03 August, 2007

Volunteerism

We recently saw information that said that 4 in 10 Minnesotans engage in some form of volunteering over the course of a year. This is one of the highest rates of engagement in the country, and no doubt reflects upon our feelings about the quality of life available for most Minnesotans.
At the Arts Alliance we know the value of volunteers. We had over 100 community volunteers help us develop, work at, and cleanup at ArtSoup, the community arts festival that took place in June.
We have a loyal and dedicated board of directors that donate time, talent, and more time to help insure the arts can be reached by every home in our communities. These community members help insure that when you want to see art, take an arts class, or hear a performance by professional musicians or thespians, you can do so.
We rely upon volunteers to answer our phone and keep our membership list up to date (thank you Carolyn, Ann, and Edith!)
The Arts Alliance is always looking for community members that are interested in helping the Arts Alliance achieve its mission of providing access to the arts in our communities. We have many opportunities for engagement with the Arts Alliance, from helping get our event fliers out, to answering the phone, to becoming a board member and steering the planning for the organization.
We are especially interested in finding members of the community that have experience in business plan development, marketing and interactive web development, and generational transformative engagement (how about that?). If you, your spouse, business partner, or daughter/son are seeking a way to make the community just a little bit more artsy, want to work with fun people, and have time to roll up your sleeves, please give us a call or email us today.

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