OPPORTUNITIES

Taste of Science Firsthand
Connecting with youth, connecting with science, changing lives.
Science Firsthand is an afterschool science enrichment program that makes it possible for middle school aged youth to do weekly science investigations with an adult mentor.

The Science Firsthand program runs at 13 different community centers in Buffalo. Together the centers have formed the Science Firsthand Collaborative of Buffalo (SFCB). The goals of the Collaborative are to share resources and to develop enough local support to make science a long-term component of after school programming.

The Science Firsthand Collaborative is still in its early stages and we have not yet introduced it to the public other than at the annual Young Investigators Conference at the Buffalo Zoo. We are looking for an individual who could organize friend-raising events where new audiences could experience Science Firsthand in action.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop a marketing tool or tools for introducing the Taste of Science Firsthand event to groups of adults
• Use the tools to prospect for organizations and corporations that will host a Taste of SF event
• Schedule the Taste events
• Prepare the be-a-friend of SFCB printed pieces that ask Taste attendees to provide support to the SFCB
• Make follow-up calls to attendees to gauge the impact of the event

Contact Bill Rogers (billroger@gmail.com) or Chelsea Boyd (cwboyd89@yahoo.com) if interested in the Taste of Science Firsthand. A pdf of the Collaborative’s brochure is available here.