Perhaps one of the most rewarding but also one of the easiest volunteer opportunities is staffing our event tables. Activism and Education are two very important elements of Surfrider’s mission. Our Chapter is invited to set up a table at dozens of events throughout the year. These tables give us an opportunity to interact with the public and educate them on current environmental issues facing our beaches and waves. A basic knowledge of our mission statement and a personable demeanor is all you need. You can volunteer for a three hour shift once a year or as many as you would like. The more volunteers we have the more events we can attend.

Responsibilities:
- Set up and break down off display
- Distribute educational materials
- Answer questions or write down questions so that the Executive Committee can follow up.
- Inform the public on current environmental issues facing our coastal environment
- Inform the public on upcoming Surfrider events
- Recruit new members

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We’re a grassroots non-profit organization with a very limited advertising budget. That means we need your help to promote our events and important issues. This is another volunteer opportunity that is very easy but extremely important. The time you put into it is up to you. It could entail putting one sign up at the local grocery store or flyering the windshields of cars parked at a surf break. In addition, we may need assistance with other miscellaneous promotion projects i.e. contacting a surf shop to see if they can mention our meeting in an upcoming mailing.

Responsibilities:
- Help promote events or create awareness by distributing flyers in public place i.e. windshields at surf breaks, grocery stores, surf shops, etc
- Assisting in miscellaneous promotion projects

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Sometimes a quick phone call reminder is all that it takes to get interested parties to attend a meeting or an event. When you volunteer for the phone tree we will assign you 10-15 names of people who have signed up and requested to be notified.

Responsibility:
- Call 10-15 interested individuals who have signed our list and inform them of important events and or meetings

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Having a presence at schools, community meetings and talking to interested groups is very important to our Chapter. There are literally hundreds of meetings each year that we would like to attend and have our voices heard. Unfortunately, the 15 members of the Executive Committee cannot make all of these meetings due to scheduling conflicts and time restraints. We need volunteers that are willing to attend these meetings and represent our Chapter. We also need people who are willing to go to schools and show our documentary, The Flipside of Malibu and answer questions.

Responsibilty:
- Represent our Chapter in a speaking capacity including reading position statements, taking notes and leading classroom and community group discussions
- Presenting Flipside of Malibu to area schools

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The Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) is the Surfrider Foundation’s water quality monitoring, education and advocacy program. It is utilized by Chapters and members to alert citizens and officials in their communities about water quality problems and to work toward solutions. BWTF has demonstrated success by raising public awareness of coastal water pollution levels and precipitating the establishment of state and local government water quality monitoring programs in many communities where the program has been implemented.

BWTF was established with the following objectives:
- to provide concerned citizens with the opportunity for hands-on involvement with an environmental problem solving effort;
- to gather coastal water samples on a regular basis to determine pollution patterns in the near shore environment;
- to raise public awareness regarding the extent and severity of coastal water pollution;
- to use the data collected to bring polluters into compliance, and
- develop a model program that could influence national legislation and enforcement.

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Our Chapter always has a need for help collecting information and doing research on a multitude of issues. Help us be more productive by volunteering to research.

Responsibilites:
- Collect information and or conduct research needed for various chapter initiatives

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Assist the Chapter in producing events. This will involve any of a number of tasks during pre and post event production

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