the US, offer financial assistance for funeral expenses or medical bills related to child loss, fund a high-tech CPR simulation training room at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, and continue our annual high school scholarship. Please visit https://tinyurl.com/ClaireLegacy for more information about our work.
The event will feature a silent and live auction, raffle, raise-the-paddle dedicated to the Center for Childhood Safety at Mary Bridge, and a dessert dash.
We are seeking volunteers to assist with guest registration and check-in, spotters for our live auction and raise-the-paddle, general event support, and end-of-evening check out. Volunteers are needed for two shifts: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM and 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM (likely to end earlier).
Last year, we raised over $185,000, and with your help, we hope to exceed that amount this year. Thank you for your consideration!
3 Shifts
All shifts have expired
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Sat Mar 22, 2025
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06:30 PM to 10:00 PM PST
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Spots available: 9
General event support, check-out, clean up (likely finished before 10pm)
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Sat Mar 22, 2025
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06:30 PM to 09:30 PM PST
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Spots available: 10+
General event support, check-out, clean-up.
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Sat Mar 22, 2025
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04:30 PM to 08:30 PM PST
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Spots available: 3
General event support
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About CLAIRE BEAR FOUNDATION
Location:
2121 N FIFE ST, TACOMA, WA 98406, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the Claire Bear Foundation is to enhance infant safety and reduce infant mortality through education and outreach regarding safe sleep practices; offer comprehensive family support; and address disparities in race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors to reduce the incidence of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death through both direct and indirect services.
Description
Located in Tacoma, the Claire Bear Foundation was established in memory of Claire, who tragically passed away from unsafe sleep at her child care in 2015. Our mission is to enhance infant safety and reduce infant mortality through education and outreach about safe sleep practices. We provide free cribs, sleep sacks, and pacifiers to families in need, and have funded a CPR simulation training room at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, contributing over $175,000 overall.
We also offer an annual high school scholarship at Foss High School, with nearly $30,000 awarded to date. Recognizing the burden of unexpected losses, we provide financial grants to help families cover medical bills and funeral expenses related to child loss.
Our foundation actively participates in community and national initiatives. We serve on the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's Infant Fatality Review Committee, the AAP's National Collaborative for Safe Infant Sleep, and as a Cribs for Kids Advisory Member. We also help set national safety standards for infant products as an ASTM consumer advocate member.
To learn more about our mission and efforts, please watch the short video on our page: https://www.theclairebearfoundation.org/our-vision
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Community,
Women
WHEN
Sat Mar 22, 2025
03:30 PM - 10:00 PM
This opportunity has 3 shifts
WHERE
4500 Steilacoom Boulevard SouthwestBuilding 23Lakewood, WA 98499
(47.17628 ,-122.50559 )
DATE POSTED
March 18, 2025
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Customer Service
- Program Management
- Fundraising
- CSR / Volunteer Coordination
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Must be at least 16
- 2-4 hours