VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

DENVER (RMPBS & KUVO) Volunteer for the Winter KUVO Pledge Drive KUVO Jazz’s Winter Pledge Drive starts Wednesday, February 13 through Monday, February 25. We are looking for volunteers to staff our phone bank, if you have experience or want to try something new and FUN, come hang with the KUVO staff and other jazzy volunteers! Contact: Arvida Rascón for more details at arvida@kuvo.org or 303446.7631. Thank you!

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KUVO Host/Greeter for Studio Club Performances Needed volunteers to answer doorbell, greet and let members in for LIVE studio performances. You will have a seat to see performance as well, okay to bring a friend. Please contact Arvida arvida@kuvo.org for details

February 2019

Volunteers Do It All! Thanks go to all the RMPBS and KUVO volunteers for their service. Early each month, the Volunteer Bulletin arrives by email and is also posted at www.rmpbs.org/volunteer. It delivers news, volunteer opportunities and volunteer appreciation. We welcome your comments, feedback and ideas. Email us at susanbarber@rmpbs.org. Note: Rocky Mountain PBS often uses volunteer photos online, on TV, and on our social media sites to help show the positive impact our volunteers have in the community and how important they are to Rocky Mountain PBS. If you do not want any photos of yourself shared or used, contact Susan Ewing Barber.

KUVO Silent Auction Needed volunteers to help procure items for the silent auction at Annual Signature Event – Live at the Vineyards. Be part of a team of volunteers for this fun event. Work the day of the event and you’ll enjoy all the perks! Please contact Arvida arvida@kuvo.org for details.

KUVO Front Desk Subs Volunteers needed for on call basis to cover the front desk at KUVO JAZZ Public Radio located in the Five Points Media Center (29th and Welton). Office hours are Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm Front desk shifts are: 9am to 12:30pm or 1pm to 5pm. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Arvida Rascon arvida@kuvo.org and you will be put on a list and will receive notice by email when a sub is needed.

SOUTHERN COLORADO Volunteer opportunities are available at the Welcome Desk on Mondays at the Tim Gill Public Media Center in Colorado Springs. If you are interested in volunteering in Colorado Springs/Pueblo, please contact Carrie McKee at carriemckee@rmpbs.org WESTERN COLORADO

• KRMJ has a multitude of other fun opportunities for volunteers, including support in Special Events, Community Outreach, Community Calendar, Community Screenings, and Office Assistance. If you are interested in these or any other volunteer opportunities, please contact Hillary Daniels at hillarydaniels@rmpbs.org .

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION Thanks to volunteers in Denver (RMPBS & KUVO) On January 3rd, the Denver hosted a sold out sneak peek screening of Season 3 of Victoria. 200 guests attended this fun evening filled with food, drink, music, and a special presentation by Meghan Anderson Doyle from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts for our cornerstone members. Volunteer David Hutchings lent us his photography skills, and many attendees had fun playing with the props in the photo booth. A huge special thank you goes out to our

amazing volunteers that kept the crowd happy: Teddi Wiest-Kent, Betty Flaten, Janet Weisheit, Sandy Gerulat, Sharon Powers, and Kate Agathon, all of who jumped in to help in multiple areas to ensure the event was a success. We could not have done it without you! Thank you for being such a large contributor to the success of RMPBS.

Thanks to volunteers in Grand Junction From Hillary Daniels, Community Engagement Specialist, RMPBS/Grand Junctions Last month was a crazy month and I couldn’t have done it without my astounding volunteers! Last month was filled to the brim with events, like Honk and Wave Campaign, Sheep and Cattle Wars Screening and Victoria.

I want to first say thank you to Richard Goben for helping me out, other nonprofits for Grand Valley Gives Day. Richard stood out in the frigid December air during lunch and held up a sign to remind people in our community to give on Grand Valley Gives Day.

Soon after Grand Valley Gives Day, I had some of my volunteers help me out with my Sheep and Cattle Wars screening, earlier in the month. I had Brenda St. John and Jasmine Waples hanging posters in Palisade, Grand Junction, and Fruita. Jasmine also made a sign for our event, to let our members know they could ask questions to our panelist after the show. I also want to say thank you to Patricia Amadeo, Brenda, and Jasmine for helping me set up for the screening and to tear down. It really helped me with the event and made it that much better!

Our last event of the month was our Victoria Screening. Thanks to the help of Jasmine Waples, Patricia Amadeo, Marilyn Montoya, Kathi Roy and Chriss Secrest, the screening wouldn’t have been as amazing as it was. These ladies helped put up posters, put together centerpieces, set up the décor and sig- in for the event and helped me clean up. They truly made it a remarkable event.

Finally, during the craziness of these events, I also had Chriss Secrest, Patricia Amadeo and Jasmine Waples help with wrapping gifts, filling out cards, and delivering these items to our members, donors, nonprofits and businesses.

To end last month with a bang, a few of us got together for our Ugly Holiday Sweater Breakfast at the Egg and I and celebrated our accomplishments and future engagements together.

I am truly blessed to have such a powerful team of volunteers. I really don’t know what I would have done if I didn’t have their help last month. I truly am lucky!

Hillary Daniels, Community Engagement Specialist, RMPBS/Grand Junctions

Volunteer Reminder: Volunteers: Please note that if you sign in on the computer at the Denver station or the KUVO station but don't sign out, the computer only gives you credit for 3 hours. Not only do you cheat yourselves out of time, but the station also. Please send an e-mail to judylestersmith@rmpbs.org if you need to make a correction to your hours. In the email, include the date, time, and job assignment and we will make the adjustment. Thank you!

VOLUNTEER & STATION NEWS Final Super School News Season Kicks Off Volunteers, staff, students and faculty kicked off the final season (the 40th year) of Super School News on Wednesday, January 16th. Thanks to all and thanks to Kim Christiansen from Channel 9 (KUSA) who has provided inspiration to Super School News students for many, many years.

Rocky Mountain Public Media—Station News (excerpts from staff newsletter by Lone Bryan)

* Laura Esterly will be joining the Leadership Giving team on Wednesday, January 23, as the Manager of Development Communications & Foundation Relations. She comes to Rocky Mountain Public Media with a background in strategic communications and extensive experience in marketing and communications. * Nikki Swarn, our new Urban Alternative Content Director, is a 20 year Colorado radio veteran with commercial radio stations like KS1075, KYGO, ESPN, Alice 105.9. * Tennelle Swan has joined the team as Marketing and Engagement Specialist for Urban Alternative. * Alexis Kikoen will be joining the Arts District team as a full time Producer-Shooter-Editor this week. She has been serving the team as a contractor and has already created several packages for the show, including Mudra Dance. * Brad Haug has been promoted to the position of Programming Manager, effective February 1. Brad has been working under Mark Montour-Larson in programming and traffic since 2017, and over the past several months has been instrumental in our transition to outsourced master control and traffic management. *Journalism Ecosystem Last week the Denver Business Journal printed a two-page article on Rocky Mountain PBS and our bold plan to restore local journalism in our state.

RAISING FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION

By Laura K. Sampson | SAM Founder & Marketing Chair

With the advent of on-air telethons, Educational Television (ETV) changed its television viewers from passive to active. The first mention in the Rocky Mountain Public Media archives of a KRMA “Pledge Night” was dated February 6, 1962. On that date, KRMA broadcast its first three-hour telethon known as “The Best of ETV” to raise funds for the station. Throughout the evening, Denver viewers were invited to telephone a monetary pledge for the “Family Membership Campaign.” For a $10 pledge, a family was given the opportunity “to invest in better TV.”

KRMA was a mere 6 years old when it broadcast the first campaign. The main purpose of the membership campaign was to make an appeal for support of KRMA and to acquaint the general public with the facilities and services of Channel 6. Part of the program included a camera tour of the station along with the broadcast of selected portions of popular KRMA programs. In addition, there were interviews of some of Denver’s leading TV personalities and dignitaries such as Dr. Byron Hansford (Director of the State Department of Education), Mayor Richard Batterton and Dr. Kenneth E. Oberholtzer (Denver Public Schools Superintendent). The telethon also featured short sequences from NET programs and appearances by local radio and TV personalities such as Max Morath (KRMA’s ragtime pianist), Kay Howe, Starr Yelland, Pete Smythe, Bob Shriver, John Rayburn, Art Peterson and Gene Amole.

Earl Reum, 1962 coordinator of student activities for Denver Public Schools and host of several KRMA programs, served as the host and master of ceremonies for the inaugural 1962 telethon. Other KRMA personalities that appeared on the program included: Lee Sparkman, Pierre Wolfe, James Case, Martha Prater, Kate Marinoff and Fred Manzaneres.

The telethon was produced by the Council for Educational Television and KRMA entitled, “The Best of ETV.” The pledge production included three segments: 1. 7:30-8:30 pm, “Family Hour” which included a camera tour of the station and excerpts from various

Channel 6 children’s programs seen on Channel 6. 2. 8:30-9:30 pm, the regularly aired Algebra course 3. 9:30-10:30 pm, “The Best of 6” produced by KRMA

The results of the pledges for the 1962 Family Membership Campaign were announced on the air at regular intervals throughout the telethon. As a 6-year old educational station, the financial results of that first Family membership campaign fell short of the goal, but several Denver Post writers continued to write articles to encourage KRMA’s viewers to at least make a “small contribution to KRMA from all of us who enjoy ETV.” As years passed, KRMA’s popularity increased as did the support of its dedicated viewers.

PHOTO COLLAGE

Enjoy meeting some the KRMA Executives and personalities that appeared on the Family Membership Campaign night, February 6, 1962 by viewing the collage below. The photos represent only a handful of over 63,000 photographs that have been digitally preserved by

General Volunteer Information

Volunteers play a critical role at Rocky Mountain Public Media for both RMPBS and KUVO. The Rocky Mountain Public Media volunteer corps donates (on average) 18,000+ hours per year. Volunteers expand the capacity of the organization in order to enhance the public outreach and sustain viewer support of the mission-- to inspire people to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways with the world around them. Volunteers enjoy the opportunity to work together supporting and leading station initiatives. We hope that you might consider donating your time and talent to Rocky Mountain Public Media (RMPBS & KUVO). We have a variety of volunteer opportunities and new opportunities are constantly popping up. The best way to learn about these is to sign up in our database or contact volunteer coordinator, Susan Barber (susanbarber@rmpbs.org) at RMPBS or Arvida Rascon, KUVO at arvida@kuvo.org. To sign up in the database, go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer and click on “Sign Up to Volunteer.” If you are in our database, you will receive monthly updates on volunteer news and opportunities. Below is a list of some of the many opportunities available:

KUVO Blog Writer – We are looking for writers to contribute to our blog Festival, Concert & Event Outreach – booth set-up, breakdown, staffing/greeting visitors, transporting equipment (large vehicle needed) Festival, Concert & Events Outreach Manager – manage KUVO booth schedule, materials and volunteers, transport equipment (large vehicle needed or SUV) Food for Pledge Drives – Help make calls to local eateries for meals for volunteers & staff during Membership Pledge Drives Food Pick Up - Pick up meals for Membership Pledge Drives Hosts/Greeters – for Studio Club performances; you get to see in studio performances Membership Mailings - as needed Phone Bank – Answer phone on phone bank for Membership Pledge Drives to take donations and enter on online secured donation form Photographer/Videographer - special events, studio performances, etc. Special Events & Projects - as needed RMPBS Station Tours: RMPBS is a PUBLIC broadcasting station and we invite the public into the station at any opportunity! This is a very important piece of community outreach. We rely on our volunteer tour guides. Tours are done primarily during the day/business hours (but we also provide occasional weekday evening

tours). It’s great fun and training is provided. On-Call Volunteers: Sign up to be on our on-call list for a variety of short-notice, immediate jobs from mailings, to button making, to data input, “faux” phone banks and many more! Photographers: If you enjoy taking pictures and you are pretty good, sign up to be a

photographer! We take pictures of everything!!! Station’s Archived Memories (SAM): Help keep the history of Rocky Mountain PBS alive. A nationally recognized volunteer-driven project, Station’s Archived memories welcomes volunteers interested in preserving photographs, memorabilia, oral histories, local productions and station documents related to Rocky Mountain PBS. Archive training provided, but computer skills mandatory. Work is done during weekday business hours at Rocky Mountain PBS. 303-620-5734 or SAM@rmpbs.org Community Outreach: Perfect opportunity to work with friends on weekdays, weekends or evenings for screenings, staffing booths at community events (including jazz events and the like). Volunteer Recruitment: Call your friends and build our volunteer corps by reaching out to your network ---your friends and colleagues. Volunteer Leadership: Develop and enhance your leadership skills. Opportunities abound to really make a significant impact by taking leadership roles in new and current station initiatives and on the RMPBS Volunteer Advisory Team! Special Events: Big and small events---many different jobs! Southern Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Colorado Springs & Pueblo) For more information, contact Elyse Jones at elysejones@rmpbs.org Special Events Tim Gill Center for Public Media: Office assistance, grant writing Kids Fun Fest Western Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Grand Junction) For more information, contact Hillary Daniels at hillarydaniels@rmpbs.org Special Events Community Outreach Office Assistance Kids Fun Fest

Directions for Rocky Mountain PBS/KUVO Volunteer Database Sign Up to Volunteer Go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer Scroll down to first item-“Sign Up to Volunteer” Click on words in “this form” Complete application and submit You should then receive an email shortly with your pin#. Record Your Hours Go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer Click on the words in blue under “Record Your Hours” Login is your email address and password is your pin # Click in left-hand margin “Post Your Hours” Fill in information on volunteer work (day, hours, assignment) Confirm info

Enter another date if needed When completed, click on “Exit” at the bottom of the page