Safety Council Volunteer program in Montana and Wyoming

Funded by grants, donations, in-kind and matching donations and with nominal fees from businesses, the Wyoming-Montana Safety Council is expanding opportunities for volunteers throughout Wyoming and Montana to bring about constructive change in their communities and workplaces.

More work in the areas of traffic safety, occupational safety and home safety can be done continually decreasing costs. The concept of values-based safety beginning in childhood can be advanced. There are exciting possibilities as the Safety Council interacts with other non-profit organizations.

The Safety Council is conscious of three things that can go wrong:
1. The volunteer's time is wasted
2. That skills and talents are not utilized appropriately
3. That a volunteer may be placed in a job for which he/she is not suited.

So that these problems are minimized, the Safety Council is performing detailed needs analyses and is defining jobs that can be done in all communities and in all 45,000 businesses in Wyoming and Montana. Each volunteer will be evaluated in detail for interests and abilities. So that it is win-win for all concerned, opportunities for personal growth will be emphasized.

Included are positions in the areas of:

• News writing and other public relations
• Staffing of booths at public events
• Defensive driving training using National Safety Council programs
• Rapid Eye Check training
• Conducting focus groups to deal with local problems
• Grant request writing
• Conducting fund raising events
• Speaker for safety meetings at local businesses
• Speaker for group meetings at schools
• Speaker at public hearings
• Assisting local businesses at identifying their specific needs
• Attending meetings and writing reports
• Maintaining relations with community education programs
• Developing work exploration activity guidelines for local businesses
• Developing training plans
• Internet research
• Elder one-on-one home safety training
• Bicycle, scooter and skateboard safety training
• Carbon monoxide awareness training
• Distributing radon test kits
• Safety Council web site maintenance
• Safety Council office assistance
• Safety Council office electronic and paper file maintenance
• Resource for Home and Community based Waivers training
• Conducting safety awareness in partnership with chain stores
• "Mystery shopper" safety and health compliance inspections
• Collecting information for the Safety Reminder from other organizations

Opportunities are available in whatever time increments volunteers can give and for any age group of volunteer. Specific experience and education is desirable but not necessary. Please e-mail or call the Safety Council to volunteer yourself or to nominate someone else. Positions exist for volunteers as well as for responsibility type and geographical region coordinators.

Regional Coordinators

The National Safety Council, Wyoming and Montana Chapter is arranged into 16 geographical regions and is looking for volunteer Regional Coordinators.

I would like to Volunteer my services!

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