chca.mail@shaw.ca

WANTED….YOU!

Block Watch Co-ordinator

• Check Calgary Police Service web site for monthly crime stats and write a short newsletter article on crime in the neighbourhood.
• Contact the Community Liaison officer to find out about any public alerts to pass on to the community through the newsletter.
• Work with the community social worker and Calgary Police Service to hold an annual community safety talk on any timely-topic (guest speakers, Calgary Police Service presentation, etc.).
• Attend occasional Board meetings as required to gain assistance in organizing the safety talk.
• Time commitment - 1 hour / month plus 6 hours for annual safety talk.

Treasurer In-Training

• Work with current treasurer in order to learn how to be a treasurer for a non-profit society.
• Attend all Board meetings with treasurer.
• Become a signing authority for the Cambrian Heights Community Association.
• Be willing to take on full treasurer responsibilities for one year, and be willing to train new treasurer when the time comes.
• Time commitment - 3 - 6 hours per week.

Christmas Gingerbread House Building Community Event

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Go shopping for gingerbread kits and suitable candy and icing for decoration.
• Create advertisements for the event for the newsletter.
• Take registrations for the event.
• Assist other volunteers in setting up and running the event.
• Attend Board meetings in October, November and December to keep Board members appraised of, and to get assistance with event organization.
• Time commitment - 2 hours per week October through December, plus 6 hours for event.

Community Eco Action Team

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Work with a group of people to develop this idea into something amazing!
• Develop Eco Action Initiatives that are of interest to you and the group.
• Potential to work with neighbouring communities.
• Time commitment - 3-4 hours per month initially, after that?????

Halloween Dance Community Event

• Work with a team of volunteers to organize and run this popular event.
• Group is responsible for shopping for prizes, decorating the hall, hiring a DJ, and planning all family activities for the evening.
• Help with set up and clean up.
• Time commitment - 2 hours per week September through October, 6 hours day of event (October).

Good Food Box / Community Kitchen

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Look into the possibility of establishing either or both programs in our community.
• Inquire with neighbouring communities that have these programs (eg. Huntington Hills) about how the programs work, what facilities are required, what the volunteer commitment would be, etc.
• Work with the Board to determine if there is support for one or both initiatives within our community.
• Willingness either to head up the program, or assist with finding other volunteers to work on it.
• Time commitment - 1 to 2 hours per week in fact finding, attend one Board meeting to present results, possibility of further time commitment depending on situation.

Community Garden / Community Compost Program

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Work with a group of like-minded individuals to find out how and where Cambrian Heights could establish its first community garden.
• Possibility of teaming up with the school in the establishment of both the garden and a community compost program.
• Possibility of working with the City in creation of both programs.
• Willingness to conduct fact-finding work for the remainder of this growing season, with the goal to begin one or both programs starting in spring 2010.
• Time commitment - 2 hours per week for growing season 2009, 5+ hours per week starting in Spring 2010.

Paint the Pavement Community Event

• Be a part of the team who will judge art submissions.
• Assist in gathering materials (paint, brushes, etc.), organizing food and drinks and entertainment for the day of the painting.
• Willingness to assist in obtaining necessary City permits and what not for day of event.
• Assist with participants the day of the event.
• Time commitment - 1 hour per week now through August, 6 hours day of event.

Clean and Green Day Community Event

• Work with a group of volunteers at the event on Saturday, June 13^th.
• Assist with collecting e-cycling materials from people and placing them into proper bins.
• Assist with directing traffic and answering questions.
• Assist with plant exchange.
• Assist with set up and clean up of hall before and after the event.
• You would be able to attend both workshops, and get fed!
• Time commitment - 6 hours day of event.

Community ‘Commons’ / Community Art Initiative

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Examine green spaces currently within the community with the potential for development into common ‘bumping places’.
• Examine potential spaces for community art installations.
• Work with the City in creating public green spaces that incorporate ‘smart’, water wise landscaping and art.
• Willingness to fill out applicable grant applications.
• Willingness to communicate to a variety of donors on behalf of the Community Association.
• Attendance at occasional Board meetings to keep the Board up to date.
• Willingness to write newsletter articles and speak at community Open Houses when necessary.
• Time commitment - 3 hours per week.

Block Party / Chili Cook-off Community Event

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Work with a group to plan and organize Cambrian Heights first ever block party / chili cook-off
• Willingness to seek grant funding for entertainment.
• Plan family entertainment for event.
• Educate neighbours about the event in order to facilitate street closure for part of a day.
• Participate in the event.
• Time commitment - 3 hours per week from now through event (July).

Community Charity Golf Tournament

• NEW IDEA!!!
• Plan and organize the Cambrian Heights first-ever charity golf tournament.
• Organize the location, choose a charity, organize registration for the event as well as prizes, entertainment and food.
• Organize and administer registration for the event.
• Assist with the running of the event.
• Attendance at the occasional Board meeting as required to inform the Board of progress.
• Creation of advertising for the event in the community newsletter.

Time commitment - 2 hours per week initially, 3 to 5 hours closer to the event, 7 hours day of event.

If you are interested in volunteering with us in any of these positions, please contact the community association president, Caroline Bartel, at 403-730-4976 or at chca.mail@shaw.ca .