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​Assistant Director of Projects - Assignments

​Congratulations! You have advanced to the second round of the selection process for the position of “Assistant Director of Projects”.

Assignment 1: Write a Donor Solicitation Letter
As a 501c3 organization, OurSpace World, Inc. does and will continue to rely on public, government, and private financial support and generosity of donors and volunteers to do our mission critical work of cooperatively educating, organizing, and supporting squads of land stewards and Earth healers.

For this assignment, please write a donor solicitation letter that accomplishes the following goals:
  • informs donors about OurSpace World, Inc.
  • explains why donations are needed
  • ways donors can can give

Choose one of the following audiences / donation type combinations you will write the appeal for:
  • Individual person
  • Corporate
  • Event/Program Sponsorship
  • In-kind Service, Equipment
  • Volunteer

The purpose of the exercise is to assess your technical and professional writing skills.

You may use any of the following information about OurSpace to inform your letter:
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Assignment 2: Pre-Planning to Develop a Volunteer Training
For this assignment you will outline a program to teach/train volunteers who will be leading outdoor educational programming.

You will be meeting with someone on the OurSpace World Teach22 leadership team to begin outlining the program.

List some questions that you would ask in that meeting.


Deadline for Both Assignments:
Please convert the donor solicitation letter and your list of questions to a PDF document and email it to [email protected] within three (3) business days of receiving the assignment.

To ensure that your assignment is attached to the correct application, the subject line of your email should be, Last, First: Assistant Director of Projects. For example, if your name is Wangari Maathai, the subject line will be “Maathai, Wangari: Assistant Director of Projects”.