VISTA 14:

Antioch, Fox Lake, Ingleside, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Round Lake

2,305 current girl members *
589 current adult volunteers *

VISTA Volunteers

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VISTA Vacancies

Family Involvement Partner: Formerly Family Partnership. Supports the Ambassador by managing family partnership campaign for troops/groups in a particular VISTA community; encourages fathers, grandparents, and friends to oversee the presentations at troop/group meetings; encourages troop committees, shared leadership, and family participation.
Positions Available In:: Antioch: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lake Villa: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lindenhurst: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Girl Membership Partners: Formerly Organizers/Recruiters. Supports the Ambassador by recruiting new girl members through various school and community family recruitment events (utilizing the six recruitment and service delivery options) within a particular VISTA community; sees that girls are placed in existing and new troops/groups; forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to Registration Ambassador; monitors activities of local community events coordinators.
Positions Available In:: Lake Villa: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lindenhurst: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Public Relations Ambassador: Formerly public relations/publicity. Reports communities' activity news to local newspapers and radio, following a monthly theme calendar; shares same information with staff director of public affairs and external relations so that feature stories and press releases can be developed and reported to the board of directors; becomes VISTA spokesperson in the various communities.
If Interested:: Contact: VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Adult Membership Ambassador: Directs recruitment of long-term and episodic (short-term) adult volunteer members to work with girls or other adults; works closely with the girl membership ambassador, family involvement ambassador, and the registration ambassador; forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to registration ambassador; processes background check forms to council; calls and verifies four (4) references; forwards registration information to learning opportunities ambassador.
If Interested:: Contact: VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Adult Recruitment Partner: Supports the Ambassador by encouraging recruitment of long-term and episodic (short-term) adult volunteer members to work with girls or other adults in a particular VISTA community; Family Involvement partner and the registration partner forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to Registration Ambassador; calls and verifies four (4) references; forwards registration information to Learning Opportunities Ambassador.
Positions Available In:: Fox Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Ingleside: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lake Villa: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lindenhurst: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Round Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Community Coordinator Partner
Positions Available In:: Fox Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Ingleside: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Round Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Finance Management Partner: Formerly Treasurer. Assists in the VISTA recordkeeping process and helps create reports on a timely basis.
If Interested:: Contact: VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Learning Opportunities Partner: Combination of Orientation Specialist and/or Trainer. Supports the Ambassador; coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (age-level and special topics) within a particular VISTA community; assesses volunteers’ training needs, and keeps records for a particular age-level; facilitates age-level leader “e-groups” (e-mail groups) to answer or re-direct questions; addresses face-to-face training questions for a particular age=level through informal study groups at VISTA meetings; promotes blended learning opportunities.
Positions Available In:: Antioch: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Fox Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Ingleside: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lake Villa: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lindenhurst: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Round Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
Public Relations Partner: Formerly Public Relations/Publicity. Supports the Ambassador; reports communities' Girl Scout activity news to the Ambassador (who will work with the media), following a monthly theme calendar.
Positions Available In:: Fox Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Ingleside: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lake Villa: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Lindenhurst: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.; Round Lake: contact VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
VISTA Manager/United Way Ambassador: Each VISTA Manager/UW Ambassador oversees a VISTA "cabinet" and reports to the director of membership and program. A staff membership specialist assists. VISTA manager/UW ambassador; creates meeting agendas; collects current information from each ambassador; coordinates the work of the cabinet.
If Interested:: Contact: VISTA 14 Manager/United Way Ambassador.