Friends of the Sacramento Poetry Center

SPC Volunteers at the Crocker Art Museum

ABOUT THIS GROUP:  The Friends of the Sacramento Poetry Center is a group of volunteers who assist the Center with everything from publicity to writing articles to hosting events.  Please share your ideas and let us know your talents/expertise by sending an email to spc@jps.net.

ONGOING VOLUNTEER NEEDS:

We always need help with:  advertising events, contests and publications; writing articles, interviews and essays for our website and Poetry Now; mailing/distribution of Tule Review/Poetry Now; taking photos and creating artwork for our website and publications; helping with events–PR, setup, hosting, entertaining out-of-town guests, bringing refreshments; organizing our space/files/materials/poetry library/archives; building maintenance–we are currently looking for someone to fix/cover our ceiling; judging of contests and publications; creating flyers/posters/broadsides for our events; outreach to K-12; soliciting new members; hosting SPC info tables at events; monthly art shows–recruiting new artists, hanging and taking down artwork, PR; assisting with special events such as our yearly poetry conference in April and the Race for the Arts in August; grant writing and what else (your ideas here).

Please peruse the following list and see if there is anything you would like to help with:

Archives

Art Shows

Building Maintenance

Contests

Distribution

Fairs

Grant Writing

Graphic Design/Art

Judging of poems for our publications

K-12 Outreach

Library

Mailing — Tule/PN

Membership recruiting

Organizing/Cleaning

Prison Outreach

Photography

Publicity

Readings

Social Media

Special Events

Videotaping

Website

Writing