Volunteers Make the Difference
We need volunteers! If you or someone you know would be willing to help in any of the following areas, please e-mail & let us know. homicidesurvivors@pcao.pima.gov
- Court Support Volunteers attend hearings & trial with families offering support & guidance during this difficult time.
- Help survivors in crisis. Volunteers meet with survivors at their homes or funeral home to offer help in the immediate crisis. Crisis volunteers provide assistance with media, making funeral arrangements, help victims apply for Crime Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance.
- Survivor home visits. Compassionate volunteers make follow up home visits to survivors unable to attend support group meetings.
- Case Database Data Entry. We desperately need data entry help!
- Web outreach & fundraising
- IT office help. Install, uninstall, update, etc.
- Office help (mailing, data entry, filing, preparing packets)
- Ribbons: Make our Black & White Ribbons
- Help plan & organize events. Help a little, help a lot; we need all the help we can get!
- Fundraising
- Help plan upcoming fundraising events. Join our committee!
- Ask for donations of silent auction & raffle items
- Help coordinate, set up or clean up after events
- Grant writing. Experience is a must.
- Outreach & Awareness
- Help us get the word out about our program & services. Take our pamphlets to hospitals, funeral homes, cemeteries & tell them a little about our program.
- Represent us at outreach events, staffing a table with our pamphlets & information
- Media; participate in interviews (TV, Radio, Newspaper) to talk about the impact of murder and about our program & services.
- Board of Directors
- Our Board meets quarterly to plan events, oversee program funding & operations, set policies & direction of organization.
- Advisory Board
- Volunteer your expertise by providing advice, guidance & services to our program.
E-mail Alerts: We are creating an e-mail list to quickly reach out to others when survivors need our help. For example: our office would send e-mail notifications of : Car Washes to help raise funds for funeral or emergency expenses, families might need specific assistance such as: a bed or clothes for children when they cannot stay in the home immediately after a crime, they may need help moving, they might need food or diapers. We would inform you about Special Candlelight Vigils, memorial events, ask for help distributing 88-Crime unsolved flyers, etc. There are many ways people can help survivors and there is much help needed. You can choose if & when you can help by just responding to our e-mail. Would you like join this effort? If yes, just e-mail & let us know. homicidesurvivors@pcao.pima.gov
Speakers: Would you like to be a speaker for Homicide Survivors? If yes, please tell us what type of presentations you’d like to do, just e-mail & let us know. homicidesurvivors@pcao.pima.gov
- Media interviews
- Victim Impact Panels
- Speaking at Prisons
- Community Outreach
- Legislation
- Fundraising
- Gun Violence prevention
- Domestic Violence prevention
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