Volunteer Outreach and Program Development
Organization:
Black Child & Family Institute VISTA Name:
Amy Radigan
Program Start:
8/2003
Program End:
8/2004
Project Description:
Work Plan
•Assist in the development of a marketing program to promote the new Magic Johnson Lab (MJL) and its programs.
•Assist in providing orientation to interested participants in the new Magic Johnson Lab programs.
•Assist in the distribution of information pertaining to the new MJL programs.
•Assist in contacting local groups and organizations to set-up of informational sessions about MJL programs.
•Assist in the recruitment of volunteer instructors for the MJL programs.
•Assist in responding to telephone inquiries about the MJL program.
•Assist in the publication and distribution of MJL program schedule each quarter.
•Assist in the development of resources that will enable the MJL program to increase its capacity.
Project Outcome:
The Closing the Digital Gap (CTDG) program was fortunate to train nearly 500 Lansing area residents, approximately 240 in the Michigan Works Internet job search program, 139 in our core computer give-a-way program, 72 in the Computer Literacy program, and 45 in the our Web Page Creation class. Staff and volunteers exceeded their six month training goal from February to August of 2004; nearly every staff received over 25 hours of additional training — our partners Michigan State University and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers were responsible for the majority of training.
Amy Radigan was very instrumental in the marketing, recruitment, scheduling, processing and teaching of All Closing the Digital Gap programs, especially those programs held in the Magic Johnson Lab. Amy did the initial intake of all perspective participants including following-up on messages about programs, creating and disseminating program information, and assisting in the instruction of various CTDG classes.
Amy assisted in expanding one of CTDG’s programs pertaining to bridging the Digital Divide for the developmentally disabled (dd), using her contacts from a previous job to disseminate information to other organizations that work with the developmentally disabled. Through her efforts, CTDG not only trained more dds but offered on the job training to 3 dds and hired another dd.