Staff

We have a robust organization with well-defined roles at the Staff level. We are always in need of volunteers who have time and talents to give to a worthy cause. We strive to pair each volunteer to role they find rewarding and for which they are well-suited.

We are looking for people who can step into or supplement existing roles on our Staff. Our Staff positions are listed here in brief.

See our Staff Needs for this year or Contact Us for more volunteer opportunities!

Chapter Chair: A volunteer leader who maintains or grows a Chapter through leading the volunteer corps and the Staff, heading up recruitment, and acting as the community “face” of Spooky.

Chapter Coordinator: A local food bank representative who acts as an interface with Spooky, providing institutional support, leading the “non-recruitment” activities to stage and prepare for the event, providing additional community connections, and overseeing the financial management.

Coordinator Liaison: Supports and interfaces with neighborhood and organizational Spooky Coordinators, overseeing the intake of new collection sites and all related collection information.

Technical Administrator: Supports and administers Spooky Staff’s virtual office, web tools, and (future) dynamic information on our public website. Generates and transmits personalized collection materials for printing.

Materials Manager: Receives, sorts, and packages all neighborhood collection materials. Receives and fills Spooky merchandise orders.

Logistics: Organizes food transportation plans by processing new collection sites, identifying sites’ container needs, and working with food bank to generate final transportation arrangements.

Bookkeeping: Receives, logs, and processes all monetary donations to the Spooky drive and oversees administrative expenses and reimbursements.

Project Facilitator: Works primarily with Chair and Coordinator Liaisons in a problem-solving role, and supplements the work of the Response Team.

Training Coordinator: Establishes the New Captain Training schedule (dates, times, locations, trainers) and oversees attendance.

Volunteer Coordinator: Gathers information from individual or group volunteers, referring them to requested neighborhood sites or including them in plans to supplement neighborhoods requiring some additional collection help.

Publicity Coordinator: Promotes Spooky and our event through numerous and wide area publications and media outlets, including issuing press releases.

Response Team: Contacts with people who have inquired about Spooky via phone or internet; explains or answers questions, making referrals to others within our Staff as necessary.

Celebration/Lunch Organizer: Helps plan and execute our Weigh In Celebration and/or Appreciation Luncheon, making them fun events for our volunteers.

Door Prize Organizer: Secures gifts and products for the prize/door prize portions of our Weigh In Celebration and Appreciation Luncheon.