Volunteer

Gay Central Valley is looking for volunteers to participate in different areas!

If you have a skill or a talent and an hour or two a week to spare and want to make a difference, please join us!

Please read the descriptions for additional details about the volunteer opportunities, and fill out the form below.

Community Flyering

Seeking assistance with distributing business cards, brochures and event flyers. Items will promote our nonprofit organization. This will mainly occur in the tower district, city and state college but also other local book stores, etc. Literature to distribute can be picked up at our office in the tower district. Occasional special event flyering for example at: mardi gras, art hop, rogue festival, bars, etc.


Time requirements: 2-4 hours per month

Outreach coordinator

Assistance needed with expanding our online outreach via Twitter, Facebook, etc. Our goal is to expend our reach and locate leadership outside of the Fresno/Visalia/Porterville area to other communities in the central valley. This opportunity would include working in our office and making contact with our existing list of supporters. Also assisting us on social networks to become involved and to expand the existing network of "friends".


Time requirements: 4-8 hours per month

Donation coordinator

As a growing nonprofit organization, we are seeking assistance in locating donations of items to raffle. This volunteer opportunity would involve working in our office and contacting local and national organizations (mainly online via forms and email) to secure much needed items used to fundraise. Your duties may also include assisting the grant writer.


Time requirements: 4-8 hours per month

Data Entry

Visit our office and assist with entering data from contact sheets and special event forms.


Time requirements: 1-5 hours per month

A Day at the Center

The Fresno LGBT Community Center is 100% operated by volunteers. Each volunteer commits to a single day each week from 12pm to 5pm. Your duties would involve light clerical work, assisting visitors and as-needed tasks. You will receive training and will work with another center volunteer until comfortable. If you can not commit to one day a week, we are also seeking an on call volunteer to cover for an existing volunteer in case of sickness, travel, etc.


Time requirements: 5 hours per week

Grant Writer

Seeking volunteer to compose and submit grant applications, as a new organization, you must have experience with grant writing already.


Time requirements: 2-4 hours per week

Librarian

Join us in the Fresno LGBT Community Center once a week to re-organize books, call to remind people about overdue books and videos and add new books/videos to our library.


Time requirements: 2 hours per week

Volunteer Coordinator Assistant

Work in our office or from home, assisting the volunteer coordinator. Your duties would include emailing and calling our existing volunteers and locating additional volunteers.


Time requirements: 1-5 hours per week

E-Newsletter Manager

On the last day of every month, take information from our website, calendar and format it into an email that is sent to our contact list. HTML knowledge is not required, but preferred.


Time requirements: 2-3 hours per month

Writer / Event Coverage / Journalist

Are you a shutter bug? Love to write about life, politics, religion, local or national news? Join us! We are seeking individuals who want to write original articles, share national news stories. We are also in need of individuals who can attend events to take photos and provide brief write ups about them.


Time requirements: 2-8 hours per month

Advertising coordinator

Seeking assistance with making telephone calls, in person visits and mailing letters to potential advertisers.


Time requirements: 2-4 hours per week

 

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