Be a Storytelling Festival Volunteer
Without volunteers the Festival cannot take place. Volunteers are necessary throughout the year and the day of the Festival for a variety of tasks. Volunteers are essential for this event's success!

No storytelling experience is necessary. For more information, please contact Jody Wren at (813) 931-2106 or e-mail us.

Provide Financial Support
In order to keep the Festival free to the public, we  rely on corporate sponsors and grants. Sponsorship Committee Chair Kim Rivers can provide your organization with a sponsor information packet and details of sponsorship benefits. Call Kim at (813) 931-2106 or e-mail us.

Individual's donations are welcome also. With your donations, we can continue to touch children's lives through storytelling. Checks should be made payable to Friends of the Library and mailed to:

Jody Wren
Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
1420 N. Tampa Street
Tampa FLA 23602

For more information, please contact (813) 273-3648 at (813) 931-2106 or e-mail us. Thank you for your support!

Gifts to the Friends of the Library on behalf of the Storytelling Festival are tax-deductible as allowed by law and will be acknowledged in writing. Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc. is an approved non-profit organization under IRS Chapter 501(c)(3) and is registered with the Florida Department of Consumer Affairs. "A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free within the state 1-800-435-7352. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the State."

For more information on ways you and your organization can help, contact us:

info@tampastory.org or call (813) 931-2106

STORYTELLING FESTIVAL SUB-COMMITTEES WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
We need people with a few hours to help with short-term tasks as well as people who can give several hours a month or more to help on the following subcommittees. Storytellers and story-listeners interested in perpetuating this ancient art form and passing it on to the next generation are encouraged to participate.

Public Relations: responsible for distributing information on the Festival to the media and the general public.

Stuffing and Folding: work with the other subcommittees to prepare and mail press releases and other materials.

Sponsorship: raise funds and in-kind support so that we may continue to bring the Festival to the public for free.

Grants: write and administer grant requests.

Ambassador Club: work with our superior quality Festival Quality Tellers to schedule them to tell in bookstores and other venues and to set up workshops and other events for these talented youth.

National Youth Storytelling Showcase: coordinate the selection process to find a youth storyteller to represent the Festival in this national contest.

Speakers Bureau: recruit and schedule speakers whose goals are to raise awareness of the Festival and to discuss the benefits of storytelling as a lifelong communication skill.

Seminars: arrange storytelling workshop partnerships with lawyers, ministers, businessmen, teachers, etc.

Storytelling Weeks Events: coordinate storytelling concerts and other special events for National Storytelling Week in November and Tampa-Hillsborough Storytelling Week in April.

Volunteer: recruit and schedule volunteers.

Site Arrangements for Culminating Festival: select site, plan how space will be used, and coordinate set up and tear down on day of Festival

Workshops: organize free workshops for adults and youth before the Festival and at the Festival.

National Teller Host/Local Arrangements: work with our national tellers to arrange contract details and make their stay a pleasant one.

Parade: plan the character parade at the Festival.

Coaching: coordinate coaching of youth storytellers at recreation centers from selection process through polishing Festival Quality Tellers.

Please call us at (813) 931-2106 or e-mail us at info@tampastory.org to let us know how 
you fit into the story castle!

Do you have a question?  Need more information?  Contact us at:  info@tampastory.org

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