Atrium Arts Show

Contact: Susan Maya

The Atrium committee is in charge of the H&H Charity Art Exhibit and Auction. Last year, over 50 pieces were submitted and put up for auction. This committee encourages students and faculty to submit art and photography. They are also in charge of printing and framing photography, and setting up the exhibit. The time commitment is minimal.

Budget

Contact: Nicholas Downing

The budget committee is concerned with raising funds in order to support the events leading up to and during the auction. We primarily write grants through mid-October, handle all money transactions in the events leading up to the auction and all collections during and after the auction. Time commitment is minimal during the beginning of the year and is more substantial in the week and day of the auction.

Education

Contact: Emily Thomas

The Education Committee is responsible for promoting awareness of the issues most seriously affecting the hungry and homeless population in New Haven. This committee is in charge of bringing in speakers, putting together discussion panels, organizing educational displays for the library and hospital, and making sure that the educational mission of the auction is incorporated into the event itself. Volunteers will be needed to help organize and facilitate each of these events.

Entertainment

Contact: Jake Baranoski

This committee is in charge of planning the annual "First Year versus Second Year Football Game," organizing the after-parties for the football game and the auction, selling the football T-shirts, planning entertainment for the live auction and whatever other forms of entertainment you can think of. Not a huge time commitment (approx. 4-6 hours/person total) but a lot of fun!

Grants

Contact: Rebecca Vitale

The Grants Committee consists of a group of medical, EPH, nursing, and PA students. Through a series of meetings throughout the end of September and October we will decide which community organizations in New Haven will receive the money raised from the Hunger and Homelessness Auction. First-year committee members are assigned to represent several organ3izations. As an organization representative they must perform an on site visit in which they tour the facilities and then prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the grant committee. Afterwards, the committee will request interviews with selected organizations and choose 6-7 to award the funds from the auction. Our work is mostly completed before November.

Live and Silent Auctions

Contact: Alexander Kula, Matthew Marr

The Live and Silent Auction committee is responsible for preparing and overseeing the live and silent events. This includes creating the program, finding the appropriate food catering service, obtaining the wine and other beverages, and organizing the decorations (tables, chairs, flowers) -- all through donations and a limited budget. During the silent event, this committee is responsible for gathering, organizing, and displaying items as needed, in addition to follow-up after the auction closes. The bulk of work takes place the week of the auction, but preparation is ongoing!

Corporate Donations

Contact: Nour Kibbi

New to the H&H scene last year, our committee has been charged with the task of expanding the big-ticket donations from the previously untapped corporate world. Suggestions have been made to solicit: airline tickets, Yale club vacations, theater packages, ski vacations, privately guided museum tours, CT vineyard wine packages etc. Committee members are assigned to several companies and are asked to pursue them with vigor in an effort to secure as many donations as is possible. Some assignments are more involved such as sending informational FAXes or calling companies that have donated in the past or have already been contacted. The time commitment is minimal (3-5 hours per week), and members are free to work on their own schedule.

Store Donations

Contact: Deepak Atri

The store donation committee is responsible for collecting donations from local businesses that can be auctioned off at the silent auction. Groups of 2-3 volunteers will be assigned to a particular part of the city, which they will visit and ask merchants for auction items. The time commitment will probably total a maximum of 6 hours, but all of the work is flexible and can be done at each group's convenience. Also, all of the work will be done by November 1, so volunteers can enjoy the auction stress-free while still knowing they made a huge contribution! As a final incentive, the store donations committee has a tradition of a cake and beer party hosted by the committee leaders if we can reach our goal of surpassing the number of donations collected from the previous year.

Publicity

Contact: Serene Chen

The Publicity Committee is responsible for inviting the Yale and the New Haven community to the H&H auction and for publicizing the event. The committee will be writing and issuing press releases, sending invitations, and finding creative ways to publicize the auction. Time commitment will be minimal until 2 weeks before the event and will involve trips to Tycos and putting up posters.

Information Technology

Contact: Robert Stretch

The Information Technology Committee is concerned with the development and maintenance of supportive technologies to better communicate with H&H Auction patrons and volunteers. Major responsibilities include technical upgrades to better the look and feel of the website, as well as to coordinate with other committees and the larger Yale ITS community to ensure that information technology needs are met appropriately. Time commitment varies depending on personal interest.

Alumni Donations

Contact: Nicholas Golinvaux

This committee aims to encourage Yale Med alumni to participate in the auction through both attendance and donations. Alumni are a significant resource for the auction since they have strong ties to our school and the New Haven community as well as greater financial means than students. Committee members will be needed for initiating contact with alumni, including a mass mailing and some one-on-one correspondence by handwriting letters to specific alumni. Depending on the response from alumni, committee members may also be involved in helping individual alumni make donations or arrange to visit Yale the week of the auction. The necessary time commitment for this committee should be minimal (a few hours in October).

Faculty Donations

Contact: Thomas Gilliland

The Faculty Donation Committee e-mails/calls/meets with various professors, staff, and administrators to encourage them to donate and attend the auction. Volunteers will be assigned a few faculty members to contact. The time commitment is flexible, but should be between 4-6 hours total. We have a list of faculty members who have donated in the past, but are also looking for creative ideas to get more faculty involved. This is a great opportunity to get to know some of your professors!

Student Donations

Contact: Kate Davis

The Student Donation Committee's job is to get as many medical, EPH, and nursing students as possible to make donations to the auction. We will meet briefly to talk about ideas for getting students to participate. This may include advertising directly to students, making announcements in class, and directly contacting classmates for donations. Committee members will each be responsible for asking a small but targeted list of classmates for contributions. This committee requires no more than a 5-10 hour time commitment.