VISTA 3:

Please use the links below to contact individuals regarding questions about the following topics:

• Adult Recruitment Ambassador—POSITION OPEN—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.
  
• Cookie Program Activity Ambassador—Jeanne P—This volunteer is the point person to the council Product Program Group and has ultimate accountability for the Cookie Program with the VISTA. She/he supervises the Motivator, Order Coordinator, and Site Coordinator Partners for each community with the VISTA. 
  
• E-mail Coordinator—Teresa I—Coordinates and manages all of the VISTA 3 Leader e-mails. Sends out e-mail blasts when needed, as requested by VISTA Team members.
  
• Event—DCFS Christmas Stockings—Carrie B—Organizes the DCFS Christmas Stocking event for needy kids.
  
• Event—Eagle Cave—Julie F—Coordinates the Eagle Cave outing in October.
  
• Event—International Fair—Karen D—Coordinates the VISTA 3 International Fair in March.
  
• Event—PADS—Anne B—Coordinates the PADS table placemat and display service project in Sept-Dec.
  
• Event—Palatine Food Drive—Gina F—Coordinates the VISTA 3 Palatine Food Pantry Drive in the Fall.
  
• Event—Spring Camporee—Sandy C—Coordinates the VISTA 3 Spring Camporee in April.
  
• Event—Roller Skating Party—Teresa I—Coordinates the Roller Skating Party in January.
  
• Event—WaterWorks—Sandy C—Coordinates the Waterworks event in February.
  
• Fall Product Activity Ambassador—Rachel F—This volunteer is the point person to the council Product Program Group and has ultimate accountability for the Fall Product Activity within the VISTA. She/he supervises the Motivator and the Order Coordinator Partners for each community within the VISTA.
  
• Family Involvement Ambassador—OPEN POSITION—Manages family partnership campaign; encourages fathers, grandparents, and friends to oversee the presentations and process working to make goals; coordinates plans with staff individual campaign specialist; encourages troop committees, shared leadership, and family participation.
  
• Finance Management Ambassador—Barb B—Keeps necessary records for VISTA; reports information to council staff accounting manager on a timely basis.
  
• Girl Membership Ambassador—Anne B—Plans for recruiting new girl members through various school and community family recruitment events (utilizing the six recruitment and service delivery options); coordinates work of many partner school organizers/recruiters and liaisons; sees 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.
  
• Internal Communications Ambassador—Sandy C—Becomes VISTA spokesperson relaying VISTA, council, and GSUSA information through a "blended communications" plan (VISTA Web pages, VISTA meetings, VISTA newsletter for those without Internet access); works closely with director of volunteerism and communication.
  
• Learning Opportunities Ambassador—POSITION OPEN—Combination of orientation specialist and/or trainer. Coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (age-level and special topics) within a VISTA; assesses volunteers' training needs, and keeps records; facilitates "e-groups" (e-mail groups) to answer or re-direct questions; addresses face-to-face training questions through informal study groups at VISTA meetings; identifies and reports trends to staff adult training coordinator; promotes blended learning opportunities.
  
• Manager/United Way Ambassador—Karen D—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.
  
• Public Relations Ambassador—POSITION OPEN—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.
  
• Registration Ambassador—Janet S—Oversees troops' membership data entries (preferably entered at the troop level); verifies VISTA membership records with council records.
  
• Trip Application Coordinator—Karen D—Approves all trip applications submitted by Troops who wish to stay overnight at an event.
  
• Webmaster—Sandy C—The Webmaster will cross-train with the Internal Communications Ambassador to provide coverage of the VISTA Web sites.