Committee Volunteer Opportunities
Our organization is looking for dedicated individuals to join us in our mission to make a positive impact in our community.
If you have a passion for volunteering and want to make a meaningful difference in your community, we want to hear from you!
Review the committee descriptions below and fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee plays a crucial role in attracting, enrolling, and retaining members of the Parrish Civic Association and its sub-committee, the Parrish Area Business Alliance Networking Group. They provide guidance, tools, and resources to assist these organizations.
Task List:
- Welcome New Members: Assist with onboarding, encourage participation, and address common queries such as meeting schedules, locations, membership fees, and payment methods.
- Identify Member Needs: Provide new members with welcome packets, website and Facebook URLs, and any available promotional materials to introduce them to the organization’s activities and events.
- Increase Membership through Recruitment: Develop a concise pitch to inform potential members about the organization’s mission and activities.
- Keep Current Members Informed: Update existing members on upcoming events like membership appreciation events, holiday parties, picnics, recruitment drives, and networking opportunities.
- Promote Member Awareness: Highlight resources, services, and membership benefits to enhance member engagement and participation.
Beautification Committee
A beautification committee advises or works to improve the visual appeal of the community.
Task List:
- Planting Flower Gardens.
- Tree Preservation.
- Blight removal.
- Storefront improvements.
- Open space needs.
- Annual paint up-clean up-fix up event.
- Holiday decorations.
Additional Items:
- Talk to schools that need volunteer hours.
- Look for grants at Local/State and Federal levels.
- Reach out to local businesses such as Lowes, Nurseries, Paint Stores, and tradesmen’s, for donations of supplies needed.
Sponsorship Committee
The committee’s goal is to devise strategies for engaging local businesses and organizations to sponsor the PCA’s annual Heritage Days and Christmas Events.
Task List:
- Finding new sponsors: Seeking out new sponsorship opportunities and firms.
- Maintaining relationships: nurturing existing sponsors and maintaining contact with them to get feedback.
- Developing opportunities: Increasing sponsorship opportunities and developing new ones.
- Measuring satisfaction: Evaluating the sponsorship programs, benefits and fees.
- Recognizing support: Developing suitable recognition for the sponsor’s support and thanking sponsors.
- Setting prices: Developing a fair price for sponsoring an activity.
- Ensuring funds are used properly: Making sure funds are used for the designated purpose.
- Collaborating: working with PCA/PABA members on fundraising and sponsorship activities.
- Documenting: establishing and maintaining documentation about committee roles and procedures.
Social Media Committee
Social Media Committee members, including volunteers, donors, board members, staff, and community members, are passionate individuals who actively support the organization’s mission and participate on social media. They serve as vital brand ambassadors for the organization.
Task List:
- Influence public perception, maintain the organization’s reputation, and enhance communication between the organization and its stakeholders.
- Develop engaging Facebook posts, ensure regular posting, encourage others to like and share the page.
- Utilize additional communication channels such as Instagram, X, press releases, website, and more.
Event Committee
The Event Committee is an essential part of the Parrish Civic Association and the sub-committee Parrish Area Business Alliance Networking Group
Task List:
- Creating a comprehensive event plan including goals/desired outcomes and the theme of the event.
- Creating a funding plan, inclusive of all estimated expenses of the sub-committees.
- Approving all sub-committee decisions, i.e. program, food, marketing plan.
- Determining how to solicit/raise funds if needed,
- Setting ticket cost and process.
- Participating completely during the event.
- Event evaluation and follow-up.
Sub Committees:
- Program Sub Committee -Stage performers, Music, etc.
- Funding Sub Committee – Grants, sponsorships, donations, etc.
- Decorating Sub-committee – If theme, would need decorations.
- Volunteer Sub-Committee – Parking Lot attendants.
- Set-up and take down committees.
- Clean up committee.
- Food Sub-Committee
- Food Trucks
- Marketing Sub-Committee
- Facebook, Instagram, X, Newspaper, or any type of publicity, etc..
Standing Events already in place that need help are:
Parrish Heritage Day Festival, Parade, and Chili Cookoff is held in March of each year.
Parrish Hometown Christmas Event & Let’s Get Lit Contest is held in December.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO HAVE MORE EVENTS WITH HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY IN WORKER BEES, SPONSORSHIPS, COMMUNITY HOURS FOR STUDENTS
Committee Sign Up Form
Below is a list of committees that need volunteers. Select a committee to work on and we will have the appropriate committee chair reach out to you with more information.
County Liaison Committee
The purpose of this committee is to attend board meetings (or watch them on YouTube after the meeting), outreach to commissioners as needed, and speak at board meetings to express opinions of PCA on various topics.
Task List:
- Attend weekly board meetings, planning meetings and/or workshops to provide PCA presence.
- Speak at appropriate comment times during meetings to express PCA board positions on various issues.
- Contact with District 1 (James Satcher) commissioner about needs for the community as well as with At Large commissioners (George Kruse, Carol Whitmore).
- Keep notes on issues that came in front of the board for vote that effect Parrish and notes on upcoming issues that the community may be concerned about to provide to Parrish Village News each month for the County Corner segment.
- Provide an outreach access for any members of the public who have concerns or positions on different matters to report to the PCA board for consideration.
- Report to the board on a monthly basis with updates, concerns, questions.
Business Membership Committee
The purpose of this committee is to grow the Parrish Business Association memberships, to welcome new businesses into the community and provide information about the benefits of being involved with the PCA.
Task List:
- Put together a list of all the current businesses and add to it as new businesses come into the community.
- Host meet and greets to increase membership. And other events as appropriate.
- Host training, education, leadership events to help businesses grow.
- Develop pricing for advertising packages (think paper and social media and website)
- Develop a membership flyer to pass out with different levels for membership and what benefits are provided for each level.
- Reach out to new businesses as do a welcome to the community, ribbon cutting type event.
- Work with the individual membership committee to coordinate events or projects as appropriate.
- Report to the board on a monthly basis with updates, concerns, questions.
