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Volunteer Update
September 14, 2018
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Dear CRC Volunteer,
As we start enjoying our Pumpkin Spice Lattes and decorating for the fall, we hope you will FALL for volunteering!
We'd like to give a special shout-out to a few volunteers who have gone above and beyond this summer:
- Don Sargent, of Complete Floor Care, who deep cleaned our breezeway and the front of our building!
- Vickie King, a CRC Ambassador who organized our two restaurant nights this past month!
Happy September from all of us at CRC and we look forward to seeing you this Fall ...
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Please email
Sara Rosenbaum
, Volunteer Manager, if you would like to sign up or be considered for any of our volunteer opportunities:
Create Training Videos for VITA and our Food Center:
In order to make great programs even better, we would like to create short training videos for our volunteers and we need your help! This is a 4-8 hour commitment and novices welcomed!
Resale Stores:
Help sort clothing, organize the store and more. Or help create a fun window display at one of our stores!
Painting our Transitional Housing:
We are looking for a group to be “on-call” to paint our transitional housing when families move out. Requirements: Signed Volunteer Waiver and Confidentiality Agreement and attention to detail.
Join the Holiday Baskets Leadership Team:
We are still in need of a few volunteers for our
Holiday Baskets Leadership Team
. All positions will be volunteer, non-paid positions that will provide on-site training and lots of smiles.
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We are excited to serve 6,000 people this year with food, coats, blankets and toys at our 36th Annual Holiday Baskets!
Holiday Baskets
happens with a team of 1,500 volunteers, and many of you have participated in the past. Thank you! Please note our scheduling timeline below:
October 1 - 22:
Large group scheduling begins -
Apply here
October 23:
Open self-scheduling for individuals begins
Get involved or Spread the word!
- Become a Sponsor: Help ensure that every family receives a complete Holiday Basket, filled with food, warm clothing and gifts! We have a variety of sponsorship opportunities for both our Holiday Baskets Program and Jingle & Mingle preview event. To learn more, please visit our sponsorship page or contact Lauren Montague at development@crcncc.org or (760) 230-6538.
- Host a Donation Drive: Check out our Donation Drives Toolkit for all the tools you need to host a successful drives to collect much-needed Holiday Baskets items. Please contact Pat Moore for more information.
- Save the Date for Jingle & Mingle: Join us for a festive preview party in support of Holiday Baskets, taking place on Tuesday, December 11 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. More information to come!
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Help provide food to hungry families
September is Hunger Action Month! Will you help fill 400 carts to help feed 400 hungry households? You can help by hosting a food drive for items from our wish list: rice, oatmeal, canned meat/fish, canned pasta, cereal, cooking oil or soup. Items can be dropped off at 650 Second St. Encinitas. You can also become a fundraising partner through our
Virtual Food Drive!
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Get Your CRC Swag
Want to represent CRC in our community with some cool CRC “Swag?” We are currently making CRC shirts available to our volunteers at cost for a limited time, through October 15. If you would like to purchase a CRC shirt, please
email Sara Rosenbaum with your size*, and send a check for $5.75 (S-XL) or $7.75 (XXL) to CRC, 650 2nd Street Encinitas CA 92024 or bring it by our front desk – please include in the memo line that it is for a CRC shirt.
*If we do not have your size available, we will add your name to a waitlist and will order your size with the next shirt order.
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Get Outdoorsy this Fall
As a special perk for our volunteers, Columbia Sportswear is offering a one week window where you can visit their private Employee Store at prAna located in Carlsbad. Your invitation is valid for CRC volunteers from September 24 - 30. The store is by invitation only! Please bring
this INVITE plus a PHOTO ID. You can bring up to four guests. Enjoy!
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Volunteer Group of the Month
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Our “Volunteer” of the month goes to the Easter Seals Group, consisting currently of coach, Lucina Guzman and students George Rodriquez and Robert Hernandez.
The Easter Seal group has been coming faithfully for many years in Carlsbad and San Marcos. They help hang clothing, pull clothing, sort the hangers and bags ... and do it all with a great attitude! Thank you, Easter Seals!
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Stories of volunteering? Send them our way!
We would love to share encouragement to the CRC volunteer team via this newsletter about ways we are
all
making a difference. Please e-mail stories to
Sara
Rosenbaum at
srosenbaum@crcncc.org
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