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Volunteer Opportunities: September 2016 Volunteers needed for Hamilton’s America Preview at the Denver Center for
Performing Arts!
Rocky Mountain PBS is partnering with the Denver Center for Performing Arts for an engaging event to
promote Hamilton’s America and the PBS Fall Arts Festival Season!
On Thursday, October 6th, DCPA and Rocky Mountain PBS present a preview ofHamilton’s America, a
feature documentary that gives viewers intimate behind-the-scenes access to Tony Award winner Lin-
Manuel Miranda and his “Hamilton” artistic colleagues as they developed the ground-breaking musical.
For this special event, Rocky Mountain PBS will need volunteers (5) to help with setup, registration of guests,
greeting, and handling food and beverage. More details to come!
When: Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Time: Late afternoon-evening (exact time to be determined)
Where: The Denver Center for Performing Arts Education Building in Downtown Denver
Please contact Susan Barber [email protected] if you’d be interested in volunteering!
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Volunteers needed for KUVO’s Fall Pledge Drive
KUVO is looking for fun, jazzy volunteers to help during Fall Pledge Drive – October 6 to October 17. Great
fun and great food! Times will vary and will include morning, midday and evening shifts.
Please contact Arvida at [email protected] or 303.446.7631 to get more information.
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Filing Assistance for Engineering Department
The ever-wonderful Tom Craig needs a volunteer for filing paperwork assistance on our 25 translator sites.
We receive frequency measurements a few times a year, and they should be filed in the folder per each
site. This is a short-term task that could be taken care of with a couple of visits during business hours,
Monday-Friday at convenience of the volunteer. If you would like to offer Tom your assistance, please
contact him [email protected].
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Front Desk Volunteers!
Are you a supporter of Rocky Mountain PBS? Looking to spend some quality time with an organization that
is deeply involved in its community? Support us by volunteering at the front desk!
As the Rocky Mountain PBS receptionist, you will be the first line of contact for our viewers, community
members and business professionals who enter into the building or call our station directly. You will also
receive calls for our radio station, KUVO 89.3!
Answering the phone and directing calls to the correct employee in the building is essential to navigate the
flow of call traffic. Greeting our guests and notifying the employee they are meeting with is part of the
duties as well. Behind the desk, you may also be given specific tasks from our employees, such as mailing
duties.
We are looking to have volunteers cover the front desk when our current receptionist will not be able to.
These shifts can range from half days to full days, and you will be properly trained. If interested, please
contact [email protected].
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Want to Impact Kids? Join the Volunteer Ranks for our Super School
News program
Join the volunteers for Super School News (www.rmpbs.org/ssn) and make a difference in a child’s life. This
education-based program is the oldest, continuously running production of Rocky Mountain PBS. For over
30 years, volunteers have made it possible for 5th and 6th graders to produce 2-minute news broadcasts
about their schools which appear on the air. This program introduces child ren to the world of broadcast
news and, as a result, some of the Super School News alumni have gone on to careers in journalism and
broadcast.
Volunteers will be assigned a school and work with a teacher and student team (1-2 coaching sessions at the
school) to design their broadcast. Volunteer training is provided. In addition, volunteers will assist with
assembling information (1 morning in August and December), orientation day (1 morning in September and
January) and will attend the taping session at the Denver station.
We hope you will help sustain this legacy program. If you are interested in volunteering, please
email [email protected] or Susan [email protected].
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Tour Guides Have the Most Fun!
Do you have a few hours a month? (Most tours are scheduled during the day but there are some occasional
evenings too!) Join the fun of taking small groups around the Denver station and informing folks of all ages
about the wonders of Rocky Mountain PBS. It’s easy – we have tour scripts and we train you. Generally, our
tours last approximately an hour. You don’t have to be an expert. Just bring your smile and laughter with
you. Tour guides are some of the best goodwill ambassadors that we have.
Rocky Mountain PBS is committed to our public and that means that we welcome the public into our station
more than any other TV station in town. We need your help. If this sounds like something you would enjoy,
please contact Susan [email protected] and we will have some fun!
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Volunteers for StoryMakers Short Story Contest
StoryMakers is a short story contest for young writers in grades 6, 7 and 8. Prizes will be awarded to the top
winners at each grade level. To view the winning stories from 2015 and for additional information on the
contest, visit rmpbs.org/storymakers.
Volunteers may assist as judges or administrative assistants.
Administrative assistants will organize the submissions for online entries to prepare for the judging
sessions. Assistants may work (at the station-1089 Bannock St.) during the day or late afternoon, early
evening on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (volunteer’s choice) during the weeks of:
November 14-17; November 21-22; November 28-December 1.
Interested volunteers should contact Susan Barber [email protected]
Judges
Judging sessions for this year’s Rocky Mountain PBS StoryMakers contest will occur in early December 2016
on the following dates and times.
Monday, December 5 – 12:30 until 4:30 pm
Tuesday, December 6 – 5:00 until 9:00 pm
Wednesday, December 7 – 5:00 until 9:00 pm
Thursday, December 8 – 5:00 until 9:00 pm
Saturday, December 10 – 9 am until noon
Judges will need to be available to read the stories at the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network
building, located at 1089 Bannock Street in Denver, on at least one of the above dates and 4-hour time slots.
Judges will read, discuss, and evaluate the story entries in randomly-designated pairs. A rubric will be
provided as a guideline for judges in evaluating the stories.
To sign up, email Lauren Simmons, StoryMakers Program Volunteer Chair,
[email protected] with the day you wish to participate.
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Helping Hands for Membership Mailings
Latrice Lee in the Development/Membership Department is looking for helping hands to mail out letters to
members on a bi-monthly basis. Any of the below days and time slots that work for you would be greatly
appreciated so contact Latrice at 303.620.5695 or email [email protected].
Mondays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays 10am–Noon or 2–4pm.
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Media Opportunity with Station’s Archived Memories
Would you like an opportunity to gain experience working with media? If you have knowledge about film,
production or radio, we want you. Rocky Mountain PBS has an opportunity in the Station’s Archived
Memories (SAM) digitizing and preserving film, radio and news.
We are looking for a commitment of four to six hours per week volunteering for this award -winning project.
Build your resumé while helping us preserve our past! If interested, please email [email protected] for
details.
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Leadership Opportunity with Station’s Archived Memories
Rocky Mountain PBS’s has an existing leadership opportunity with its Station’s Archived Memory Project.
We’re looking for a self-starter, ready to offer guidance, and with either experience in history, archives and
library sciences, or a leadership attitude and willingness to learn. The ideal candidate will have adequate
time to spend on this important, volunteer-run project. If interested, please email [email protected] for
details.
Southern Colorado Southern Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Colorado Springs/Pueblo)
If you are interested in volunteering in Colorado Springs/Pueblo, please contact Elyse Jones
at [email protected] or 719-418-5851.
Western Colorado Multiple Volunteer Opportunities
KRMJ has tons of fun opportunities for volunteers! Contact Alex Forsett at [email protected] for more
information on the following opportunities:
Special Events
Community Outreach
Community Calendar
Community Cinema
Office Assistance
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers play a critical role at Rocky Mountain PBS. The Rocky Mountain PBS volunteer corps donates (on average) 15,000+
hours per year. They expand the capacity of the organization in order to enhance the public outreach and sustain viewer
support of the mission-- to inspire people to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways with the world around them. Volunteers
enjoy the opportunity to work together supporting and leading station initiatives.
We hope that you might consider donating your time and talent to Rocky Mountain PBS. We have a variety of volunteer
opportunities and new opportunities are constantly popping up. The best way to learn about these is to sign up in our databas e
or contact volunteer coordinator, Susan Barber ([email protected]). To sign up in the database, go to
www.rmpbs.org/volunteer and click on “Sign Up to Volunteer.” If you are in our database, you will receive monthly updates on
volunteer news and opportunities. Below is a list of some of the many opportunities available:
Station Tours:
Rocky Mountain PBS is a PUBLIC broadcasting station and we invite the public into the station at any opportunity! This is a
very important piece of community outreach. We rely on our volunteer tour guides. Tours are done primarily during the
day/business hours (but we also provide occasional weekday evening tours). It’s great fun and training is provided.
On-Call Volunteers:
Sign up to be on our on-call list for a variety of short-notice, immediate jobs from mailings, to button making, to data input,
“faux” phone banks and many more!
Community Cinema:
Greet and register guests at free screenings of outstanding independent films that occur approximately once a month. You
meet great folks and have the opportunity to see award winning films.
Photographers:
If you enjoy taking pictures and you are pretty good, sign up to be a photographer! We take pictures of everything!!!
Pledge:
Pull a team together of your friends for an evening and take over the phones! or, volunteer individually to assist with the
production and logistics
Super School News:
Coach a classroom in preparation for an on-air news broadcast about students’ schools. This nationally recognized program
provides students with the opportunity to get a taste of broadcast journalism.
Station’s Archived Memories (SAM):
Help keep the history of Rocky Mountain PBS alive. A nationally recognized volunteer-driven project, Station’s Archived
memories welcomes volunteers interested in preserving photographs, memorabilia, oral histories, local productions and
station documents related to Rocky Mountain PBS. Archive training provided, but computer skills mandatory. Work is done
during weekday business hours at Rocky Mountain PBS. 303-620-5734 or [email protected].
Storymakers:
Perfect for the volunteer who has limited time! Be a reader/judge for this state-wide short story contest for 6th, 7th and 8th
graders. Help us judge and read over 900 stories.
Newsletters:
Write articles, coordinate newsletters that include the monthly Volunteer Bulletin and the Cooks Club Newsletter.
Community Outreach:
Perfect opportunity to work with friends on weekdays, weekends or evenings for screenings, staffing booths at community
events (including jazz events and the like).
Volunteer Recruitment:
Call your friends and build our volunteer corps by reaching out to your network – your friends and colleagues.
Volunteer Leadership:
Develop and enhance your leadership skills. Opportunities abound to really make a significant impact by taking leadership
roles in new and current station initiatives and on the Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Board!
Special Events:
Big and small events – many different jobs!
Online Auction:
Variety of different types of jobs. Fun work in team atmosphere.
Southern Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Colorado Springs & Pueblo)
For more information, contact Keanna Smith at [email protected]
Special Events
Tim Gill Center for Public Media: Office assistance, grant writing
Matchwits: Statewide quiz show for Colorado High Schools
Kids Fun Fest
Western Colorado Volunteer Opportunities (Grand Junction)
For more information, contact Ryan Stringfellow at [email protected]
Special Events
Community Outreach
Office Assistance
Kids Fun Fest
Directions for Rocky Mountain PBS Volunteer Database
Sign Up to Volunteer
Go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer
Scroll down to first item-“Sign Up to Volunteer”
Click on words in “this form”
Complete application and submit
You should then receive an email shortly with your pin#.
Volunteer News
URGENT MESSAGE for ALL VOLUNTEERS:
Update Your Information NOW in Volunteer Database!
We are so excited! After 6 years, we have updated the volunteer online profile in our volunteer database.
This will enable us to better match volunteers with volunteer opportunities. We received feedback from
volunteers and staff prior to making the changes. Now, we need YOU to update your records. The
directions are below. This will take about 10 minutes of your time. IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT
EVERYONE DOES THIS! Thanks in advance for your assistance in helping us to better serve volunteers and
the station. If you run into any problems, please contact Susan [email protected].
Directions:
1. Go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer
2. Under “Record Your Hours/Update Your Information/Schedule Yourself…”, click on “Click here to make
sure your hours are counted”
3. On the next page, click where it says “click here to schedule yourself for….”
4. Enter login (your email address) and password
*If you have forgotten your password, follow the prompts to reset your password.
5. After you have logged in, on your home page, click on the “My Profile” tab. Review all the information
and update. *Remember to hit the green “SAVE” button whenever you make a change! Everyone must
update the “Skills and Experience,” and the “Computer Skills and Hardware” sections. *Don’t forget to
click on green “SAVE” button!
NOTE: If you use Windows XP operating system, you cannot access the volunteer application and you
cannot record your hours or access your volunteer account. You can access the volunteer application, access
your account or record your hours in the following ways:
1. Use another computer that does not use Word XP and go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer.
2. Use the web browser on your notebook or smart phone and go to www.rmpbs.org/volunteer.
3. Contact Susan Barber [email protected] for additional help.
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Welcome to Two New Members of the Volunteer Advisory Team
Volunteers Teddi Wiest-Kent and Sharon
Schonhaut have joined the Volunteer Advisory Team
for 2016-2017. They will work with the other members of
the Team to recruit and engage volunteers for Rocky
Mountain PBS and KUVO plan volunteer recognition
events. Teddi will work with the Community
Engagement Department to organize volunteers and
volunteer teams for special events and outreach
activities. Sharon will work with the Development and
Leadership Giving Departments to recruit volunteers for their office work and special activities. They join
fellow Team members including Lauren Simmons, Sandy Gerulat, Nasiri Suzan, Betty Flaten and staff
members, Elizabeth Mayer, Arvida Rascon and Susan Barber. Welcome and thanks Teddi and Sharon!
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Raisin’ the Roof at Balistreri Vineyards!
On Saturday night (August 13th), over 800 guests raised the roof at Balistreri Vineyards at KUVO’s signature
fundraising event, Live at the Vineyards. There was dancing, music, gourmet fun food and, of course, plenty
of fabulous Balistreri wines. Guests enjoyed the music of Monty Alexander and the Harlem -Kingston
Express. Over 24 restaurants provided the gourmet sustenance for the evening. A silent auction and
“Everybody Wins” contest topped off this wonderful evening. Congratulations to the incredibly hardworking
volunteers and KUVO and Rocky Mountain PBS staff! This extraordinary evening would not have been
possible without you.
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Teddi Wiest-Kent
Sharon Schonhaut
Researched and written by the founder of Station’s Archived Memories, Laura Sampson
During the 1960’s, programs about the Old West and its cowboys, ranchers, miners, farmers, guns and
horses were the most popular genre of television. During the 1950s and 1960s, several hundred TV Westerns
aired on the commercial stations including such icons as Bat Masterson, The Big Valley, Bonanza and the #1
longest running western series, Gunsmoke, that ran from 1955-1975.
But, did you know that KRMA-TV (now Rocky Mountain PBS) also produced its very own local cowboy
program? Yes, indeed! The locally produced Cowboys West was shot at KRMA studios and was distributed
to National Educational Television in September 1961. Hosted by Max Morath, Cowboys West depicted
cowboy life between 1868-1890 when the Texans drove longhorns into Kansas.
The 15 programs that were produced were only 8.5 minutes each. Although the programs were intended as
a children’s program, adults also loved and watched it. Jim Case, producer of the program, said Max Morath
was chosen as the program host “for his sincerity and an uncondescending quality. He doesn’t talk down to
kids.”
Max Morath himself said during a 2001 interview for the Rocky Mountain PBS archives, “ I was given scripts
and memorized them. I worked with a wonderful local actor named Robert Benson. There were other
actors and singers that came in and I tell you, we had fun.”
Station’s Archived Memories (SAM) serves the past, present, and future of Rocky Mountain PBS by assuring
that the history of the station and its importance to the Colorado community will survive for generations to
come. SAM is a volunteer-driven project preserving the history of Rocky Mountain PBS. To learn more
about the station’s history and how to volunteer or donate items to the archives, please
visitwww.RMPBS.org/SAM, contact the SAM office at Rocky Mountain PBS 303-620-5734 or
email [email protected].
Volunteer Appreciation - Thank You for Your Support! Thanks to Volunteers from KRMA
(Denver/Front Range)
Thanks to volunteers Hannah Wold, Betty Flaten, Luis
Antunez, Matt Herzbergerand Miguel Soto who
worked the Bike Expo that followed the Bannock Street
Criterion on Sunday, July 31st. The Bannock Street
Criterion was held in Denver’s Golden Triangle. The Bike
Expo followed in the RMPBS parking lot and volunteers
staffed the RMPBS Booth performed as Clifford the Big
Red Dog. Thanks so much.
Thanks to Katherine Garretson for her support as a new
volunteer with RMPBS Membership/Development
Department. Thanks to Katherine’s assistance, RMPBS
sustaining members were notified to update their
payment information in order to keep their memberships active.
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Thanks to Volunteers from KRMJ (Grand Junction/Western Colorado)
Thanks to several volunteers who attended and assisted KRMJ with KIDS Fun Fest at Lincoln Park in Grand
Junction on July, 30. Chriss Secrest, Ethan Ball, Alex Forsett, Catherine Melorango, Dan Garrison,
Gretchen Reist, Tyler May and Becca Martinezhelped the event go on without a hitch. Special thanks
to Georgia Sinclair and Eva Cruzfor taking the role as mascots at the event. We hope to see you next year!
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Volunteer Reminder
Volunteers: Please note that if you sign in on the computer but don't sign out, the computer only gives you
credit for 3 hours. Not only do you cheat yourselves out of time, but the station also. Please send an e-mail
to [email protected] if you need to make a correction to your hours. In the email, include the
date, time, and job assignment and we will make the adjustment. Thank you!
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EVENTS / PROGRAMMING
Check the Rocky Mountain PBS website for breaking information about station events
atrmpbs.org/events.
Denver KIDS Fun Fest – Saturday, September 10 from 10am-2pm (1089 Bannock Street, Denver)
PROGRAMMING
To check out programming features and changes, go to the Rocky Mountain PBS website.
Or go straight to rmpbs.org/enews where you will be able to request our automatic weekly
newsletter (e-news) and monthly TV schedule (e-promo).
DID YOU KNOW?
There are MANY ways to watch Rocky Mountain PBS content besides TV. You can stream
our shows on the RMPBS website, on YouTube, on the KUVO app (where you can also
stream KUVO radio live), or on the PBS and PBS Kids apps. You can also watch on Apple
TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV stick, XBox, Amazon Prime, Hulu, iTunes
and more. Learn more at rmpbs.org/anywhere.
ARCHIVED VOLUNTEER BULLETIN
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