Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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CLEAN focuses on volunteer
efforts with new coordinator By Angela Jones KERNSTOWN — Thinking
about giving back a portion of your time and efforts to bettering the
community? If so, CLEAN Inc. needs your help.
CLEAN — Community and Law Enforcement Against Narcotics Inc. — was founded
in 1986 to provide leadership through education, advocacy, and networking for
a safe, healthy, drug-free community. Recently, CLEAN hired Natalie Morris as its volunteer coordinator for its
newly established volunteer program. Morris originally started at CLEAN in 2001 and worked at the organization
in other capacities until 2005. After taking some time off, she returned to
CLEAN in late 2006 as the volunteer coordinator. “I knew the agency so well and it was good timing for them and for me,”
she said. “We were able to get reconnected.” CLEAN wants to become self-sustaining, which Morris said is very important
now as various grants will expire soon. The main focus for the volunteer
program at this stage is fundraising. “The community will really be a focal point for monies,” she said. Because it is looking at different fundraising opportunities, CLEAN needs
people who have experience in those types of projects. The board members of CLEAN are strongly committed to the agency, Morris
said, adding, “We’re looking for more people to come aboard with the same
mission.” Additionally, Morris said volunteers are needed for the dissemination of
information by distributing flyers and by word of mouth. “Those are both really important,” she said. To volunteer with CLEAN, Morris said, an interested person need not have
any sort of professional experience in any particular area. “You just need to be willing to serve the community,” she said. ********** www.cleaninc.org |
