April is Volunteer Appreciation Month
Each year, we like to thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to Gilda’s Club with a special dinner held at the Clubhouse. Gilda’s Club volunteers are an integral part of our community in the sense that, we could not offer our program without them.
We rely heavily on the time, skill sets and generosity of volunteers to help with the facilitation of workshops, orient new members, provide educational lectures, assist with the Teen and Noogieland program, support social events, external special events and provide administrative support.
In any given month, we require the help of about 70 volunteers to facilitate program activities. In 2015, more than 200 volunteers gave their time to help us at our social events at the Clubhouse and external special events alone. A total of 3,280 hours of service helped us to save $75,670.
Our volunteers run the gamut from the teens in our Junior Associate Board who have served as Camp Sparkle counselors and helped decorate for social events, to individuals who started coming to Gilda’s Club as members and are now volunteering their time as a way of giving back.
Corporate groups are also a part of our volunteers with companies such as Turner Construction, PopSugar and Roche who have provided groups of volunteers to help with our social events which usually require decorating the dancehall and serving food.