Free, Exclusive Club Volunteer T-Shirt!

Volunteer T-Shirt Front
SMC Volunteers Deb and Doug Brown from Lake City, Florida.

Sometimes, “thank you” just isn’t enough. To all the Save the Manatee Club (SMC) volunteers who give so unselfishly, so generously of their time to help a cause dear to their hearts by educating others about Florida’s endangered manatees at SMC events and presentations, we have a special gift to go along with our appreciative “thank you.”

The Club’s Volunteer Rewards Program offers our current Club members/volunteers a chance to “earn points” towards special volunteer merchandise.

Here’s How it Works:

  • Volunteers must be current Save the Manatee Club members (adopted a manatee in the past year) in order to earn points towards exclusive SMC volunteer merchandise. These items are not available for purchase by volunteers or the general public.

  • Points are earned by staffing tables at SMC events and festivals, by giving SMC manatee presentations at schools, organizations, etc., and by helping out in-office at SMC’s Maitland location.

  • Each hour volunteered is worth one point. Those who set up at events and presentations earn an extra point, and those who help with break down at events and presentations earn an extra point. The Club will keep a database of hours earned.

  • The Volunteer Rewards Program item for 2012 is a specially designed “Club Volunteer” forest green t-shirt. See photos above.

  • Twelve points are needed in 2012 to obtain the free Club Volunteer t-shirt.

  • Points earned this year are retroactive as of Jan. 1, 2012. Those volunteers who wish to participate in the program but are not yet members, or their membership has expired, can join the Club and collect points earned at volunteer events and presentations as of Jan. 1, 2012.

  • Points are not carried from one calendar year to the next. Each volunteer starts at zero on the 1st of each year.

  • Volunteer T-Shirt Back
    The t-shirts feature the Save the Manatee Club logo and web site on the back.
    One award item may be earned per calendar year per volunteer, however the same item cannot be earned twice.

  • Club award items may be carried over from one year to the next, depending on supply, and decided on by the Club.

  • Awards points are non-transferable from one volunteer to another.

  • The Club reserves the right to discontinue the program at any time without notice.

For more information on the new Volunteer Rewards Program, contact Janice Nearing, Director of Public Relations, at jnearing@savethemanatee.org.

Start Earning Your Club Volunteer Points! Get a description of volunteer positions and fill out our online volunteer application form.

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