EARLY OPEN COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITIONS
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Each year, several Dance Marathon chair positions open up prior to the Fall semester to assist with summer duties. The remaining, unlisted positions will go live in the Fall semester. Contact The President or the respective Director with any specific questions. All positions utilize the same application which can be downloaded below.
EARLY OPEN CHAIR POSITIONS
FAMILY RELATIONS COMMITTEE | Communication Chair (5)
This year we are looking to fill five communication chair positions. Each communication chair will be assigned certain miracle families to communicate with throughout the year. These conversations facilitate trust with the families and allow information between the director and committee to be reinforced. Depending on the family’s preferences, chairs may communicate weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc. and will need to be comfortable with making phone calls and writing emails. Chairs can expect an extra meeting with the FR Director each week in addition to the regular committee meetings. Confidential information may be shared with the chair, which is then relayed to the director; all information relayed is expected to be handled appropriately and maturely. Family Relations committee experience is recommended, but not required.
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE | Food Night Chair (1)
This chair will be asked to start working with the Fundraising Director right away in the summer. This chair will work closely with the director to brainstorm new fundraising ideas for the upcoming year. This chair will be in charge of contacting local businesses by phone or email and organizing food nights throughout the year. This chair will delegate tasks for committee members to call businesses for food nights and other donations. Overall, looking for someone committed to bringing creativity, leadership, & FUN to our fundraising team.
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FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE | Canning Chair (1)
This chair will be asked to start working with the Fundraising Director right away in the summer. This chair will work closely with the director to brainstorm new fundraising ideas for the upcoming year. This chair will be in charge of helping the director plan canning routes and organize them throughout the summer and school year. This chair will assist in finding new canning routes and ensure there are no duplicate routes. Overall, looking for someone committed to bringing creativity, leadership, & FUN to our fundraising team.
MORALE COMMITTEE | Communications and Logistics Chair (1)
This chair will work directly with the Morale Director to create various email templates for Morale Captains, receive feedback from dancers, and ensure that everything is communicated smoothly between all people (Morale Captains, Dancers, and the Morale Director). They will assist in tracking all team and Morale Captain communications throughout the year. Other tasks will include coming up with weekly/monthly meeting bonding ideas as well as helping with theme hour costumes ensuring that every Morale Captain has their costumes in time.
Must be able to:
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Use a spreadsheet to make sure MCs are staying on top of tasks
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Communicate well
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Have good organization skills
MORALE COMMITTEE | Color Wars and Recruitment Chair (1)
This chair will work with the Morale Director to focus mainly on gaining more participants and overall dancer retention. They will be held responsible for tracking color war points at various events throughout the year and must update color points on a spreadsheet. Must work closely with the finance director to track other color points from canning and other fundraising. This chair should be able to bring creative ideas about incentives for recruitment, events, and color wars in general.
Must be able to:
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Stay on top of updating color war points
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Use an Excel Spreadsheet to overall track color war points
ENTERTAINMENT & LOGISTICS COMMITTEE | Logistics Chair (1)
As the Logistics Chair, you will be responsible for meeting with and keeping up relations with different businesses. When meeting with these businesses, you will be selling Dance Marathon and seeing how they could partner with us for the Big Event. You will be working closely with the Entertainment & Logistics Director to find and contact these businesses. Your main responsibility at the Big Event will be making sure the entertainment has arrived and is the correct place. As logistics chair, you will also be responsible for contacting and organizing the volunteers that help out at the Big Event. You will be an administrator to a website that will be open for family and friends to sign up and volunteer. You will be working closely with the Entertainment & Logistics Director to coordinate where we will need volunteers and how many we will need at each station. As the Logistics Chair, you will need to be very organized while working with these details. Since you will be working closely with the director, you will be the director's right hand and will be trusted with important responsibilities. In addition, be prepared to take on additional responsibilities that are relevant to the Entertainment and Logistics Committee as a whole.
ENTERTAINMENT & LOGISTICS COMMITTEE | Catering Chair (1)
As the Catering Chair, you will be responsible for meeting with and keeping up relations with different food businesses. When meeting with these businesses, you will be selling Dance Marathon and seeing how they could partner with us for the Big Event. You will be working closely with the Entertainment & Logistics Director to find and contact these businesses. Your main responsibility at the Big Event will be making sure the food has arrived and is in the correct place. As the Catering Chair, you will need well-rounded organizational and professional communication skills, both with businesses and committee members. You will also need problem-solving skills when consulting donations from businesses. In addition, be prepared to take on additional responsibilities that are relevant to the Entertainment and Logistics Committee as a whole.