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Volunteer with WFA

Strong Families Pull Together… Volunteer to Help Us Strengthen the Wing Family of America

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Volunteer your skills in support of our Wing Family. 

Please take a look and contact us if you can help or if you have any questions or suggestions.

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Treasurer

Duties include:

  • Receiving and depositing checks

  • Receiving invoices and sending payment

  • Entering all deposits and debits in Quickbooks WFA account

  • Reconciling all bank accounts

  • Preparing Treasurer’s report for the WFA Board

  • Preparing miscellaneous government report

  • Must have basic bookkeeping skills

  • Knowledge of Quickbooks a plus

 

This is a board position - term begins June 2024

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Kathy Diedrich, the current Treasurer, will be available to provide support during the transition.

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For more information contact Kathy Diedrich at treasurer@wingfamily.org

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Digital Newsletter Editors

If you have some, but not all of these skills, we can still use your help!

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“Window on the Wings” newsletter is published quarterly the first weeks of February, May, August and November.  This position is intended to be shared. 

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Duties for this position include:

  • Working with the Communications Committee to:

    • Decide on theme of the newsletter.

    • Gather, research, and write articles for the newsletter.

    • Choose which articles and other text to include in the newsletter.

  • Working with the editorial assistant, choose and layout graphics for the newsletter.

  • Working with the webmaster on:

    • Formatting newsletter.

    • Ensuring the finished newsletter is accurate and professional.

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Necessary Skills:

  • A basic knowledge of desktop publishing

  • Writing and research

  • Attention to deatil

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If interested in this position or if you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Fulford at owleditor@wingfamily.org

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Graphics Assistant

Working in coordination with the editor the graphics assistant will:

  • Identify graphics/images suitable for newsletter articles.

  • Format/layout graphics in text

Necessary skills:

  • Editing photos/graphics: cropping; straightening; removing background; formatting etc.

  • Placing photos/graphics into text: text wrapping; text boxes etc.

 

If interested in this position or if you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Fulford at owleditor@wingfamily.org

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Writers

We are always looking for articles of interest to share with our membership.  If you have finished articles or are willing to provide research in support of an article identified by the Communications Committee, please contact Cyndy Doherty at cyndy567@comcast.net

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Please note:  All articles will be used at the discretion of the editorial team.

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Don't Like to Write?

Do you have great research, facts, interesting information pertaining to the Wing Family, but don’t like to write?  No problem. Submit your research and we will write it for you.  

 

Please contact Cyndy Doherty at cyndy567@comcast.net

 

Please note:  All articles will be used at the discretion of the editorial team.

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Social Media

The WFA is looking for someone to manage our social media, which currently includes Facebook and Instagram.  You would be supported by the Communications Committee in finding content for both platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Create photo and video content for Wing Family of America’s social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram

  • Keep up-to-date with events, programs, and opportunities by posting consistently on all platforms

  • Create content based on information provided by the curation team, historian, genealogist, committees of WFA (Communications, Museum, etc), and WFA members

 

The ideal Social Media Volunteer will possess the following qualifications:

  • Familiarity/proficiency with Canva, Adobe, or other design software

  • Ability to communicate effectively and accurately in oral and written language

  • Accurate and detail oriented

 

Contact Torri Grasela at webmaster@wingfamily.org if you are interested or have questions

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