Help us Build Peace in Whatcom County

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Start	Nov 18, 2016	12:00am PT
End	Nov 18, 2016	11:59pm PT

Description

Call for Peace Builder Awards Gala Volunteers

Greetings,

As one of our fabulous volunteers, I am writing because we need your help putting on the 14th Annual Peace Builder Awards Gala, Friday, November 18th. Come on board as a volunteer and we can promise you an evening of fun. This year's gala is shaping up to be bigger and better then ever! This is our second year holding the gala in Settlemeyer Hall at BTC, where over 265 guests will enjoy dinner by the award winning chef faculty!

About the event:

The Peace Builder Awards Gala is an event unlike any other; bringing our mission to life. Help us recognize community members who inspire collaboration, embody peace, and give hope to our community.

News this year has brought many reminders of the need for better resolutions to conflict - school violence, families torn apart by vicious divorce, divisive community issues. It doesn’t have to be this way. This is a critical time to invest in conflict resolution. More and more families are reaching to the WDRC with their most intimate and pressing needs. Funds raised at our Gala helps ensure that we’ll never turn away a family in foreclosure, young person in trouble, or a parent in need.

Guests will celebrate our 2016 Peace Builder Award Recipients and support the WDRC, while enjoying: a chef inspired dinner, hors d'oeuvres and drinks, live music, Peaceful Poetry Youth Contest readings, and a silent auction, grand prize raffle, wine wall, and dessert dash. All proceeds benefit the WDRC and our mission.

Full event description

What we need:

We are seeking volunteers to assist with a variety of roles and responsibilities at the 14th Annual Peace Builder Awards Gala, Friday November 18th at Settlemeyer Hall at BTC. This year’s Gala promises to be more meaningful and celebratory than ever before and we would be grateful if you would join our team. We will provide all volunteers with snacks and sustenance throughout the evening, a commemorative Peace Builder wine glass, and ample inspiration from our Peace Builder Award and Poetry Contest recipients.

We request that all volunteers attend one of two orientations (snacks provided). The orientations will take place Wednesday, 11/16, 5-6 pm and Thursday, 11/17, 12-1 pm.

Volunteer Shifts and Roles Available:

Week of Gala

• Monday 11/14 - Thursday 11/17 - Preparing materials and/or calling invitees

Day of Gala

• 9:00-12:00 am - Physical Set up: Silent Auction, Wine Wall, Hang Banners

• 12:00-3:00 pm - Set up: Decorate Tables, Silent Auction, Signage, donation envelopes

• 4:30-9:30 pm - Registration, Greeters, Silent Auction, Raffle Tickets, Dessert Dash, Wine Wall, Bar Talliers and more

• 9:30-11 pm – Clean up

Contact:

Please contact Iris by November 8th if you are able to join our team and include: Your availability, desired role if you have a preference, which orientation you can attend, or if you cannot attend, and your phone number. 360-676-0122 or outreach@whatcomdrc.org.