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Foundation Fighting Blindness, Simcoe County, Ride for Sight
Alliston, Ontario

Recruitment Volunteers  This role will focus on recruiting, retaining, and renewing participants.

Duties include:

Marketing and communications:

  • Website
  • Emails
  • Phone calls
  • Text messages
  •  Social media i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Strava

Launch and / or VIP parties (in-person or virtual)

Team Captain VIP program

Spokespeople i.e. athletes and people affected by vision loss

Fundraising Volunteers This role will focus on making fundraising easier for participants and increasing funds raised by participants.

Duties include:

Participant fundraising portal

Marketing and communications:

  • Emails
  • Phone calls
  • Text messages

Top Fundraiser VIP program:

  • Fundraising toolkit i.e. tips, email templates
  • Incentive prizes and awards
  • Sponsorship

Event Day Logistics This role will focus on event day logistics and ensuring that we provide participants with a premier event experience.

Duties include:

  • Venue selection
  • Route, rest stops, and rider chip tracking system
  • Jersey design
  • Volunteers
  • Start line experience
  • Finish line experience
  • Securing auction and gift bag items (if applicable)
CNIB Foundation [Central East], Barrie, Vision Mate Program
Where clients need help, all over Ontario. We will match people within a close distance.

Volunteers will be responsable for meeting with a clients weekly or bi-weekly to add enrichment to peoples lives. Clients are blind or have vision loss to some degree, which often requires adpaments to life. Volunteers are required to socialse with them and add normal contact back in their lives after the effects of the pandemic. They can go for walks, visit community gardens, really anything the pair would enjoy. The requirement are up to the two people who are paired.