Newton at Home depends on the active involvement of Newton residents who want to help create our organization. We currently have more than 60 volunteers working on a wide variety of planning activities. We are still seeking volunteers for a number of critical tasks. Please tell us if you, another member of you household, or one of your children or grandchildren can help in any of the following areas:

• Community Outreach Supporting Member Recruitment: Coordinating and making presentations across Newton to organizations whose members are potential NAH members and volunteers; arranging informational “coffees” to introduce people to NAH; leading other member recruitment activities

• Events and Programming: planning and organizing citywide and neighborhood events; planning for and creating clubs for NAH members; NAH will be leading a number of events/programs throughout 2010

• Writers: multiple activities including helping coordinate, write, edit, and synthesize NAH’s Business Plan; preparing Volunteer and Member “handbooks” and documenting policies and procedures; and writing Member Recruitment and “marketing” material

• Fundraising: helping develop a fundraising plan; identifying individual, corporate, foundation, and government donors; researching foundation support; grant writing; soliciting donations

• Human Resources: identifying sources of volunteers and developing policies and training for NAH staff and volunteers

• Preferred Vendor Identification / Screening: : gathering information on community resources / service providers; creating a preferred vendor list; negotiating discounts with vendors

• Marketing and Communications: promoting NAH to potential members and volunteers; promoting NAH-sponsored events; writing, graphic design, and media relations; gathering information about prospective members via surveys; creating and executing a public relations campaign

• Newsletter: editing, researching, and writing articles; graphic design; and proofreading for NAH’s newsletter

• www.newtonathome.org: developing and maintaining NAH’s website

• Technology: creating, managing, and analyzing NAH’s applications and databases; working with NAH’s technology vendors; helping NAH committees and volunteers with their technology needs

• Transportation: developing effective transportation approaches for members by determining how to integrate today’s alternatives with their different schedules and different requirements for age, health, location, etc.

• Administration: maintaining databases; bookkeeping; assisting with events and mailings; organizing meetings

• Finance, Insurance, and Business Planning: defining and developing NAH’s accounting processes, budgets, and financial records; determining NAH’s insurance needs; developing intermediate- and long-term strategy; preparing business plan

To volunteer, click here and tell us your interests. We will contact you.