Please accept my deep appreciation for sharing your commitment for quality public broadcasting through your generous gifts to WOSU. A total of $ 609,321 was raised during our year-end campaign. Thanks to you we can continue making a difference in central Ohio!
Tom Rieland, General Manager
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Benefits of Volunteering with WOSU Public Media
There are many great benefits for volunteering with WOSU Public Media, both tangible and abstract. We’ve mentioned a few below:
• That good feeling you get from being a part of something bigger than yourself.
• Being a part of the WOSU Family.
• Giving back to your community.
• Supporting Public Broadcasting.
• Be a part of the behind-the-scenes action.
• Entered into drawings for various community partner tickets.
• Featured in our e-newsletter, volunteer web page, and Airfare magazine.
• Invitations to WOSU special events.
• Annual awards to honor our volunteers.
• Over 50 volunteer hours in a year earns an invite to our annual Holiday Party.
Volunteers are essential in helping to provide quality services to the community. It all starts with you! As WOSU grows, so does our need for volunteers. We are looking for both individual and group volunteers, and we will train you for any job you wish to perform.
We are Searching for Two Kinds of Volunteers!
Individual volunteers. Meet new friends and learn about public radio and television in the process! We need phone volunteers, tabulators, special events assistants, tour guides, data entry assistants, and more.
Group volunteers. Get exposure for your nonprofit social or service organization and show support for public television. We need enthusiastic phone volunteers to answer pledge calls during television drives.
By becoming a WOSU volunteer, you'll help support public radio and television—meet new people—learn new skills, give something back to the community—make a difference! Join our winning team today! Contact our Volunteer Office at (614) 292-9678 or email us at wosu@edu for more information.
“Congratulations! ” go out to Conny Pope, Tim Bensonhaver, and Kerry Lynn for being the lucky winners of Columbus Symphony and Columbus Clippers tickets. They were entered into a drawing because they had volunteered for two or more shifts during our most recent radio fundraiser. Interested in winning tickets to various local activities? Then sign up to volunteer today!
I look forward each week to my day of volunteering for WOSU Public Media. There is a variety of opportunities to serve, and the staff is patient in training for each new job. Even the smallest effort is appreciated. It is fun working with such an entertaining group of professional who treat me like a professional.
-- Jan Confer
Opportunities...
FUNDRAISER PLEDGE TAKER—If you like talking on the telephone and being a part of the on-air action, you are who we need to help answer pledge phones during radio and TV fundraising events. Shifts are available weekdays, evenings, and weekends.
TABULATOR—Put your number skills to work! If you are good with figures, you are needed to work behind the scenes tabulating pledges generated during on-air fundraisers. Shifts are available weekdays, evenings, and weekends.
TV VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR—Put your people skills to work! If you enjoy working with people and are not shy about talking to groups, we need you to help train and supervise groups of volunteers who answer pledge phones during on-air TV fundraisers. Shifts are available evenings and weekends.
SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANT—Assist in a variety of ways, from passing out programs to helping with exhibit booths at festivals, openings, and fundraising events.
Volunteer with WOSU at the Columbus Arts Festival - Objective: To promote WOSU Public Media’s programs, services, and mission to festival attendees. Responsibilities: Distribute available collateral, have a general understanding and ability to communicate information regarding WOSU programs, initiatives, and services to festival attendees.
Available shifts: 11:30am-3pm, 3pm-6pm, 6pm-10pm
DTV Converter Box In-Home Installer - WOSU Public Media is seeking mechanically-oriented volunteers to assist with the basic in-home installation of digital television converter boxes now through June 30. This “Connect the Community” last-push project is being sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission. Volunteers will be assigned, preferably in pairs, to travel to the homes of individuals who for physical disability or other reasons are at risk of losing television service. Transportation is not provided.
Services will be offered within Franklin County and the surrounding six counties, with all efforts to assign volunteers who live near the residence being served. We are focusing on Two dates for installations, June 6th and June 12th. In addition, service will be provided between 10am and 8pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and some Sundays as volunteers indicate they are available. Volunteers will be trained in the basic installation of converter boxes, scanning for digital channels and manipulation of indoor antennas. Volunteers will not be required to perform complex installs, attach VCRs, or work with outdoor antennas. Individuals interested in serving should call Carl Higginbotham at the WOSU DTV Help-line at 1-866-723-4626.
We will handle all the training you need. Discover what really goes on at your public radio station!
Online Volunteer Form for Individuals
Online Volunteer Form for Groups
Volunteer Forms (PDF Format*)
Individuals
Groups
* PDF format requires Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
If you are interested, contact:
(614) 292-9678
wosu@osu.edu
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