Girls Rock Dallas relies entirely on volunteers to staff our week-long summer camps, weekend-long ladies rock camps, as well as help with fundraising and outreach efforts in the months leading up to camp. We need the help of lots of reliable, dedicated folks to make camp happen! We’re always looking for more help and new faces, so if you’re thinking about volunteering, you rock! Check out the information below about our Summer Camp and Ladies Rock Camp Volunteer Opportunities.
To learn more about our year round opportunities, click here.
Summer Camp and Ladies Rock Camp Volunteer Information
If you have any questions about volunteering please contact our Interim Volunteer Coordinator, Frankie Klee.
Orientation:
General responsibilities for all volunteers include attending a mandatory orientation session. At the time you are notified that your volunteer application has been accepted you will also receive information regarding an orientation session.
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Summer Camp
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Girls Rock Dallas summer camp. Our summer camp application process for 2013 is now open! To apply as a volunteer, click here and to apply to be a workshop leader, click here.
Summer Camp Positions
Camp Counselor: No music experience necessary. You will serve as a mentor to your assigned band(s) of girls, make sure they are where they need to be at all times, and attend the debrief meeting each day. Camp Counselors with musical experience may also coach campers on their instruments throughout the day and during the band practice. Must be available Monday-Friday of camp week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Instrument Instructor: Music experience required. Our campers possess a varying range of age and skill level, and many have never touched a musical instrument in their lives. Now it is time to teach them what you know. You may do some collaborative large-group teaching, as well as small-group sessions (generally 3-5 students per teacher). You can also meet or email with your fellow instrument instructors at least once before orientation to decide on a curriculum and what style and level of experience each instructor is comfortable teaching. This position combines well with band coach or workshop leader for a full day of volunteering! We are looking for guitar, bass, vocal and drums. Instrument instructors, although part time, must be available part time each day. Must be available Monday-Friday of camp week 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Band Coach: Songwriting/Instrument knowledge needed. Band coaches are assigned one band to help prepare a song for the Showcase. You will help the girls during band selection on the first day and assist them each camp day in learning how to play as a group, both musically and interpersonally. Must be available afternoons during camp week (2 hours between 2pm-5pm, exact schedule TBA) and at the showcase event. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Workshop Teacher: No musical experience necessary. Each of our workshops values developing life skills and self-esteem, as well as encouraging creativity, self-expression, and awareness. Examples of workshops that have been taught at other rock camps: History of Women in rock, Self-Defense, Image and Identity, Songwriting, Teen Issues, Recording your Band, Prosecution, Engineering, and Lighting, and Band T-Shirt Screen Printing. Must be available to teach 1 or 2 one-hour sessions on the day of your scheduled workshop (workshop dates and times TBA). Female, female-identifying welcome.
Roadie: No musical experience necessary. Help set-up, breakdown, and move equipment throughout the week. Responsibilities include: re-configuring rooms for band practice every day, and helping with load in/out. There is a lot of flexibility with this position. Female, male, female-identifying welcome.
Receptionist: The receptionist assists with check-in and check-out of the campers every day, monitors visitors, coordinates in-camp communication, gives directions, answers questions, and sells showcase tickets. There is a lot of flexibility with this position. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Floaters: Music experience not required. These volunteers called upon for tasks long-forgotten, but essential to the success of the camp. Floaters might be sent to Kinko’s or the hardware store, to fill in for a volunteer who can’t make her shift, and to generally be available to whatever comes up. Floaters must have a car and a cell phone. There is a lot of flexibility with this position.
Nurse/Doctor: No musical experience necessary. Available throughout the day as a point person for medical emergencies, minor accidents, helping campers with special medical needs, and prescriptions. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Showcase Production Assistants: Volunteers will work merch and info tables, sell tickets, fold programs, and help to ensure that all aspects of the showcase concert run smoothly. Must be available for the day and night of the showcase, TBA.
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Other Positions
Food Donations: Volunteers will solicit grocery stores, local restaurants, bakeries, etc. for food for campers. We´ll need lots of beverages to keep not only the campers hydrated but also our volunteers hydrated (and caffeinated, to boot)! There is a lot of scheduling flexibility with this position.
Street Team/PR: Volunteers will help to promote Girls Rock Dallas and its benefit events through flyers, online networking, selling merch at events, communicating with local media, etc. There is a lot of scheduling flexibility with this position.
Equipment Donations: Volunteer will help to solicit instrument and equipment donations. They will also help move equipment to the camp site and return rented/borrowed equipment.
Benefit Organizer: Volunteers will work with different event committees to brainstorm ideas for fundraising. Or if you have your own idea for a fundraiser, work with us to plan your own! There is a lot of scheduling flexibility with this position.
Ladies Rock Camp
Ladies Rock Camp Positions
Instrument Instructor: Music experience required. Our campers possess a varying range of age and skill level, and many have never touched a musical instrument in their lives. Now it is time to teach them what you know. This position combines well with band coach or workshop leader for a full day of volunteering! We are looking for guitar, bass, vocal, keyboard, and drums. Instrument instructors, although part time, must be available part time each day. Must be available Friday 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. of camp weekend. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Band Coach: Songwriting/Instrument knowledge needed. Band coaches are assigned one band to help prepare a song for the Showcase. You will help the campers during band selection on the first day and assist them each camp day in learning how to play as a group, both musically and interpersonally. Must be available afternoons during camp week and at the showcase event. Exact schedule TBD. Female, female-identifying welcome.
Roadie: No musical experience necessary. Help set-up, breakdown, and move equipment throughout the week. Responsibilities include: re-configuring rooms for band practice every day, and helping with load in/out. There is a lot of flexibility with this position. Female, male, female-identifying welcome.
Floaters: Music experience not required. These volunteers called upon for tasks long-forgotten, but essential to the success of the camp. Floaters might be sent to Kinko’s or the hardware store, to fill in for a volunteer who can’t make her shift, and to generally be available to whatever comes up. Floaters must have a car and a cell phone. There is a lot of flexibility with this position.
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