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AmeriCorps*VISTAs at Generations Incorporated
DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN AMERICORPS*VISTA
Development Associate for Individual Giving
9:00 - 9:30 - Check online for donations, process donations, write
thank yous, etc.
9:30 - 10:45 - Compile Siamese Sam
sales statistics. Develop and execute strategies for selling the
book to the public. Write grants to secure corporate sponsorships.
10:45 - Noon - Create direct mail campaign: timeline, content,
audience, ask. Execute: print, stick, stuff, bulk mail trip to post
office.
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Research prospective grantmakers, develop angle, check-up
report to the Executive Director and Associate Director of Development.
1:30 - 2:30 - Go to Development meeting to check in with everyone’s
projects and progress, make sure everyone is on the same page, and
get assigned new tasks.
2:30 - 3:30 - Develop topics for the new blog. Create the new blog:
layout, features, pictures, content, etc.
3:30 - 4:30 - Create up new strategies for targeting new individual
donors. Create new strategies for cultivating existing donors.
4:30 - 5:00 - Meet with other VISTAs to discuss our various tasks
and make sure we still feel connected while doing our own things.
5:30 - Attend monthly board meetings and prepare board materials.
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