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.