Northwest Blacksmith Association

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS! CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The board has created a new position of Volunteer Coordinator.  This is a large organization and we are trying our best to provide outreach programs, mentoring opportunities, and fun and informative conferences. Being a volunteer organization we can only accomplish this with the help of the members. Below is a list of areas we can use your help. We want to start a data base of potential volunteers. When a need arises we can call from our list of volunteers. Putting your name on our list in no way obligates you. If called you can decide then if you can help. We are not asking for long term commitments. An hour here and there can make a big difference. For new members this is a great way to meet people and get to know your organization better.

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

CONFERENCE: Help with the registration desk and auction. If you have a spouse attending who doesn’t see the beauty in hot steel, they can help at the desk. It has proved so helpful in the past. We also need help with moving the library and for set up and tear down

DEMONSTRATORS: Always a need for the Mentoring Center, outreach hammer-ins and the conference.

MENTORING STEWARDS AND REGISTER:A great program that always needs help. We need people who can take money and sign in attendees. You don’t have to do it every month. Sign up for one. We also need people who live near by willing to open and close the center and keep an eye on tool condition.

SURVIVOR BENEFIT: A new program we hope will help spouses of deceased members. We need volunteers to assess the value of the deceased’s shop and tools so the survivor will get full compensation in a sale.

MENTOR YOUTH GRANT: The NWBA board of directors is developing a program, inspired and funded by a generous NWBA member with a vision. The major stumbling block to implementing our youth mentoring grant is the requirement for oversight of the youths being mentored, i.e. VOLUNTEERS!

If you want to help, please send your name, phone number and email to:

Peggy Gudgell peggygudgell@msn.com

Let me know which way you prefer to be contacted and please put NWBA as subject on email so I know who you are.