Volunteer

BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM

Thank you for your interest in volunteering on our team (known as The Court). The mission of CMF is to encourage and promote the development of services for persons living with HIV, additionally, to raise money to provide financial assistance, outreach, and education to realized needs within the local LGBTQ+ community. Through volunteerism, CMF helps to enhance personal skills, promote teamwork and create leaders in our community. 

Learn more about our mission and history

Application  

Applications submitted to be a volunteer will be reviewed by the CMF Board of Directors. All members of the volunteer committee will be selected by unanimous vote of the CMF board. Once selected as a volunteer team member, you will receive notification by email and by phone. 

CMF VOLUNTEER Roles and Responsibilities  

As a member of the CMF volunteer committee, you are expected to fulfill the following duties:  

• Attend all volunteer committee meetings or notify the co-chairs when you can’t make it.  

•  Attend all CMF events or notify co-chairs when you can’t make it.  

• Wear your CMF medallion at all CMF events. 

•  Wear CMF T-shirt to various events when asked to do so.  

•  Make small donations of alcohol, mixer and/or food for some of our events. Additionally, we encourage, but do not require, volunteer committee members to become a CMF host donor if possible.  

• Obtain donations from businesses of items to be used at events as door prizes. Obtain items for the CMF Grand Gala silent auction. In addition you may be asked to obtain donated items for other events. 

•  Obtain donations of food items for various events from local restaurants and caterers. 

•  Invite your friends, family and co-workers to like us on Facebook, attend CMF events, and become CMF Host Level donors. 

• Perform assigned tasks to the best of your ability and in a timely manner. If you are unable to perform your assigned task you are required to notify the co-chairs and/or find a substitute court member.  

• As representatives of CMF, conduct yourself in a professional and appropriate manner at all times. 

•  Promote CMF through your personal social media pages and twitter feeds. 

The Crape Myrtle Festival is only successful because of the voluntary efforts of each member. Volunteer committee members are expected to not only attend events but plan, prepare for and contribute to the overall success of each event. Once accepted into the CMF volunteer committee you will be asked to sign a commitment letter restating the aforementioned list of responsibilities.  

Again, thank you for considering joining the CMF Family. We, the Board of Directors, look forward to your application. 

Our volunteer application period opens in April each year.

THE QUEENS AND THE COURT

It takes many fabulous volunteers, referred to as The Court, to make Crape Myrtle Festival (CMF) successful each year. The Court came into existence when founders Frank Hielema, Timmy Simmons and Kent Davis were in Wilmington, NC with Mike Boyd for the very first festival. In jest and grand celebration, Frank, Timmy and Kent broke some crape myrtle branches off a flowering tree, made a crown and crowned Mike Boyd the first Queen. As history would have it, every Queen requires a trusted group of individuals to help her rule, thus The Court was born. 

The title of Queen has been an honor given to someone who not only volunteered with CMF as a Court member but earned it through dedication and hard work. As the organization grew, and with it the number of volunteers, it was decided that the Queen should have a Co-Queen to help share the responsibilities. Each year The Queen and Co-Queen are selected by the CMF Board to lead fundraising efforts for the current year.

The CMF Board and the incoming Queens select a new group of volunteers to serve for a year, beginning and ending at our Annual Grand Gala. These are the people who put in time, effort, laughter, and tears to make the fundraising possible.