Fundraising Committee:

• Create events to raise funds.
• Make personal visits to donors, look for possible donors, participate in phone banks, send thank-you notes, send VOZ updates to donors respecting the work we are doing.
• Organize house parties.
• Ask for money from each foundation.

Grant Writing:

• Look for possible ideas and/or foundations on the Internet that would complement our goals, speak to representatives of the foundations by phone and explain to them our work. Write Agreement Proposals for each foundation.
• Write reports, letters, and do the follow-up work.
• Be familiar with VOZ’s work.
• Attend training workshops about grant writing.
• Photocopy newspaper or magazine articles and file them.
• Make and send copies.
• Pay attention to deadlines.

ESL Classes:

• Teach English classes from 11a.m. until 1p.m. M-F; Tuesday - Thursday at 7:00 until 9:00 p.m.
• Attend meetings organized by VOZ or workshops featuring methods of teaching English classes.
• Recruit new students on the corner for the classes.
• Develop class lesson plans.
• All levels of teaching experience welcome!

Computer Classes:

• Teach level-appropriate computer classes.
• Prepare lesson plans for the class.
• Recruit new students.
• Help to design a flier for the class.
• Be available Mondays, 5:30 until 8:30 p.m.

Soccer:

• Make phone calls to the players apprizing them of training times and games.
• Attend practices, training sessions, and games.
• Coordinate meetings with other teams.
• Look for more teams with whom the VOZ team can play, referees, fields, etc.
• Make ready uniforms, water, drinks, and medicine.
• Make fliers.
• Help to distribute fliers.
• Help to coordinate the food if necessary.

Cultural Events:

• Assist in the coordination.
• Look for a sound system.
• Look for participants.
• Help to map out the event and arrange for activities after each event.
• Buy snacks for each event.
• Ask the city or neighbors (if necessary) for permission.
• Make and distribute fliers.
• Contact the press to attend the events.

Cleaning:

• Prepare brooms, dustpans, garbage bags, etc.
• Help with corner clean-up.
• Throw out the garbage.
• Encourage others to participate in the clean-up campaigns.

Wage Claims:

• Collect information from the employer and investigate if it is necessary.
• Accompany the day laborer and speak with the employer.
• Call the employer and ask him/her why they have not paid, or secure a time and place for them to pay the day laborer.
• Write and send letters to employers about wage losses.
• Fill out the VOZ and BOLI forms.
• Go with the day laborer to Court, if necessary.
• See the case through to its end.
• Teach the day laborer how to use the booklet.

Help with El Journalero Newspaper:

• This includes lay-out of newspaper
• Scanning and selecting photos
• Collecting (or writing !) articles
• May include translating articles into English, if possible. This could be done on evenings and weekends, or during the day

Office Help:

• Photocopying
• Data entry
• Organizational tasks

Special Events:

• Help plan our special events, which take hours of prior planning
• Help plan our monthly workshops, which involve plenty of planning
• Specific tasks can be arranged during business hours or on the weekends

Anything Else!

If you have additional talents you can bring to Voz, let us know!

To set up a time to come in and help with any of the above, just call us at 503-233-6787

We appreciate your help!