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Be An Angel - Volunteer to Help iPump

If you have a special talent or skill and time to offer, or questions about volunteering, Email Us. In many cases, donated professional services can be tax deductible for you!

Most Urgent Volunteer Need: Bloggers and forum posters to spread the word about iPump. We do not want people spamming forums, but we do need help developing on our online presence. No experience necessary and we will teach you web etiquette for forum, blog comments, Twitter postings, etc. to get our message out there without being a pest. Email Us with interest and questions.

Volunteer In-House Staff

We urgently need a volunteer part-time receptionist and administrative assistant to help with logging in donations and shipping client orders. These positions require working in our "brick and mortar" office located on Foothill Avenue, in Upland, CA. Hours and days can be flexible. This is a volunteer position but we will buy you lunch and thank you profusely! Email Us for details.

 

Publication Specialist

We need volunteers with strong editing skills who can proofread publications and our website for grammar, typographical errors, etc.
Email Us with interest and questions.

Marketing Professionals

To help us prepare press releases, and market our organization to the masses via the Internet, direct mailing, and mass-media.

Spanish-Speaking Translators

We need volunteers to help us translate our website, publications, and applications into Spanish. Email Us with interest and questions.

Director of Online Communities

A volunteer is needed to help us establish and maintain an online forum for our clients and other people seeking assistance to share ideas and resources and assist in the technical aspects of list administration for iPump's online communities. . The time involved for this position varies, but is expected to be about 1 hours per week to monitor email lists and our online community forum. Email Us with interest and questions.

 

Committees

We are in process of forming committees and would love to have your help. Volunteer to be a Committee Chairperson or Member.


Client Liaisons

We need articulate, caring persons to write follow-up letters to those we help to make sure that they have what the need.  You will be trained for this simple but important position and given an iPump e-mail address.  Excellent "people" skills are a must! Email Us with interest and questions.


Volunteer Professional services

Volunteer your professional services!  We are in need of the following donated services, and your time may even be tax deductible for you::  

  • Attorneys and legal professionals to answer legal questions from clients about insurance issues;
  • Physicians and other licensed health care professionals (to serve on our medical advisory board and offer general advice to clients through our medical forum);
  • Pharmacists (interns welcome, to serve on our pharmacy advisory board and offer general advice to clients in our medical forum;
  • Web designers proficient in database development (php, mySQL), Swish and/or flash;
  • Grant writers and anyone with any sort of fundraising experience;
  • Insurance industry experts and patient advocates to help answer questions about assistance and insurance resources and protocols;
  • Web editors to check over our website for typographical errors, grammar, and bad links; writers for web content.

 

Email Us for more information or to discuss how you can help.

 

Quilters needed!

Due to an increasing demand in the number of requests for free comfort quilts for children with diabetes, our founder and her daughters are having a hard time keeping up with sewing so many quilts. We appreciate seamstresses of all skill levels.  More information.

 

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