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Volunteers


Our event would not be possible without dedicated volunteers giving generously of their time and talent. We’re always in need of additional volunteers; please review the list below to see if one of opportunities is right for you!

To sign up as a volunteer or learn more about our opportunities, please contact Tiziana Triolo at 713-706-5556 or tiziana.triolo@cancer.org

Registration Attendant

  • Description: Check in guests, assist guests through the registration process, answer questions, and report on any issues
  • Qualifications: A fun upbeat attitude, with a winning smile and strong organizational skills.

Silent Auction Attendant

  • Description: Set up silent auction packages, decorate silent auction tables, assist bidders, report on bidding status, and assist guests with checking-out purchases
  • Qualifications: A love of decorating and a desire to help others make exciting purchases.

Raffle Ticket Sales

  • Description: Sell raffle tickets - engage guests and explain the exciting opportunity
  • Qualifications: Great people skills and comfortable approaching guests

Activities Attendant

  • Description: Preside over games, check in guests to participate, and set up gaming area
  • Qualifications: An ability to excite and support a small crowd of competitors, while tracking scores and participation

Greeter

  • Description: Greet all guests as they arrive, answer their questions, and provide direction
  • Qualifications: Upbeat attitude and a warm, approachable personality

Live Auction Spotter

  • Description: Jump into the action during our exciting live auction by assisting the auctioneer with spotting bids
  • Qualifications: A good eye, a clear voice, and an ability to enthuse a crowd

Checkout Attendant

  • Description: Compute purchases and generate invoices for winning bidders, operate software to keep the live and silent auctions updated throughout the evening
  • Qualifications: Computer skills, database software experience preferred, but not required. Attendance at a volunteer computer training event is required.

Redemption Attendant

  • Description: Deliver auction items to winning bidders, may include transporting items to their car.
  • Qualifications: Great people skills and ability to lift 40 pounds.

About Us

For more than 100 years, The American Cancer Society has been leading the fight to end cancer. With your support, we have helped usher in an era where more people survive cancer than ever before. By translating our research findings into action, we've seen a 20% decline in US cancer death rates since the early 1990s. 

To learn more about the American Cancer Society and how you can help us to save lives, please visit cancer.org or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-800-227-2345.

If you would like more information on the 2019 Houston Corks and Forks, volunteering at the event, becoming a sponsor, or donating auction items, please contact Tiziana Triolo, American Cancer Society staff partner.

 

 

 

Contact Us

2500 Fondren Road Suite 100
Houston, TX 77063

tiziana.triolo@cancer.org
713.706.5657

 

 

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