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.
