Volunteer Information

Current CDS East Bay Volunteer Jobs

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1) Jr/YR Chair – Board member (starting Spring 2024, current Chair will help you with transition)
Responsibilities include:
– attending monthly board meetings (Zoom – first Thursday of every month)
– acting as liaison and support to Jr/YR members of our Chapter.
– being the representative for the Jr/YR members of the Chapter in board meetings and bring your point of view to our discussions, events, etc.
– Help with events
– Contact and report on our JR/YR member achievements
– Time dedication varies

2) Social Media Chair – Board member (starting immediately) – Could use up to TWO people.
Responsibilities include:
– attending monthly board meetings (Zoom – first Thursday of every month) to share social media analytics for the month
– Work with Webmaster/Newsletter Chair and Events Chair to ensure that all events and news are shared/promoted on social media.
– Share Sponsor Feature Posts on social media (1 post per sponsor per year).
– Answer messages from Social Media and keep track of comments.
– Keep an eye out for spam comments and messages and report as they come in.
– Time dedication varies

3) Tack Sale Coordinator
Responsibilities include:
– Working with Board to insure no conflicts on timing, location, etc.
– Manage marketing of event (working with Social Chair and Website Chair).
– Communications with location management (though if at Shiloh West, Website chair Rachel will maintain that relationship so communications will be through her).
– Getting flyers out to local trainers, barns, tack shops and more four weeks before the event.
– Setting up event signage several days before event to drive local traffic.
– Set up on the day of the event, manage vendors, volunteers, donations and clean-up.
– Template for event already in place.  Fairly simple organization and set up if not reworking the event.
– Medium time dedication.   Mostly emails, social and trainer outreach, with some time on the week of the event at location and flyer distribution.

4) Silent Auction Coordinator
Responsibilities include:
– Communication with Donors and Winners of Auctions including donation forms, thank you notes, notification of winning with instructions for payment, etc.
– Developing list and pursuing potentioal donors (the entire Board participates in donor generation), maintaining Google docs on donors and items.
– Set up auction on auction website.  This includes placing photos, description, donor and starting bid for each item.
– Watching auction for anything strange while it is active.
–  There is a solid template set up for this event.  Template emails exist for everything.  The site is easy to use and you will get instructions from Events Chair on how to run the event.  It’s more time than it is difficult.
– It is a solid amount of time dedication for about a month and a half.  Time will vary depending on how organized you are.

5) Horse Show Concierge Table Coordinator and/or DAY OF volunteers
Initially started in 2022,CDSEB wanted to become more visible to its members by providing a helping hand to riders before entering the show ring. We are currently seeking a Team Leader to:
-Recruit and schedule a small team of volunteers for each of the YY horse shows. Ideally,this would be 2-4 people to host the table in two or three shifts from the show start to finish.
-Signage must be hung prior to the show and taken down at show’s end. This can be done the day before.
*Dover Sign hangs on the fabric wall in the outside eating area
*CDS EB Sponsors poster hangs above the results sheets. Please see Laurie Daniels, show manager, for specifics.
*CDSEB Logo sign hangs on the front of the concierge table.
All signs need to be rolled up and put in shed after use.
-set up concierge table:
*set up just off the path going to the back warm-up ring
*take out all items and the baskets from the plastic containers and organize into the baskets and display on top of the table
(Items include: safety pins, black duck tape for taping broken boot zippers, tide stain remover stick, Kleenex, wet wipes, body pins, rubber bands for braids, fly spray, water bottles, free CDSEB pins)
*let riders know you can help them wipe their boots, dust them off give them a water etc, when they’re done warming up and heading to the show ring. Chatting with the riders, trainers and support teams is fun!
– The Chapter purchases and maintains items for the concierge table which are kept in a shed on the Yarra Yarra property.

CDSEB logo mugs – we have nice insulated travel mugs available for donations of $12 each. You will need to keep track of sales and send cash to Gundi Younger for deposit.

All educational clinics and our local horse shows need the help of volunteers. Please consider signing up whenever you can to help out with the chapter’s activities.

Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering for one of our CDS East Bay events.

To volunteer at our local horse shows, please use the following contact information.

Yarra Yarra
Carolyn Adams

San Francisco Peninsula Chapter Show
Gigi Cunliffe