Volunteer

Volunteer Application



If you would like to volunteer please click here to complete an online application.

Campaign Volunteers

Capital Area United Way conducts an annual campaign with the help of volunteers who contact more than 200,000 potential contributors community-wide and receive over 50,000 contributions. With the help of the Campaign volunteers, thousands of different workplaces, from industrial plants to small businesses, take part in the campaign allowing employees to hear the facts and make informed choices about supporting the community through United Way.

 
Volunteer Types

·        Campaign Chair

·        Campaign Chair Elect

·        Unit Chair

·        Division Chair

·        Section Chair

Volunteer Role
  • To make personal visits to the highest ranking person of assigned accounts in order to obtain specific employee campaign commitments and a corporate contribution to United Way.
  • The time frame is from June through December
  • Job duties:
    • Attend a United Way Account Volunteer Training Session or contact your staff person for training.
    • Select accounts to make personal visits with the highest-ranking person.
    • Schedule a personal appointment with the highest-ranking person of each account by the agreed upon timetable.
    • During the visit, secure commitments for a corporate contribution, a Leadership Giving campaign (where appropriate), and key elements in conducting an effective employee campaign.
    • Send a thank you letter to the CEO confirming commitments with a copy to the United Way staff.
    • Assist the United Way staff to follow-up on the corporate gift pledge until it is received by United Way, if the commitment is not made during the visit.
    • Assist the United Way staff to ensure that commitments made are being followed up on.

Community Partnership Volunteers

Volunteers devote thousands of hours telling the United Way story in the quest for support. Their success forms the foundation for an even more challenging job, matching our donors’ wishes with the needs of the community. The volunteers of the Community Partnership Division (CPD) perform this role. These 100 plus dedicated and trained volunteers address community needs by allocating funds to organizations that can credibly and efficiently respond.

The CPD volunteers are a group of trained, expert volunteers from not-for-profit, government, and private sectors who make funding decisions by working closely with service providers. By collecting information and monitoring budgets they strengthen CAUW’s collective capacity to provide needed services to the community.
 
Time Requirements
The table below gives a rough indication of the amount of time required of CPD volunteers during a single year period. The heaviest load of activity for CPD volunteers is during the first seven months of the year.
 
ACTIVITY DURATION TIME TOTAL TIME
Orientation Between October and January 4 hours 4 hours
Regular Team Business January through June   Approximately 31 hours
  • Site Visits
  2-3 hours per meeting x 7  
  • Membership Discussions
  3-4 hours per meeting x 3  
  • Wrap-up meeting
  3 hours  
Grant Program (intermittent)  March through August 4 hours study 7 hours
    3 hours meeting  
Other (reading, preparation, special topics committees, etc.)   7 hours 7 hours
TOTAL (approximate)      49 hours/year 

Roles and Responsibilities

Community Partnership volunteers implement CAUW’s funding process. The CAUW Funds Distribution Model consists of 87 Community Partnership volunteers who are assigned to one of the following five teams:

  • Building Healthy Communities
  • Investing in our Youth
  • Meeting Basic Needs
  • Striding Toward Independence
  • Strengthening Lives
 Each team works with a designated group of United Way Member Agencies. Teams are expected to:
  • Maintain a knowledgeable and cooperative relationship with agencies
  • Conduct membership reviews of agencies
  • Recommend membership renewal
  • Review progress of Member Agencies toward achieving the objectives and conditions of funding

For more information about being a CPD volunteer please call 225-382-3503.

Marketing and Communications Volunteers

Communication is the key to reaching thousands of potential donors and educating them about United Way funded agencies. Marketing and Communications volunteers work with the Marketing and Communications staff to design and execute a successful message that creates a direct link between the donor and the recipient of services. The successful message is communicated to the media, donors, and the general public. The Marketing and Communications volunteers are experts in the areas of public relations, advertising, broadcast/print media and other related fields. Each volunteer works closely with the Marketing and Communications staff to help develop goals and strategies and determine outcomes in their areas of expertise.

Finance Volunteers

Each year, Capital Area United Way goes out into the community raising dollars for those in need. Donors trust that United Way is a good steward of their dollar. A group of volunteers that make up the Finance Committee at Capital Area United Way make sure United Way administrative costs are kept very low and millions of donor dollars are sent straight to CAUW member agencies.

Finance volunteers work with finance staff to make sure that internally Capital Area United Way is using donor dollars effectively and efficiently. These volunteers develop and recommend financial policy for Capital Area United Way and act on Finance related assignments as directed by the Executive Committee or Board of Directors. 

For more information about being a Finance volunteer, please call 225-382-3509.