Enjoy a "staycation" by becoming
a tourist inside or near your own home. Often people fail to take advantage of
resources in their own community. The Cedar Falls Tourism and Visitors Bureau can be a wealth of
information for local attractions and activities. This featured agency blog was
submitted by Vicki Bailey, Cedar Falls Tourism & Visitors Bureau.
“To
foster, promote, and service our community as a quality destination for
visitors,” thus is the mission for the Cedar Falls Tourism & Visitors
Bureau. Our volunteers encompass everything that statement declares. From
welcoming students and their parents to the University of Northern Iowa to
serving on our board of directors, volunteers are our ambassadors
for the community promoting area attractions, restaurants, hotels and shopping
to visitors.
Volunteers for the Cedar Falls Tourism & Visitors
Bureau have great pride in our community, enjoy visiting with people and are
able to give directions, as many people that stop in the center are seeking
directions. In addition to volunteering at the Visitor Center other
opportunities are available, such as opening/closing the Behrens Rapp Station
and assisting at information tables for events like the Hawkeye Farm Show; sporting
events in the UNI-Dome, and the Iowa State Trap Shoot.
The estimated value of volunteer time for 2013 was
$22.50 per hour. Take that times the volunteer hours in 2013 of 3,971 and the
savings was $89,347.50. (Monetary rate found at www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time.
To find out more about volunteer opportunities with the Cedar Falls Tourism and Visitors Bureau, contact the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley at (319) 272-2087 or email information@vccv.org. For a complete listing of all available volunteer opportunities, check out www.vccv.org.
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