We need your help!

Volunteers are key to everything we do at ConnecT1D. We have listed some key areas that we are actively seeking volunteers to fill below. If you have a skill or interest that you think might be of use, please let us know via the form below.

Outreach partners:

Camp Leo + ConnecT1D is partnering with care providers and school through out the Pacific Northwest to provide care packages to members of the Type 1 Diabetes Community who may have just been diagnosed or are not otherwise connected to this incredible community.

How can you contribute?

  • Write a note to a recipient: Notes will be included in the care packages delivered.

    • Prompt: How did connecting with others living with Type 1 Diabetes positively impact your life?

    Letters are needed from youth living with T1D to other youth living with T1D, from adults living with T1D to other adults living with T1D and from caregivers of youth living with T1D to other caregivers of youth living with T1D and written in which ever language(s) you know. (If you send in a note in a language other than English, French or Spanish please either include an English translation or indicate the written language to help us deliver the note.)

    • Once you have finished your note, please mail it to Camp Leo + ConnecT1D - PO 593, Mukilteo, WA 98275

    • Indicate on the outside of the envelope the intended recipient

      • Youth Preschool

      • Youth Elementary School

      • Middle/High School

      • Young Adult

      • Adult

  • Financial support can be made directly for outreach efforts here.

  • Help clear our wish list for outreach supplies.

Board of Directors

ConnecT1D is seeking passionate and motivated people to help grow and lead our organization. 

 

DUTIES

  • Provide mission-based oversight of the non-profit's activities and staff

  • Create strategic goals for growth and development of the organization

  • Approves and monitors annual budget and secures funding for programming

  • Serve as a board lead on a key program area for the organization or as a member of the executive committee

Additionally, board members are expected to:

  • Attend monthly evening board meetings

  • Attend a full-day annual board retreat

  • Serve on 1 board committee and complete tasks for that workgroup

  • Participate in fundraising efforts for the organization, including hosting a table at our annual event, and making an annual personally significant gift that reflects ConnecT1D as a philanthropic priority

  • Enhance community connections to ConnecT1D to new partners, program participants, sponsors and fellow Type 1 Diabetes organizations

Qualifications

  • Passion for or connection to our mission

  • Experience with successful collaboration in teams and/or leadership of teams

  • Experience in at least one area: non-profit governance, community organizing, fund development, health/social support programs, marketing/outreach, finance/accounting, program development, strategic planning

  • Prior board experience highly desirable

Volunteers

ConnecT1D's programming success is due to the work of our amazing Volunteers. Current volunteer needs include

EVENT VOLUNTEERS: Support a Camp Leo + ConnecT1D booth at a local event (when they begin in person again).

  • Summer Day Camp Volunteers

  • Meet-up Leads: Suggest a place, and day for a meet-up. You will be the in-person lead and Camp Leo + ConnecT1D will spread the word to our community.

Committee Volunteers

  • Fundraising Committee: Help us plan fun events for the Type 1 Community while helping to raise funds for ConnecT1D's amazing programs for T1D children and adults.

  • Events Committees: Help plan Family Camp, Adult Retreat or our Youth Camp Programs.

MEETUP HOSTS

Pick a time and place to host a fun meetup in your area and we'll help bring the T1D folks in your community together to hang out. Hosts needed for:

  • Tween/Teen Social Meetups

  • GetFit meetups (walk, hike, bike ride)

  • Adult T1D meetups (dinner, bowling, sporting events, you name it!)

  • Child & Family or Parent Night Out meetups (Sporting event, picnic, trampoline park, etc.)

ConnecT1D has opportunities for internships for interested students. Internships can be formal or informal depending on the students' academic or work requirements. Interns help in a variety of ways - from providing administrative support to designing and running programs - and we're always looking for great interns to help us accomplish our mission.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A desire to help grow ConnecT1D

  • Reliable and dedicated commitment to the internship.

Internship Opportunities:

  • Dietetic/Nutrition (Summer Camp)

  • Social Media/Website Management

  • Pharmacy (Summer Camp)

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