Volunteer Opportunities Benefiting the AIDS ACTION COMMITTEE

OFFICE CREW (March - June, daytime or evening) Be at the heart of it all. Assist with work in the Walk Office at the AIDS Action Committee.

TEAM CAPTAIN (March - June) Start now! Recruit walkers to raise money by forming a team at work, school, place of recreation, church, or synagogue-anywhere!

ART CREW (March - Walk Day, 6/6) Add color to your life. Build and paint art installations for the Walk route. You'll be contacted again to schedule times. 

PROMOTIONS CREW (March - June, daytime or evening) Use your social skills and enthusiasm to promote the Walk at rallies, special events, clubs, and social gathering places. You'll be contacted again for specific events. 

PHONE-BANK (March - June) Like to talk on the phone? Call last year's walkers and encourage them to raise money and walk again this year. You'll be contacted later to select shifts. 

SANDWICH MAKING (Sat. 6/6) Be chef for a day! Prep, set-up, and box food for the volunteers. 

LOGISTICS (MUSCLE CREW) (Sat. 6/5, and Walk Day 6/6) Show us your muscle! Pack/unpack, load/unload food, water, tables, chairs, and other equipment at the Hatch Shell. 

MONITORS (Walk Day, 6/6) Obey me! Ensure the safety of walkers along the Walk route by directing them on foot or bike. 

GREEN PATROL (Walk Day, 6/6) Keep it green and clean. Recycle and keep the Walk route clean. 

CHEERLEADING (Walk Day, 6/6) "GIVE ME AN A!" With high-spirited cheers and lots of smiles, thank thousands of walkers as they cross the finish line. 

ROUTE ENTERTAINMENT (Walk Day, 6/6) Be "roadie" for a day. Assist the performers along the route.

WALK CREW (Walk Day, 6/6) Are you a know-it-all? Provide information and directions to walkers at the Common, along the route, and at the Hatch Shell. 

WALK SHUTTLE (Walk Day, 6/6) Lend a helping hand. Help walkers who cannot finish the walk route on foot aboard the shuttle vans. 

AFTER-WALK DATA ENTRY (June and July, daytime or evening) Let your fingers do the typing! Enter pledge sheet information into our database. Typing skills a must. Database knowledge helpful, but not required.

For directions or general information about volunteering, please contact Paul Tonnessen at (617) 450-1561. Volunteer opportunities begin 3/1 and continue through 6/6, the day of the walk.