FoWY Committee Sign-Up Form
Welcome to FoWY! Thanks for being part of our work to DREAM BIG and make Whitney Young the best place it can be. We welcome your help, so please check out the available committees below and sign up for one that interests you
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Alumni (year long)
The Alumni Committee inspires Dolphin alums to get involved with their alma mater, and it helps fulfill the mission and goals of Friends of Whitney Young and Whitney Young High School. Duties of the committee include:

• Developing, maintaining, and moderating social media accounts, including Facebook and LinkedIn. 
• Encouraging WY alum’s passion for WY by connecting alumni to volunteer and fundraising events. 
• Sponsoring events and projects that further the education and civic engagement of students and graduates of Whitney Young.
Annual Fund/Grants (year long)
Proceeds of the Annual Fund are distributed each year to qualified teachers and staff to fund their club, athletic, and classroom projects through a grant application process. In this committee, we:

• Send grant applications to Whitney Young teachers and staff for distribution of Annual Fund proceeds to clubs, teams, and classroom projects.  
• Determine schedule for receipt of grant proposals, review and award of grants and determine amount of individual grant awards.
• Meet with the WY principal and Leadership Team to review proposed grant awards and finalize the list of grant awards after this meeting. 
• Notify grant recipients of the awards and the process to claim their grant funding. 
• Review grant documentation and forward to the treasurer for payout of grants
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Communications (year long)
The Communications Committee designs and executes a variety of marketing formats to keep the Whitney Young community up-to-date about the work of FoWY. The work includes:

• Maintaning FoWY Facebook and Instagram accounts to create social engaging & networking.
• Identifying and maintaining FoWY branding.
• Managing FoWY website and maintain its content.
• Creating and maintaining event and project calendar for FoWY.
• Helping to publish FoWY quarterly Parent to Parent Newsletter.
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Community (year long) This committee strives to build and foster a strong community of families by encouraging involvement in and attendance at school events. The group also: 

• Educates parents, teachers, administration, and coaches about the benefits of school-wide fundraising efforts and social events. 
• Coordinates and plans volunteer efforts for FoWY events according to calendar. 
• Maintains Sign Up Genius account for volunteer events. 
• Works with WY admin and staff on volunteer opportunities for parents. 
• Provides recommendations for creating more focused efforts of inclusion and celebration of the community’s diversity. 
• Maintains information about volunteering and volunteer opportunities on the FoWY website.
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​Development (year long) This grouip plans, strategizes and implements fundraising campaigns that raise money to benefit Whitney Young High School. Tasks include:

• Encouraging and supporting the fundraising initiatives of various Whitney Young clubs, departments, and programs. 
• Broadening the participation of donors among the Whitney Young community, as well as outside of the Whitney Young community.
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Bylaws (as-needed)
Review and maintain FoWY bylaws. Tasks include:

• Making recommendations for any amendments to the current bylaws.
• Leading FoWY yearly bylaw review.
• Providing access to bylaws, and discussing them with incoming board members.
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Finance (year long)
This committee works with the FoWY funds in a variety of formats. Committee tasks include:

• Designing and implementing a payment request process to ensure all disbursements made by FoWY have gone through an adequate review and approval process, and contain necessary support documentation.
• Designing and implementing an appropriate record-keeping system to store all finance-related documents, such as check requests with support, banking information, revenue details, periodic financial statements, and regulatory filings. 
• Drafting an annual financial budget, with revenue/fundraising goals and anticipated expenses and other contributions to Whitney Young High School.
• Making assessments about the need for other professional services, such hiring contractors to perform audit, tax, web design, and other functions, and making relevant recommendations to the Board.
• Performing periodic financial position review to ensure we are on target in terms of fundraising, grant payments, and special events related items.
• Ensuring that we have adequate cash on hand to meet our obligations to the school community.
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​Nominating (Spring)

The main purpose of the Nominating/Membership committee is to assist in recruiting and renewing members. Tasks include: 

• Retaining or recruiting members who represents the different sectors of our school both ethnically and by grade. 
• Identifying and interviewing potential candidates for new board members. 
• Submitting a slate of new board members for approval by the Board. 
• Contacting delinquent members prior to removal and encouraging them to re-engage. 
• Greeting and introducing new members and prospective members at meetings. 
• Planning and implementing an annual campaign to recruit new members.
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