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Volunteer Opportunities: June 2015 Denver KIDS Fun Fest
Support families and children at the Annual Denver KIDS Fun Fest: Saturday, September 12, 2015 (10am-2pm)
PBS is the largest early learning classroom in the nation, providing access to outstanding educational programming for all children. The Rocky Mountain PBS Denver KIDS Fun Fest (Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the station-1089 Bannock St.) extends this educational commitment to families and children. We need your help with the largest community outreach of the year! Children and families will be hosted by favorite PBS characters, including Peg + Cat, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George. Children will be encouraged to discover, learn, create and get up and go through a variety of FREE interactive activities. Stage performances will entertain as well as inform. It's the perfect outing for families in a safe and entertaining setting--the best block party FREE to all! It takes MANY, MANY volunteers to put on this wonderful, free event. Approximately 8,500 children and families attend this festival. There are many different types of jobs and different shifts. We hope you will support our families and children by volunteering for this event. Put together your own volunteer team – it's great fun to volunteer with friends, family and co-workers! OR, volunteer as an individual. We have all types of volunteer opportunities that will suit all our volunteers.
Here are the jobs that we need assistance with:
I. Pre-KIDS Fun Fest
• A. Distributing flyers in 3 block radius of station (1089 Bannock St.) Week of July 20: 4 volunteers (any day, anytime - takes about 2 hours)
• B. Distributing flyers in 3 block radius of station Week of September 1: 4 volunteers (any day, anytime - takes about 2 hours)
• C. Friday, September 11—5-6 pm! Only one hour! Help with chalk outlines for booths in street and parking lot. Need 4 volunteers
II. Day Of - Saturday, September 12, 2015
• A. Early Morning Set-Up 7-9:30 am 15 volunteers • B. Set-Up/Monitoring Continental Breakfast 6:30-8:30 am 1 volunteer • C. Vendor and Volunteer Check-In Info Booth 7am-1:30 pm 4 volunteers (lunch included) • D. Traffic Controllers (Guide vendors to set up locations) 7-10am 2 volunteers • E. Tricycle Village 8am-10am Help with set-up 4 volunteers 10am-3pm Assist with kids and
take-down 8 volunteers (lunch provided) • F. Monitor Block Island Monitor block play area from 10 am-2:00 pm –3 volunteers (lunch
provided) • G. Greeters (Welcome attendees/hand-out maps) 9:30 am-noon 4 volunteers Noon-2pm 2
volunteers • H. Characters and Handlers (guide and assist PBS characters) Handlers 8am–2pm 4
volunteers (Handlers assist characters as assigned with moving through crowds and greeting their little fans. Lunch provided.)
• I. Crowd Control 1. Bounce House/Climbing Wall 9:45am-2pm 4 volunteers (lunch included) 2. Character Booth 9:45-2 pm 4 volunteers (lunch included)
• J. Floaters (assist where needed) 9am-2pm (lunch provided) 3 volunteers • K. Lost Children Booth 10 am-2 pm (lunch provided) 3 volunteers • L. Photographers 9 am-Noon 1 volunteer Noon-2 pm 1 volunteer • M. Stage Assistants (assist stage manager) 8am – 2pm (lunch provided) 2 volunteers • N. Tear Down 2-3:30 pm 15 volunteers
To volunteer or to find out more, please email Susan Barber ([email protected]) with subject header "Sign Me Up to Volunteer!" and let her know the job and shift(s) that you would like or questions you may have.
Want to Impact Kids? Join the Volunteer Ranks for our Super School News Program (Denver) Join the volunteers for Super School News (rmpbs.org/ssn) and make a difference in a
child's life. This education-based program is the oldest, continuously running production of Rocky Mountain PBS. For over 30 years, volunteers have made it possible for 5th and 6th graders to produce 2-minute news broadcasts about their schools which appear on the air. This program introduces children to the world of broadcast news and, as a result, some of the Super School News alumni have gone on to careers in journalism and broadcast.
Volunteers will be assigned a school and work with a teacher and student team (1-2 coaching sessions at the school) to design their broadcast. Volunteer training is provided. In addition, volunteers will assist with assembling information (1 morning in August and December), orientation day (1 morning in September and January) and will attend the taping session at the Denver station.
We hope you will help sustain this legacy program. If you are interested in volunteering, please email [email protected].
Nationally Recognized StoryMakers Program Seeks Volunteers (Denver) StoryMakers (www.rmpbs.org/storymakers) received the 2015 award for the best community development program from the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. Our volunteers made this possible! StoryMakers is a statewide short story contest for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Students submit stories on-line and volunteers organize submissions and serve as judges. Student finalists participate in a one-day workshop and winners and finalists are recognized at an awards luncheon.
Volunteers lead this program and staff this program. StoryMakers is a fun and fulfilling experience for the RMPBS volunteer corps!
1. Office Work-Process On-Line Entries Work at the station (1089 Bannock) on your schedule printing and assembling the entries for StoryMakers. Work begins the week of September 28 - week of October 12, 2014. Volunteers may choose their day and time between the hours of 9:00 am-7:00 pm, Monday-Fridayto work 2-3 hours but will need to coordinate time with Susan Barber, volunteer coordinator. Volunteers will be trained. Interested volunteers should contact Susan at [email protected]
2. Judges Whether you are a past volunteer or a first-time judge, we are seeking your assistance with
this incredibly popular Rocky Mountain PBS initiative! A rubric will be provided to help judges evaluate the stories. Judges will need to be available to read the stories at Rocky Mountain PBS, located at 1089 Bannock Street, on at least one of the following dates and 4-hour time slots: Monday, October 19 -- 12:30 until 4:30pm Tuesday, October 20 -- 5:00 until 9pm Wednesday, October 21 -- 5:00 until 9pm Friday, October 23 -- 5:00 until 9pm Saturday, October 24 -- 9am until Noon If you would like to be a judge (sooo much fun) or have questions, please contact Lauren Simmons, StoryMakers Volunteer, at [email protected] or Susan Barber, Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected] and include your name, email, phone number and the date(s) you wish to volunteer. Feel free to forward this email to friends, coworkers, fellow book club members, or any other individuals that might have an interest in participating in judging these stories.
Editor Needed for RMPBS Statewide Monthly Volunteer E-Newsletter (Denver) Do you enjoy writing and editing? If you do, this is a great volunteer job. Work with volunteers and staff to create an informative and monthly volunteer newsletter, the Volunteer Bulletin. Time commitment per month is approximately 8-10 hours. Work can be done at home with some time at the Denver station. The Volunteer Bulletin is an important tool in connecting staff and volunteers of RMPBS throughout the state. If you are interested, please contact Susan [email protected].
Tour Guides Have the Most Fun! (Denver) Do you have a few hours a month? (Most tours are scheduled during the day but there are some occasional evenings too!) Join the fun of taking small groups around the Denver station and informing folks of all ages about the wonders of Rocky Mountain PBS. It's easy – we have tour scripts and we train you. Generally, our tours last approximately an hour. You don't have to be an expert. Just bring your smile and laughter with you. Tour guides are some of the best goodwill ambassadors that we have.
Rocky Mountain PBS is committed to our public and that means that we welcome the public into our station more than any other TV station in town. We need your help. If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please contact Susan Barber [email protected] and we will have some fun!
Production Preservation Needs Volunteers (Denver) by Laura Sampson, SAM Publicity/Marketing Chair
The Production Preservation Committee of Station's Archived Memories, co-chaired by Tom Muja and Lloyd Anderson, has immediate openings for volunteers interested in learning to preserve local productions of Rocky Mountain PBS.
The job entails a minimum of a once-a-week commitment during weekday business hours. Production Preservation volunteers help with a variety of jobs including entering information into the production database and/or helping with the transfer of 1-inch tapes. Training is provided.
If interested in working on the Station's Archived Memories PRODUCTION PRESERVATION committee, please contact the SAM Office at Rocky Mountain PBS, 303-620-5734, or submit a request for further information via email to:[email protected]. To learn more about Station's Archived Memories, visit theSAM page on the RMPBS website.
In Search of Station's Archived Memories Research Chair (Denver)
Do you love learning about the past? You can contribute to preserving the important Rocky Mountain PBS archive collection. We have information that is important to preserve. With your help it can be used in a variety of ways today and in the future to promote Rocky Mountain PBS!
Are you interested in working with a group of amazing volunteers with a computerized database to identify and catalog a whole host of material? This may be the volunteer job for you!
We provide training and you can develop your skills in data base management, archiving and researching and have fun in the process.
Here are the basics:
• Location: Rocky Mountain PBS (Denver) • Time Commitment: 4 hours per week, during business hours. • Skills: Basic computer skills as well as ability and desire to communicate with RMPBS Staff
to assist with time-sensitive inquiries.
Call Station's Archived Memories (SAM) for more details- the SAM Office at RMPBS, Denver 303-620-5734 or contact us online at [email protected].
Contribute to the future of RMPBS by becoming an expert on the past!
Would You Like to Volunteer From Home? Oral History Transcribers for SAM (Denver) By Laura Sampson, Oral History co-Chair (Station's Archived Memories)
Would you prefer to volunteer for Rocky Mountain PBS from the comfort of your own home and on your own time schedule? Transcribing Oral History Interviews for Station's Archived Memories (SAM) may be the ideal volunteer job for you.
From your own home desktop you can support the efforts of Station's Archived Memories by serving as a volunteer transcriber of Oral History interviews. These captivating interviews average about 55 minutes in length and can be received as an audio file directly on your home computer.
Each of the Station's Archived Memories Oral History interviews is videotaped, digitally preserved and transcribed for research purposes. The interviews provide insight to fascinating institutional, community and individual histories. Interviews offer a unique insight to memorable moments in the history of Rocky Mountain PBS as well as a look into the "every day life " at a public broadcasting station.
REQUIREMENTS: Volunteer transcribers must have a Word program and a current computer capable of playing electronic audio files. A volunteer for Oral History transcribing must have strong computer skills, knowledge of how to create Word documents, the ability to receive/send emails and to download/upload files. Additionally, a volunteer transcriber must have excellent listening skills including the ability to type audio files word-for-word. Schedules and time commitment will vary with individual transcribers. Detailed training is provided by fellow volunteers.
If you are interested in applying for the position as an Oral History transcriber, please contact the SAM Office: 303-620-5734 or email [email protected] for further details.
Station's Archived Memories Display Committee (Denver) by Laura Sampson, SAM Publicity/Marketing Chair
The Station's Archived Memories (SAM)
Display Committee is in need of imaginative, creative and social volunteers. Volunteers that enjoy attending and participating in Rocky Mountain PBS special events will find this to be the ideal volunteer activity with an opportunity to attend station events, meet new people and show off the station's rich history. With the station's 2016 60th anniversary approaching, several very special upcoming events will require volunteer assistance!
Display Committee volunteers are asked to create colorful, creative and appealing displays from the thousands of well organized archived historical photographs, documents and memorabilia items. New volunteers are paired with a seasoned SAM volunteer until comfortable working alone. Training is provided for all volunteers at their convenience.
The average time spent per event begins with approximately two hours in advance of an occasion selecting the perfect display items from the archives. An additional hour is needed to set up and take down displays on the day of the event. The social part begins at the event when supervising the display and conversing with guests. Special events are most often held at Rocky Mountain PBS (Denver) but are periodically held outside of the station. Individuals that are available during business hours or evenings can enjoy this unique volunteer opportunity.
Is this volunteer activity appealing to you? Please contact the SAM Office soon at Rocky Mountain PBS (Denver) 303-620-5734 or email [email protected] to volunteer or ask for additional information. Southern Colorado Welcome Desk Volunteers (Colorado Springs) Welcome Desk Weekly Volunteers Where: Tim Gill Center for Public Media 315 E Costilla St. Colorado Springs When: 2 hour shifts on a weekly basis Time: Mondays 3-5 pm, Wednesdays 9 am- 1 pm, Thursdays 12 pm – 5 pm, Fridays 12-5 pm thru July. Number of volunteers: 4-5 (1 per shift) Description of duties: answer phones, greet guests, administrative tasks. Contact person: Elyse Jones (719) 418-5851 or [email protected] Western Colorado Multiple Volunteer Opportunities
Rocky Mountain PBS on the Western Slope (KRMJ) has tons of fun opportunities for volunteers!
Contact [email protected] for more information on the following opportunities:
• Special Events • Community Outreach • Community Calendar • Community Cinema • Office Assistance • Kids Fun Fest • Family Science Night
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers play a critical role at Rocky Mountain PBS. The Rocky Mountain PBS volunteer corps donates (on average) 15,000+ hours per year. They 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 PBS. 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 ([email protected]). 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:
Station Tours: Rocky Mountain PBS 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!
Community Cinema: Greet and register guests at free screenings of outstanding independent films that occur approximately once a month. You meet great folks and have the opportunity to see award winning films.
Photographers: If you enjoy taking pictures and you are pretty good, sign up to be a photographer! We take pictures of everything!!!
Pledge: Pull a team together of your friends for an evening and take over the phones! or, volunteer individually to assist with the production and logistics
Super School News: Coach a classroom in preparation for an on-air news broadcast about students’ schools. This nationally recognized program provides students with the opportunity to get a taste of broadcast journalism.
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 [email protected].
Storymakers: Perfect for the volunteer who has limited time! Be a reader/judge for this state-wide short story contest for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Help us judge and read over 900 stories.
Newsletters: Write articles, coordinate newsletters that include the monthly Volunteer Bulletin and the Cooks Club Newsletter.
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 Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Board!
Special Events: Big and small events – many different jobs!
Online Auction: Variety of different types of jobs. Fun work in team atmosphere.
Southern Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Colorado Springs & Pueblo) For more information, contact Keanna Smith at [email protected] Special Events Tim Gill Center for Public Media: Office assistance, grant writing Matchwits: Statewide quiz show for Colorado High Schools Kids Fun Fest
Western Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Grand Junction) For more information, contact Ryan Stringfellow [email protected] Special Events Community Outreach Office Assistance Kids Fun Fest
Directions for Rocky Mountain PBS 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#.
Volunteer News Thank You from Past Volunteer Board President, Betty Flaten
Betty graciously served as the Volunteer Board President for the past two years. Rocky Mountain PBN staff and volunteers are the better because of her exceptional leadership and courage.
To the Staff and Volunteers of Rocky Mountain PBN,
It was a wonderful surprise and humbling experience to receive the 2015 National Friends of Public Broadcasting Volunteer of the Year Award. I am deeply honored and accept the award as a representation of all the terrific Rocky Mountain PBN volunteers. Because each and every volunteer is talented, dedicated and works hard to complete tasks we all benefit. Rocky Mountain PBN is the best place to volunteer and interact with a friendly, engaged staff and volunteer corp.
A special thanks to Doug Price and Susan Barber for submitting the nomination and to Harris Ravine and Kathryn Roethel for accepting the award on my behalf at the PBS Annual Meeting and in Austin.
Again, it is an honor and I am grateful to have a volunteer job which has given me lifelong friends, numerous opportunities and worthwhile accomplishments.
In appreciation and friendship, Betty Flaten
From Volunteer Board to Volunteer Advisory Team: Change and Gratitude
Submitted by Betty Flaten, Volunteer Board President 2014-2015 and Susan Barber, Volunteer/Special Events Coordinator, Rocky Mountain PBS
Since the Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Board retreat in 2011, members of the Volunteer Board have been considering the issue of restructuring the Board. Under the leadership of Volunteer President, Betty Flaten, three committees comprised of volunteers and staff have studied this issue and made recommendations. In March 2015, a final recommendation was made to create a Volunteer Advisory Team to replace the existing Volunteer Board. This resolution passed unanimously and an Implementation Committee was established to identify the different roles of the Volunteer Advisory Team and recruit volunteers to fill these roles for a one year period. Concurrently, a vote was taken in June on the resolution to dissolve the Volunteer Board and this passed by a two-thirds majority.
Volunteers are essential to Rocky Mountain PBS. The 37-year history of contributions by past Volunteer Board members is an honored legacy
characterized by talented volunteer leadership and selfless service. Without this leadership, projects such as the on-air auction, Super School News, the Station's Archived Memories, special events/community outreach, volunteer newsletters, etc. would not exist. (This is certainly NOT an all-inclusive list of the countless accomplishments of the RMPBS leadership volunteers over the years!)
Change is not easy and it is risky. But thanks to the courage and the thoughtful, diligent work of volunteers and staff, the Volunteer Advisory Team will be launched this summer. The new lateral model of leadership is based on function rather than project. Members of this first Volunteer Advisory Team will be asked to take on the broader issues of volunteer recruitment, volunteer on-boarding/engagement, database assessment and collaborative work with the staff in community engagement, development, and project/administration. The aspirational goal for the Team will be to improve the volunteer experience and support the changing face and statewide work of the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, which now includes KUVO Jazz radio and I-News.
Key to the success of this new venture are the leadership volunteers who are excited about implementing a new, innovative model and who are willing donate time and talent to this effort. Additionally, they are volunteers who understand that the Volunteer Advisory Team is a "work in progress " and that they will be instrumental in providing more definition to the aspirational model in the upcoming year.
We extend our most heartfelt gratitude to all those volunteers who have served on the Volunteer Board over the many years. Their service to the station and hundreds of volunteers is the foundation upon which we will build. And, thanks to the following volunteers and staff who served on various task forces in the past two and a half years---leading us into a "brave, new world. " They include: volunteers-Heidi Allums, Kim Brock, Donna Dickinson, Betty Flaten, Sandy Gerulat, Willi Jost, Lou Matis, Jill Maxwell, Julie Muhovich, Sandra Rolens, Jeanne Sanchez, Pete Schmidt, Thomas Vela; staff-Marissa Johnson, Elizabeth Mayer, Susan Barber.
It is with great pleasure and simple gratitude that we introduce to you the Volunteer Advisory Team 2015-2016:
Volunteer Advisory Team: Recruitment-Lauren Simmons Lauren Simmons began her involvement with the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network in 2014, when she signed up with other Single Volunteers of
Greater Denver group members to help out with StoryMakers judging. It was then that she was introduced to the exciting programs and involvement opportunities that RMPBN has to offer our diverse Colorado community. She now serves as chair of the Rocky Mountain PBN award-winning StoryMakers program.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Database Assessment-Sandra Gerulat Sandra Gerulat and her husband moved from New Jersey to Colorado to be closer to their grandson who is now 12. She is the
Executive Assistant to the CEO and Human Resource Manager at RNL Design, a Denver based architectural firm. Over the past 5 years, Sandra has volunteered at RMPBS with Station Archived Memories in the Photo and more recently Oral History areas. She has been the Volunteer Board Secretary and I.T. Co-Chair for several years and was a member of the Restructure Task Force Group.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Database Assessment-Nasiri Suzan Nasiri Suzan is Real Estate Coordinator for Children's Hospital Colorado with over 25 years' experience relating to real estate, property management
and business management. She is CEO of Above and Beyond Consulting and offers business consulting and coaching. With a background in sales and marketing, she managed an international conference and event center for five years and lived in a spiritual, organic community. Her volunteer activities include KUVO Community Advisory Board, Rocky Mountain PBS, The Sustainable Living Fair, Curious Theatre, Cherry Creek Arts Festival and the Denver Heart Association.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Volunteer On-Boarding and Engagement-Betty Flaten Betty is a retired teacher who has also managed a tutor program for two school districts, been a political campaign
staffer and wedding coordinator. Volunteering is now her career and the varied opportunities and congenial climate of Rocky Mountain PBN make for a perfect place to volunteer. She has served as both Vice President and President of the RMPN Volunteer Board and has received the Outstanding Volunteer Award from the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. She is excited about the new avenues of volunteer leadership that are being explored and implemented.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Community Engagement Representative-Kim Brock Kim Brock comes to Rocky Mountain PBS with a strong professional background in public
relations, media relations, strategic communications, marketing communications, media/message training, event management, social media, writing, video production. Kim has volunteered for Rocky Moutain PBS and she co-chaired the Volunteer Board Implementation Committee for the restructure of the RMPBS volunteer leadership. (Kim is pictured –on the left—with Betty Flaten.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Community Engagement Representative-Jeanne Sanchez Jeanne has lived in Colorado since 1990, moving here from Mississippi. Her professional background includes
facilities management and event planning for Global Crossing and Polycom. She has been volunteering for RMPBN for about 5 years, starting with her first volunteer stint with Kids Fun Fest. She became a Member-at-Large on the Volunteer Board, and then has served as the Vice President of the Volunteer Board for the last 2 years.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Development Representative-Joyce Jappelle Joyce was a self-employed business consultant working primarily in the private sector for 25 years with an emphasis on sales,
client satisfaction and coaching. She has transitioned from corporate life to becoming a writer of fiction(mystery). Her interests include theatre, art, gardening. She is passionate about public television and the role it plays in America and the impact it can have globally.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Administration Representative-Wendy King Wendy King, a former CFO and VP of Administration recently relocated to Colorado (her family moved to California when she was 2). She is
currently serving as Chair of the Station's Archived Memories Project and member of the Building Committee of the Board of RMPBS. Wendy continues her professional activities as speaker/trainer/and facilitator working with businesses and organizations to improve productivity and performance. Wendy is passionate about the public broadcasting network and with her family enjoys the entertainment, i-news, and educational programing.
Volunteer Advisory Team: Administration Representative-Kira Broer Kira Broer, a native of Nebraska, has lived in Colorado for over 19 years and has loved every moment of it. She received a B.S. in
Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Creighton in Omaha, NE. After being transferred to Denver through a position with Berkshire Hathaway, she ultimately ventured into operations work with small business owners and a few non-profits. Currently, she is an office manager for an Aramark account at the University of Denver. This role fulfills a long-time goal of working on a college campus.
RMPBN Receives 14 Emmy Nominations
Congratulations to the talented staff of the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network who received 14 nominations for the 2015 Heartland Emmys. The list is below. The winners will be announced at a gala on July 18th. Stay tuned! Nominations: Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment "Arts District Chris Daniels and the Kings " "Map illustrator Ed Fairburn " Arts District Politics/Government - Program/Series/Special "Colorado State of Mind: Rape Kit Access " Documentary - Historical "Colorado Experience: Sand Creek Massacre" Documentary - Topical "Colorado Experience: Colorado's Cold War"
Historic/Cultural Program - Feature/Segment "Colorado Experience: Living West Water" Magazine Program - Program/Series/Special "Arts District #391" Informational/Instructional - Program/Series/Special "Adventures in Science with Doc Ryan 'The Mystery of Peru's Water'" Public/Current/Community Affairs - Program/Series/Special "Colorado State of Mind: Unpaid Child Support" Interstitial "Colorado Experience: Duck and Cover" Nostalgia Program - Series/Special "Colorado Experience: The Smaldones" "Colorado Experience: Pope John Paul II" Nostalgia Program - Feature/Segment "Colorado Experience: The Manassa Mauler" Director "Oh Heck Yeah, I Smell Emmy!" Daniel Mercure, Post Director, Editor
Protect My Public Media
By Laura Sampson, Trustee, National Friends of Public Broadcasting (NFPB.org) Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer since 1974
A challenge to my fellow volunteers at Rocky Mountain PBS:
PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA is a grassroots campaign to support the federal investment in America's public media system. The goal of the campaign is to build a network of advocates who will protect federal funding for public media by taking a stand for the local stations and programs they love. The federal contribution to public media amounts to $1.35 per American per year. This critical money enables Rocky Mountain PBS to provide our community with a host of essential services in education, news, public safety, music, culture and many more.
I am asking fellow Rocky Mountain PBS volunteers to join me by signing up as a supporter of PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA. I also challenge all RMPBS volunteers to join me in doing one or all of the following actions this summer to show your support of public media -- both radio and television:
• Sign up for PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA updates to stay informed on what's happening in funding for public media. www.protectmypublicmedia.org/about-us/
• Sign up at least 10 of your friends, colleagues or family members as a PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA advocate. They can sign up as an advocate by visiting www.protectmypublicmedia.org, liking the Facebook page, or following the Twitter feed.
• Submit a story on the PM2 website about how public media impacts your life through the TELL function - www.protectmypublicmedia.org/tell/
• Write your members of Congress about federal funding for public media stations. Protect My Public Media will notify you (once you've sign up) when the time is appropriate.
Volunteer Appreciation - Thank You for Your Support! Thanks to June Pledge Volunteers
Thanks go to our June pledge volunteers at Rocky Mountain PBS who staffed the phones during a very successful pledge drive. We couldn't do it without these remarkable volunteers led by veteran volunteer Pete Schmidt. Shout-outs go to the following folks: June 1-Kevin Percival, Arlene Krauss, E-Dee Martin, Renee Marcellis, Linda Miyamoto, Audrey Sherrod, Elena Levine
June 2-Volunteers from Colorado Railroad Museum-Warren Broderick, Bill Robie, Rick Bernstein, Leni Arnett, Paul Amott, Lynne Feldkamp
Thanks to Production Transcribers
Thank you to volunteers Joe Brannon, Anne Christner and Janet Kilbride for transcribing for "Standing in the Gap," our upcoming docuseries examining race in the public school system. Thank you to Daphne Cooper who has also recently joined the transcriber team!
Mega-Mailing Team Rocks!
Huge Thank-You to Mega-Mailing Volunteers from Patricia Laverty
There's a core group of volunteers who've been reliably putting in hours, week in and week out, since February (seems like yesterday!) on our mailing campaign to loyal donors, asking them to consider include Rocky Mountain PBS in their will or other estate plan. This project is approaching 80% completion and I want to give a HUGE, GIGANTIC, ENORMOUS shout out to the following ladies, in no particular order: Pam Herrlein, Carol Clark, Ellyn Crago, Joyce Jappelle (and the various friends she pulls in on any given day), Shirley Belz, Janet Kilbride, Donna Shelley, Renee Marcellis, Gwen Meserko and Eileen Koob. Secondary thanks to Carol for recruiting Mary Colonno as a button maker!
My greatest worry is that they'll finish the project and say, "Okay, what's next? " but I'll deal with that when the day arrives. In the meantime, many, many sincere thanks to these volunteers who are helping lay the base for our financial future! My thanks also to the other volunteers who have found the time to contribute to this project on a periodic basis – all these hours are adding up to a successful outcome.
Kudos to Colorado Springs Kids Fun Fest Volunteers
Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped us with the annual Rocky Mountain PBS Kids Fun Fest on June 6th in Acacia Park in Colorado
Springs:Kay Davis, Cathy Reilly, Barb Vail, Ian Foster, Mark Norton, Dave Norton, Michelle Mawhiney Jaxon Mawhiney, Josh Johnston, Connie Forsett, and especially to Craig Barragry and the volunteers from Colorado Springs Utilities and anyone else we forgot to thank who helped make this another wonderful event in the Southern Colorado community.
Special Thanks to a Special Volunteer
Judy Lester Smith comes to the Denver station every Tuesday and works on a variety of tasks including fielding requests in regard to the volunteer database. But, then she does things "on the side" such as organizing and buying the supplies and food needed for a celebration in honor of volunteer Betty Flaten's Outstanding Volunteer Award from the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. Thanks so much Judy for making this reception so special!
Super School News (Denver) Ends the Year Strong Thanks to Volunteers
2014-2015 was the 35th Anniversary of Super School News. In Denver, we taped 51 schools from not only the metro area but also Gilpin, Clear Creek, and Morgan counties. Our outreach is expanding beyond the Denver area to new schools in Colorado. Our two orientations were a great success because of all the preparation from our volunteers, staff, and production crew. Let's also give a big THANK YOU to Kim Christenson for her continued support of our program and the youth of Colorado. This year we are moving into the 21st century with complete email communications. Check back with us next year to see how we fared. Congratulations to the volunteer Super School News co-chairs, Janell Hetrick and Ginger Sheehy Tatic and congratulations to the many volunteers who make this program possible.
Volunteer Reminder
Volunteers: Please note that if you sign in on the computer 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 [email protected] 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!
Events / Programming
Check the Rocky Mountain PBS website for breaking information about station events atrmpbs.org/events.
• Family Science Night: July 2, John McConnell Math and Science Center, Grand Junction
• Western Colorado KIDS Fun Fest (FREE): 10am to 1pm August 1, Lincoln Park, Grand Junction
• KUVO-Live at the Vineyards: 6-10 pm, August 8, Balistreri Vineyards, Denver • Denver Metro KIDS Fun Fest (FREE): 10am-2pm, September 12, 1089 Bannock
Street, Denver
PROGRAMMING To check out programming features and changes, go to the Rocky Mountain PBS website. Or go straight to rmpbs.org/enews where you will be able to request our automatic weekly newsletter (e-news) and monthly TV schedule (e-promo).
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ARCHIVED VOLUNTEER BULLETIN
§ June 2015: Word PDF / Web PDF § May 2015: Word PDF / Web PDF
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§ August 2011 § July 2011 § June 2011 § May 2011 § April 2011 § March 2011 § February 2011 § January 2011 § December 2010 § November 2010 § October 2010 § September 2010
ARCHIVED VOLUNTEER VISION
Volunteer Vision was our quarterly newsletter mailed to Rocky Mountain PBS volunteers. It featured articles on the latest news and events for our volunteer corps. Click below to read archived issues of Volunteer Vision in PDF format.
§ Spring 2010 § Winter 2010 § Summer 2009 § Winter 2009 § Summer 2008 § Spring 2008 § Winter 2008 § Winter 2007 § Fall 2006 § Summer 2006 § Spring 2006 § Winter 2006 § Fall 2005 § Summer 2005
(You will need Adobe Acrobat to view these files. If you don't have it, you can download it for free here.) Suggestions for articles, news updates or questions for Volunteer Vision can be e-mailed to the editor.