WAYS TO VOLUNTEER WITH MAESTRA
- Tell someone in your professional circle about the Maestra Directory. Even better if it’s a contractor or a producer, someone who does the hiring.
- Become a Mentor or Mentee (sign up is in the fall).
- Serve as a Maestra Rep at Virtual Technical Workshops (one hour commitment, ongoing)
- Join a committee or community group (DEIA, Development, Programming, Maestra Care, Student Maestras, Maestra Moms, LGBTQIA+ Maestras, Maestras of Color, Regional Groups).
- Sign up to work on Amplify, our annual fundraiser, always in March.
- Use your birthday or end-of-year giving season to create a Facebook fundraiser for Maestra.
- Pitch an idea for a blog feature (free). Write it (paid).
- Pitch an idea for a Virtual Technical Workshop (free). Teach it (paid).
- Link Maestra to donors, philanthropic groups, or foundations that might be interested in our work.
- Secure or donate meeting/event/office space, services, or food & beverages.
- Offer your graphic design / grant writing / event planning / project management skills.
- Create video content for Maestra’s TikTok and/or YouTube pages.
- Take over Maestra’s IG account for a day and let our community follow you to work.
- Locate and share potential jobs for the Maestra Jobs Board.
- Sign up to help evaluate applications when we hire interns (several times a year) or to assist with mentor/mentee pairings (each fall).
- Find and send us potential newsletter/social media content. Retweet our content to your audiences.
- Write a testimonial about something you love at Maestra and send it to us for future marketing purposes.
- Use the Maestra Directory to recommend and hire musicians for your own projects.
- Set up a recurring monthly donation to Maestra. We have some monthly donors who give only $5/month, but the consistency is very significant to the organization’s operations!
- Make a year-end gift to Maestra. Ask someone you love to match it.
For more info, send an email to [email protected].