VOLUNTEER
To get involved as a volunteer please attend a New Volunteer Orientation every fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30-6:30 pm at Groundworks – 2919 E Grant Rd.
Email: volunteercoordinator@groundworkstucson.com with any questions, or to schedule an alternative time
What does volunteering look like at Groundworks?
There are so many ways to get involved with volunteering at Groundworks. It’s up to you and your interests and can be flexible to your schedule. You can also use Volunteer hours at Groundworks for community service or school volunteering requirements.
Here are some different ways to get involved:
Staffing shows:
Selling tickets and snacks
Setting up and closing the space
Running the live sound booth
and Stage management.
Staffing shows is the best way to begin volunteering, but not required. Our shows are what most people know us for best and are a ton of fun if you’re into that type of thing! Volunteers are also needed to staff our open hours on Friday and Sunday afternoons.
During shows, volunteers are expected to arrive one hour before doors are open for set up (most often this is at 6 pm) and volunteer for the duration of the show including clean-up and closing procedures that usually take place between 10 and 11 pm but may vary. Show volunteers typically really enjoy getting to be part of making local music accessible to the community and getting a chance to make friends with other volunteers, band members, and showgoers while they’re at it! (Most of our shows are pretty loud volume wise.)
Working Groups:
As a mainly volunteer run organization, being part of working groups that make things happen in the space is what keeps us going! These are small committees that meet once a month on Monday or Tuesday evenings and include:
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6-8 pm First Tuesdays of the month (start here if you wanna get to know the space better or don't have any particular interests or just want to help out!)
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6-8 pm Second Mondays of the month: plan and install gallery shows, murals, and other visual art events in the space
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6-8 pm Second Tuesdays of the month: learn how to book and plan music shows! DIY or die babyyyyy
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6-8 pm Third Mondays of the month: Promote Groundworks and our programming via social media (someone needs to make more reels around here…), website support, newsletters, flyering, tabling events etc.
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6-8 pm Third Tuesdays of the month: learn how to run live and recorded sound booths, maintain equipment and keep the sound spaces organized
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6-8 pm Fourth Mondays of the month: maintain and develop the zine library and its contents, instrument library, art supply library, video library, and sheet music library
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6-8 pm Fourth Tuesdays of the month: this is the thing that lets us keep everything else running! Use your people skills, research skills, vast networks of DIY supporters to make sure Groundworks has enough funds to continue operating and expand!
Volunteer Leadership Roles
If you would really like to have a really significant direct impact on our operations, please consider becoming a team leader for one of the working groups, especially if you are already involved as a volunteer. Team leadership and internship roles usually require at least 5 hours per week to perform unlike lower commitment volunteering or higher commitment paid staff positions. Being a team leader requires a fair amount of logistics and group coordination, while other leadership roles require other skills. Leaders are expected to have good communication skills and be willing to use them. Each of these positions are filled every six months, no one can do more than two terms in a row without taking one six month term off so someone else can fill it. Terms are January through June and July through December. APPLY FOR A LEADERSHIP ROLE OR INTERNSHIP AT THIS LINK
Membership:
Groundworks members are volunteers who want to guide what we all do together in the space and are required to be an active part of at least one working group i.e. going to the meetings for this working group once per month as well as going to the member meetings which take place once every other month. They are expected to take ownership over the space and be supportive parts of our community. To incentivize this amount of involvement in our organization, there are member perks including the ability to become a keyholder for members over 18, free use of the space for rehearsals and no fee for using the recording studio as well as other perks that are in development.