Volunteers need for rawhike.com

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http://www.rawhike.com/volunteers.shtml

 

The Hike-a-thon Director:

 

Is responsible for overseeing the committee of Volunteer Coordinators and

Managers. This is a key position, since they will coordinate the activities

of many people. They must be computer literate and have good writing skills

so they can help edit press releases and articles. Experience that could be

helpful would be event coordination, project management, good leadership.

They must be a good self-starter, with good time-management and

organizational skills, since the " buck " stops here. Doug will work closely

with this person, but won't be able to help much once the hike begins.

 

Media Coordinator:

 

Writes press releases, talks to media, helps Doug with interviews, sets-up a

media conference in Boulder, Colorado (with Doug). Requirements include good

writing skills, tenacity, likeable personality, good people skills, good

organizational skills, passion for raw foods and the healthy-promoting

benefits, good knowledge of raw nutritional science (so they can answer

questions posed by the media). Works with The Hike-a-thon Director, Doug,

and the Web Master

 

Trail Angel Coordinator:

 

This person actively seeks out corporate Trail Angels (companies who make

donations of food and supplies for the trip). Distributes donated food and

gear to Food Drop Coordinator and any donated monies to Hike-a-thon

Accountant. The Trail Angel Coordinator will work closely with the

Hike-a-thon Director, Doug, and the Web Master.

 

Web Site Assistant

 

We are putting together a team of people that can work together to update,

create and maintain the rawhike.com <http://rawhike.com> website. If you

have web design or development skills, we'd love to have you help us out. We

need people with Flash, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP, CGI and graphics skills.

 

Web Graphics Assistant

 

Assists web site design and development team by creating and editing digital

graphics. A good overall knowledge of web graphics design is necessary.

Additionally, knowledge of Flash and the ability to create animated gifs and

banners would be a big plus.

 

Community Outreach Coordinator

 

This person actively networks within the raw community and beyond in order

to find other like-minded organizations which will help market the Raw

Hike-a-thon. Some ideas are: searching the internet for bulletin boards to

post information about the Raw Hike-a-thon, finding organizations that will

set up local Walk-a-thons in their communities to coincide with the start of

the Hike-a-thon on Earth Day, identifying companies who will post

information about the Hike- a-thon (link via our logo) on their website. A

good knowledge of health and outdoor recreation will be helpful in

generating ideas for networking. This person works with the Media and

Sponsorship Coordinators.

 

Sponsorship Coordinator

 

Leads the Hike-a-thon Sponsorship Team in the effort to obtain sponsors for

The Raw Food Hike-a-thon. Develops potential sponsor list and organizes

volunteers in contacting sponsors, including creating phone scripts and

assisting volunteers with phone skills. Manages relationships with sponsors,

including sending out a bi-weekly e-mail newsletter to sponsors. Previous

fund-raising experience is a plus. This person works with the rest of the

Hike-a-thon Team, especially Dan, Cherie, Doug and Ginger (webmaster).

 

Web Marketing Coordinator

 

This person will be responsible for all Internet marketing. They should be

familiar with getting the RawHike.com <http://RawHike.com> site listed in

all of the search engines and directories, free Internet advertising

approaches, locating like-minded ezines, newsgroups, and online newsletters,

adding our link to related web sites, and using doorway pages. We forsee

this as being a team effort so if you have any of these skills and are

interested in volunteering, we'd be glad to have you help us out.

If you're interested in volunteering to help Doug with this amazing

adventure or sponsor him with donations of equipment or food, contact him

at: 808-264-2487 or:

 

http://www.rawhike.com/contact.shtml