Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Bulletin July 2015 Welcome to Summer! Welcome to the June 2015 Issue of the Volunteer Bulletin
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Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Bulletin July 2015 Welcome to Summer! Welcome to the June 2015 issue of the Volunteer Bulletin. Your must-read volunteer news arrives early in the month by email, bringing you Rocky Mountain PBS volunteer opportunities, news, history and events of interest. We welcome your comments, feedback and ideas! Email us at [email protected]. Rocky Mountain PBS often uses volunteer photos online, on TV, and on our social media sites to help show the positive impact our volunteers have in the community and how important they are to Rocky Mountain PBS. If you do not want any photos of yourself shared or used, contact Susan Ewing Barber [email protected] *To read in-depth information in each section, click on section titles. Example: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES – click. Volunteer Opportunities Denver • Support families and children at the Annual Denver KIDS Fun Fest! • Want to Impact Kids? Join the Volunteer Ranks for the Super School News program • Nationally Recognized StoryMakers Program Seeks Volunteers • Editor Needed for Monthly Volunteer E-Newsletter • Tour Guides Have the Most Fun! • Production Preservation Needs Volunteers! • In Search of Station’s Archived Memories Research Chair • Volunteer from Home: Oral History Transcribers (Station’s Archived Memories) • Be More for Rocky Mountain PBS (Station’s Archived Memories Display Committee) • Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities Statewide – Encourage Your Friends to Volunteer (Go to end of bulletin to view this document.) Southern Colorado • Welcome Desk at the Tim Gill Center in Colorado Springs Western Colorado • Multiple Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer News Articles • Thank You from Past Volunteer Board President, Betty Flaten • From Volunteer Board to Volunteer Advisory Team: Change and Gratitude • RMPBN Receives 14 Emmy Nominations • Protect My Public Media Volunteer Appreciation – Thanks for Your Support • Thanks to June Pledge Volunteers • Thanks to Production Transcribers • Mega-Mailing Team Rocks! • Kudos to Colorado Springs Kids Fun Fest Volunteers • Special Thanks to a Special Volunteer • Super School News Ends the Year Strong Thanks to Volunteers Events / Programming Events - Make Your Reservations NOW! • Family Science Night-July 2, John McConnell Math and Science Center, Grand Junction • Western Colorado KIDS Fun Fest (FREE) – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. August 1, Lincoln Park, Grand Junction Click here for more information. • KUVO-Live at the Vineyards— 6-10 pm, August 8, Balistreri Vineyards, Denver • Denver Metro KIDS Fun Fest (FREE)--- 10 am-2 pm, September 12, 1089 Bannock Street, Denver Check the Rocky Mountain PBS website for breaking information about station events http://www.rmpbs.org/events/ Programming To check out programming features and changes, go to the Rocky Mountain PBS website (www.rmpbs.org). On the website, you will be able to request our weekly newsletter (e-news) and monthly TV schedule (e-promo). Did You Know? There are MANY ways to watch RMPBS content besides TV. You can stream our shows on the RMPBS website, on YouTube, on the KUVO app (where you can also stream KUVO radio live), or on the PBS and PBS Kids apps. You can also watch on Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV stick, XBox, Amazon Prime, Hulu, iTunes and more. Learn more at http://www.rmpbs.org/anywhere/ Volunteer Opportunities Denver Denver Kids Fun Fest Support(!!!) families and children at the Annual Denver KIDS Fun Fest-- Saturday, September 12, 2015 (10am-2pm) PBS is the largest early learning classroom in the nation, providing access to outstanding educational programming for all children. The Rocky Mountain PBS Denver KIDS Fun Fest (Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the station-1089 Bannock St.) extends this educational commitment to families and children. We need your help with the largest community outreach of the year! Children and families will be hosted by favorite PBS characters, including Peg + Cat, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George. Children will be encouraged to discover, learn, create and get up and go through a variety of FREE interactive activities. Stage performances will entertain as well as inform. It’s the perfect outing for families in a safe and entertaining setting--the best block party FREE to all! It takes MANY, MANY volunteers to put on this wonderful, free event. Approximately 8,500 children and families attend this festival. There are many different types of jobs and different shifts. We hope you will support our families and children by volunteering for this event. Put together your own volunteer team--- it’s great fun to volunteer with friends, family and co-workers! OR, volunteer as an individual. We have all types of volunteer opportunities that will suit all our volunteers. Here are the jobs that we need assistance with: Pre-KIDS Fun Fest Distributing flyers in 3 block radius of station (1089 Bannock St.) Week of July 20: 4 volunteers (any day, anytime—takes about 2 hours) Distributing flyers in 3 block radius of station Week of September 1: 4 volunteers (any day, anytime---takes about 2 hours) Friday, September 11—5-6 pm! Only one hour! Help with chalk outlines for booths in street and parking lot. Need 4 volunteers Day Of-- Saturday, September 12, 2015 Early Morning Set-Up 7-9:30 am 15 volunteers Set-Up/Monitoring Continental Breakfast 6:30-8:30 am 1 volunteer Vendor and Volunteer Check-In Info Booth 7am-1:30 pm 4 volunteers (lunch included) Traffic Controllers (Guide vendors to set up locations) 7-10am 2 volunteers Tricycle Village 8am-10am Help with set-up 4 volunteers 10am-3pm Assist with kids and take-down 8 volunteers (lunch provided) Monitor Block Island Monitor block play area from 10 am-2:00 pm –3 volunteers (lunch provided) Greeters (Welcome attendees/hand-out maps) 9:30 am-noon 4 volunteers Noon-2pm 2 volunteers Characters and Handlers (guide and assist PBS characters) Handler 8am–2pm 1 volunteers (Handler assists character as assigned with moving through crowds and greeting their little fans. Lunch provided.) Crowd Control Bounce House/Climbing Wall 9:45am-2pm 4 volunteers (lunch included) Character Booth 9:45-2 pm 4 volunteers (lunch included) Floaters (assist where needed) 9am-2pm (lunch provided) 3 volunteers Lost children booth 10 am-2 pm (lunch provided) 3 volunteers Photographers Noon-2 pm 1 volunteer Stage Assistants (assist stage manager) 8am – 2pm (lunch provided) 2 volunteers Tear Down 2-3:30 pm 15 volunteers To volunteer or to find out more, please email Susan Barber ([email protected]) with subject header “Sign Me Up to Volunteer!” and let her know the job and shift(s) that you would like or questions you may have. Want to Impact Kids? Join the Volunteer Ranks for our Super School News program Join the volunteers for Super School News (www.rmpbs.org/ssn ) and make a difference in a child’s life. This education-based program is the oldest, continuously running production of Rocky Mountain PBS. For over 30 years, volunteers have made it possible for 5th and 6th graders to produce 2-minute news broadcasts about their schools which appear on the air. This program introduces children to the world of broadcast news and, as a result, some of the Super School News alumni have gone on to careers in journalism and broadcast. Volunteers will be assigned a school and work with a teacher and student team (1-2 coaching sessions at the school) to design their broadcast. Volunteer training is provided. In addition, volunteers will assist with assembling information (1 morning in August and December), orientation day (1 morning in September and January) and will attend the taping session at the Denver station. We hope you will help sustain this legacy program. If you are interested in volunteering, please email [email protected] . Nationally Recognized StoryMakers Program Seeks Volunteers StoryMakers (www.rmpbs.org/storymakers) received the 2015 award for the best community development program from the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. Our volunteers made this possible! StoryMakers is a statewide short story contest for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Students submit stories on-line and volunteers organize submissions and serve as judges. Student finalists participate in a one-day workshop and winners and finalists are recognized at an awards luncheon. Volunteers lead this program and staff this program. StoryMakers is a fun and fulfilling experience for the RMPBS volunteer corps! I. Office Work-Process On-Line Entries Work at the station (1089 Bannock) on your schedule printing and assembling the entries for StoryMakers. Work begins the week of September 28 - week of October 12, 2014. Volunteers may choose their day and time between the hours of 9:00 am-7:00 pm, Monday- Friday to work 2-3 hours but will need to coordinate time with Susan Barber, volunteer coordinator. Volunteers will be trained. Interested volunteers should contact Susan at [email protected] II. Judges Whether you are a past volunteer or a first-time judge, we are seeking your assistance with this incredibly popular Rocky Mountain PBS initiative! A rubric will be provided to help judges evaluate the stories. Judges will need to be available to read the stories at Rocky Mountain PBS, located at 1089 Bannock Street, on at least one of the following dates and 4-hour time slots: Monday, October 19 -- 12:30 until 4:30 pm Tuesday, October 20 -- 5:00 until 9:00 pm Wednesday, October 21 -- 5:00 until 9:00 pm Friday, October 23 -- 5:00 until 9:00 pm Saturday, October 24 -- 9 am until noon If you would like to be a judge (sooo much fun) or have questions, please contact Lauren Simmons, StoryMakers Volunteer, at [email protected] or Susan Barber, Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected] and include your name, email, phone number and the date(s) you wish to volunteer.