Volunteer Opportunities
Micky Holdsworth, 2011 Volunteer of the Year, accepts her award from Kathy Austin and David Tabak. Micky was selected by the Guild staff as the volunteer who made the greatest impact on our programs: she began an Apple tutoring program, assisted in the development of our RP support group and serves on our Communications Committee.
We welcome you to join the Guild's Volunteer Team!Our volunteers play a vital role in the Guild's ability to provide service to people with vision loss. From helping us spread the word about our services and manning the front desk, to designing our annual reports and updating our computers, there is always some place your talents and skills can be put to good use.
Some ways you can help include:
• Administrative support
• Marketing and communications
• Fund raising
• Special events
• Photography
• Website development and maintenance
• Internet research
• Computer maintenance
• Braille transcription and embossing
• Audio recording and editing
• Driving
Volunteers with specialized skills can also help us provide service to our members. If you have experience in vision rehabilitation, career counseling or adaptive technology, you can help us with program development and tutoring.
The Guild also offers internships for master degree candidates in the fields of counseling, psychology and communications. These are unpaid internships offering direct contact with clients and great hands-on experience.
Whether it is a short-term project or continuing service, we welcome your help! Please fill out the Volunteer application or contact Kathy Austin at kathya@guildfortheblind.org to learn how you can help.
The Guild would like to thank the following people and companies for providing their pro bono professional services to the Guild and our members:
Simple Truth: Strategic Marketing, Design and Brand Positioning
The Simple Truth team has helped the Guild develop our brand identity and has designed our website, our annual report and our materials for Passionate Focus. Their innovative, award-winning design has helped to tell the Guild's story.
www.yoursimpletruth.com
Mickey B. Photography
Michael Brown of Mickey B. Photography captures the spirit of the Guild and our members in many of our website photographs.
www.flickr.com/mikebrown3506
Duplicats, LLC, CD/DVD Duplication: When Your Image Really Counts
Sue Lamm of Duplicats, LLC provided her expertise in editing and set up for our audio versions of resource materials.
www.duplicatsllc.com
Photos by Lisa Gottschalk
Lisa Gottschalk used her professional photography skills to capture the images of all the Guild staff members.
lisagottschalkphotography.com
Horizons for the Blind
Horizons for the Blind generously donates their resources to transcribe our Guild Briefs newsletter into electronic braille making it ready for our staff to emboss.
www.horizons-blind.org
