VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SUPPORT COL. POTTER

Written by NLOL Coordinator


Col. Potter is looking for a few new volunteers to help us in our tracking of Item Donations. Many people donate THINGS instead of money and we use these items in many fundraisers, such as our quarterly A New Leash On Life fundraiser, as well as our Ebay Store, and as sales items at our Cairn Rescue Annual Parties (fundraisers where Col. Potter Volunteers get together in many areas of the US to meet and raise funds for the dogs). We are in particular need of folks who can use Excel and who can create HTML for web pages.

The New Leash on Life is a quarterly fundraiser for Col. Potter in which participants purchase squares for $15.00 each to vie for prizes ranging from a Wii and a roomba to a week at a resort timeshare or a handmade quilt or handcrafted cairn cards. Not all prizes are dog related and in recent NLOLs, we have seen more vintage items as well.

The fundraiser runs anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks or so and is very popular with those who participate. Many squares are purchased through referrals. This is quite an undertaking and as more prizes are donated each time and more people participate, more volunteers are needed.

Item Donation Solicitor - This person would make contacts to business and people for items for use on Ebay, at Craps and on our NLOL. They would need to get information on each item including pictures, and descriptions including size and value. I can see having more than one person doing this.

Item Donation Database Person - this person would need to know Excel and would put all item donations in a database for tracking. Each item will have a number assigned. They will also monitor an email id specific for donations. They will also track as items are used.

Item Donation Web Page Person - This person would need to be able to do simple HTML to create and maintain a page for use by the Ebay and NLOL teams so they can more easily pick items for use. This web page will be updated when items come in and are used.

In addition to these volunteers, we have many other volunteer opportunites in such diverse areas as Transport Coordinations (creating Transport Plans and watching from your own home while fosters move around the US and Canada) and BookKeepers for our Financial Group, to Matchmakers finding the best home for our cairns, and the best cairns for our adoptive homes.

If you would like to volunteer, please click here and fill out the form. We'll find a spot for you. Please be sure to check computer skills if you can do HTML. Thank you for considering volunteering your time and talent to help.