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Download the BLITZ Team Registration Forms (PDF)     Be a BLITZ Team Leader	Over 800 volunteers helped weatherize 284 homes of low-income seniors over the three weekends - a total of 323 "blitzed" homes so far this year!!!
Alternate Volunteer Days     Team Requirements
BLITZ Team Leader Orientation and Training Schedule     Youth Participation Guidelines     Registration Deadlines     Be an Event Volunteer     Wear your support for Project Warm     Project Warm Holiday Cards...	Click here to download the BLITZ Team Registration Packet (pdf)  Team Leader Checklist Team Leader Orientation and Training Schedule Youth Team Participation Guidelines Group / Organization Contact Form Team Registration form Team Member Registration form Team Member Recruitment Flyer Event Volunteer Registration form  All Registration forms are due on or before OCTOBER 2008    ▲return to top
	ASSEMBLE your team, complete the Team Registration and Team Member Registration forms and mail or fax them back to Project Warm. Click here for a Recruitment flyer  to spread the word! ATTEND Team Leader Orientation and Training and pick up your BLITZ client assignments. ENERGIZE your team through their “Energy Saving BLITZ” experience. Check out the Team Leader Checklist to help you stay on top of the game! SMILE!  You’ve kept the planet a little greener for a little longer; you’ve learned some weatherization tips to apply at home; and you’ve helped others do the same. THANKS for your continued support! If you are unable to get a team together and would like to be placed on a team, click here.     * Alternate Volunteer Day(s)   If you are not available to volunteer on November 3th, 10th or 17th, but would like to help Project Warm Blitz clients on another day, please contact Frank Schwartz at 636-9276 or frank@projectwarm.org.   ▲return to top
	Team = two to five volunteers (including team leader) All youth team members must be at least high school freshmen and under the supervision of an adult over 21.  Click here to review our Youth Team Participation Guidelines. Return your completed Team Registration, all Team Member Registrations and Group or Organization Contact Form (if applicable), no later than OCTOBER 2008 to:    Project Warm, 1252 S. Shelby St., Louisville, KY 40203 or fax to 635-9259   The team leader or a designated team member must attend the 1½-hour Team Leader Orientation and Training.  All team members are invited to attend any training. ▲return to top
	One member per team is required to sign-up & attend a session in which they will receive: A BLITZ Training Manual 2-3 BLITZ Client Assignments BLITZ information & updates All Team Members are invited to attend any of the full training sessions.   Please Note If you have 10 or more teams and are willing to host a training at your site, open to your group and others, please contact Frank Schwartz at 636-9276 or frank@projectwarm.org. We’ll do our best to set one up at your place. Arrangements for additional trainings must be in place by September 14th, 2007. Sessions at LG&E:  Allow approx. 10 minutes for passing through security and parking. Training Manuals & Client Assignments will only be available at the session for which you sign-up.  Please contact Frank Schwartz at 636-9276 or frank@projectwarm.org, if you need to switch to another training session.
	Please choose a session and return the Team Registration form as soon as possible. A maximum of 20 participants may sign-up per session.       new team leaders MUST attend one of these FULL SESSIONS: DATE TIME LOCATION   7:00 - 8:30 pm Church of the Epiphany 914 Old Harrods Creek Rd.  40223   5:30 - 7:00 pm Jewish Community Center 3600 Dutchmans Ln. (rear entrance)  40205   5:30 - 7:00 pm LG&E an E.ON Co. - Broadway Office Complex 701 S. Ninth St. (Basement Assembly Rm.)  40203   5:30 - 7:00 pm Maloney Center 1200 S. Shelby St. (at Oak St.)  40203   5:30 - 7:00 pm Central Presbyterian Church  318 W. Kentucky St. (at Fourth St.)  40203   5:30 - 7:00 pm LG&E an E.ON Co. - Broadway Office Complex 701 S. Ninth St. (Basement Assembly Rm.)  40203   ONLY “REPEAT” TEAM LEADERS* MAY SIGN-UP FOR AN ABBREVIATED SESSIONS: *Must have attended BLITZ Team Leader Orientation & Training in or after 2004 DATE TIME TRAINING LOCATION   12:15 -  12:35 pm Maloney Center 1200 S. Shelby St. (at Oak St.)  40203   5:00 - 5:20 pm LG&E an E.ON Co. - Broadway Office Complex 701 S. Ninth St. (Basement Assembly Rm.)  40203   5:00 - 5:20 pm LG&E an E.ON Co. - Broadway Office Complex 701 S. Ninth St. (Basement Assembly Rm.)  40203   “Repeat” Team Leaders* may also opt to send one of their team members to a full session.   ▲return to top
	Students and youth groups are an important part of Project Warm’s Annual BLITZ; providing lots of enthusiasm and willingness to help. They can also earn needed volunteer service hours.  To maximize their experience and to deliver meaningful and respectful service to Project Warm Clients, we ask those assembling teams with students or youth groups to follow these procedures.  Any student interested in volunteering with Project Warm must be, at least, a high school freshman.    Youth Team Composition Three to four students - high school freshmen or older Of those students, one must: Be a junior or senior Have prior experience as a Blitz volunteer Have been to Team Leader Orientation and Training Serve as the team mentor, coordinating his/her fellow students on the job. In addition to the students on the team, the team must have one person over the age of 21, who has attended Team Leader Orientation & Training and serves as responsible party for the youth team. Youth Participation Includes Five Elements Signatures from a parent or guardian on the Team Member Registration. Attending Orientation & Training. Arriving at 8:00 a.m. for the BLITZ Day Breakfast & Send-off. Providing BLITZ in-home service for 2-3 homes. Debriefing and returning materials upon completion of in-home service. Youth Team Training   Whenever possible, groups of 10 or more teams may receive training at their site. All students are expected to attend training.   Individual Youth Volunteers   For students who are interested in volunteering but are not part of a team: Complete the Team Member Registration and list "need a team" under Team Leader. click here. Attend Orientation & Training, then be assigned to a team which needs additional members. Or opt for "desk jobs" before, during or after the BLITZ. Complete the Event Volunteer Registration form, click here and return as soon as possible. ▲return to top
	Form: Due No Later Than:   Group or Organization Contact Form ASAP   Team Registration ASAP or October 12, 2008   Team Member Registration October 12, 2008   Event Volunteer Registration October 12, 2008   ▲return to top
	We Need YOU...To help us prepare for the Project Warm BLITZ! Click here to download the Event Volunteer Registration form (pdf)   PRE-BLITZ Assembling Blitz supply bags Assembling Blitz training materials Phoning Blitz Clients to confirm Blitz dates & times Provide clerical help at a training Photograph or video a training Prepare materials for Blitz-Day set-up Data Entry   BLITZ DAYS Assist with registration, materials distribution or provide clerical help Assist with debriefing, materials return or provide clerical help Photograph or video the event and volunteer service  POST-BLITZ Data Entry and clerical help ▲return to top
	Project Warm T-shirts will be available for sale at the BLITZ.             $15.00 for Small to X-Large               $20.00 for 2X-Large to 3X-Large   ▲return to top
Take a look at this year's Holiday Greeting Cards             Made by Norton Elementary student artists... on sale soon! Order cards now!	A sampling of items from Project Warm's 2007 Holiday HouseWarming; our annual Silent Auction and Art Sale to benefit our programs so that we may offer weatherization services to low-income households year-round, will be available for sale on all BLITZ Days.    From colorful holiday cards to hand-painted birdhouses and ornaments, student artists from duPont Manual High School, Male High School, Norton Elementary, Noe Middle School and more, are contributing their time and talent into making wonderful works of art.  Here's a chance to find creative and unique gifts for family and friends this holiday season, as well as giving a gift of support to Project Warm!   ...And for an even greater selection, Please Join Us:   Tuesday, December 4th at the Olmsted from 5:30 - 8:00 pm   for some Holiday cheer, treasures and hors d'oeuvres.   This year, we will once again feature hand painted bird houses, ornaments, magnets and pins, appliquéd aprons and scarves, holiday cards, photography note cards and much more.   For more information, click here.   ▲return to top
	Download a Registration packet (PDF)     Be a Team Leader     Alternate Volunteer Day(s) Team Requirements     Team Leader Orientation and  Training  Schedule     Youth Participation Guidelines     Registration Deadlines     Be an Event Volunteer     Get your Blitz T-shirt