PWC Volunteer Opportunities
First - A Word on Volunteering from Joanna, President of Professionals Who Care
Our volunteers have full lives.
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We believe in meeting people where they are, and we are grateful for what each person can give.
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It is okay to have times where you can volunteer more, and other times, less.
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It is okay to take breaks when you need to.
It is okay to say you are interested but you don't know how or when you can get to it.​
Joanna Schofield with her two adult daughters. Life can give moments of adventure, chaos, fatigue, and smiles. PWC respects our volunteers, and we are grateful for what they can give.
Our leadership consists of employed caregivers. We get being busy. And we get life being unpredictable!
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Whether you are a caregiver or an ally, if you are interested in being part of this movement, we want to hear from you.
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Let us know if you want to learn about increasing the inclusivity of employed caregivers in the workplace, and being a hero for the heroes.
Immediate Needs
Communications
Increase understanding by helping with social media and other communications.
Examples: - Find content ideas by looking through PWC resources, caregiver spotlights, current news, research, and celebrity news. -- Work with other volunteers to pull in content from the organization. - Work with disability advocates to improve accessibility across all platforms. - Commit to creating posts at certain intervals, such as one a week. - Manage a social media platform to spread PWC’s reach by sharing created content on a specific platform. - Engage with posts and with people who post. - Write articles and submit to be included in media platforms. - Manage website, add content, and improve Search Engine Optimization. - Create an image library. - Assist with video content and design. - Transform social media content into website blogs. - Help develop communication standards. - Work with other Communication volunteers to create a unified message.
Community Development
Bring people together through events, activities, support, and volunteer management.
Examples: - Plan online events to bring caregivers and/or allies together. - Manage volunteers, including creating engagement, gratitude, and instruction activities. - Create video content on specific issues to amplify the voice of employed caregivers. - Consider issues related to diversity and intersectionality, to bring a range of voices and experiences to light. - Coordinate with other PWC volunteers for content, such as Education or Advocacy volunteers. - Coordinate with other Community Building volunteers.
Fundraising
Help with resource development through referrals, grants, or direct fundraising.
Examples: - Research leads, build referrals, and identify individual, foundation, government, foundation, and other organizational support. - Track leads through a CRM software. - Update gift acceptance policy and complete reputational risks. - Create alternate streams of revenue through potential sponsorship, mini-campaigns, crowdfunding, organizational support, or sale of goods. - Analyze leads to increase fundraising effectiveness, examine risks, and follow guidelines of ethical fundraising. - Apply to grants and solicit funds. - Steward gifts. - Work with Community Building, Communication, Nonprofit Management, and Education volunteers. - Coordinate with other Fundraising volunteers.
External Growth
Advocacy
Raise awareness on potential legislation, unite voices, and advocate for caregivers.
Examples: - Share with Leadership and Communications important legislation, policies, public stances, or Dear Colleague Letters regarding caregiving or the workplace. - Offer counsel on whether PWC advocates for, speaks against, or stays neutral in matters of public policy. - Help craft or advise on PWC official response. - Write advocacy letters to government officials and politicians for others to sign. - Notify PWC when opportunities arise for the organization to sign other appeals. - Work with other Advocacy volunteers to create a platform to push for greater inclusivity of caregivers.
Coalition Building
Build partnerships with other organizations with aligned & adjacent interests to multiply impact.
Examples: - Identify organizations with aligned interests, such as for caregivers, disabled, elderly, ill, and injured. - Identify other organizations focused on workplace rights, workplace well-being, civil rights, employee rights, diversity initiatives, mental health in the workplace, military family supports, and more. - Volunteers will engage organizations to elevate the need for inclusivity of caregivers in the workplace. - Opportunities for collaboration should be discussed with leadership and explored with organizations, including advocacy, cross-promotion, education, referral building, sponsorship, and more.
Education
Create educational guides for organizations on the employed caregivers and the future of work.
Examples: - Create interactive and story-driven educational platforms on issues and opportunities related to caregivers in the workplace. - Complete a landscape survey of existing educational tools, research, and resources. - Develop short and long term goals for curriculum development. - Develop curriculum with leadership, starting with highest priorities. - Use technology to build educational platforms to scale. - Gather feedback from diverse users on tone, message, and style. - Communicate with fundraising team research gaps, for possible research grants in the long-term. - Work with advocacy, coalition building, community development, legal rights, communications, technology volunteers to ensure strong feedback loops and continuity. - Work with other educational volunteers for unified approach and style.
Internal Growth
Legal Rights
Develop resource guides the rights of caregivers in the workplace.
Examples: - Provide content to detail the rights of caregivers in the workplace. - Develop roadmap for material needed to assist caregivers on their rights. - Create a platform to capture state-by-state resources and contacts. - Identify programs that offer affordable or free legal support. - Work with volunteers, staff, and leadership to ensure appropriate interpretation of rights. - Work with those focused on advocacy to communicate legal issues that increase caregiver vulnerability.
Nonprofit Management
Provide administrative support to promote transparency, accountability, & integrity.
Examples: - Create calendar of administrative tasks. - Create a roadmap for administrative growth for an emerging nonprofit. - Develop necessary documentation. - Work with leadership on standards of excellence. - Identify, vet, and document vendors, donors, and volunteers for both current and long-term administrative support. - Complete administrative tasks in alignment with the calendar and the roadmap, such as registering on websites and gaining certifications.
Technology & Security
Adapt technological solutions, ensuring efficiency, security, sustainability, & intelligence.
Examples: - Work with PWC leadership to select affordable technologies that increase organizational impact. - Develop PWC code of ethics around technology usage, considering privacy, relationships, environmental impact, and cost. - Help create strategic plan for technological adaptations. - Create systems to build strong data hygiene. - Write SOP and document best practices for data and technology. - Ensure smart integration of technological solutions.