Opportunities From: Drexel Galaxy

Volunteer: PHLASK Outreach Tabling

Support PHLASK’s outreach efforts by joining tabling shifts at community events, where you’ll share about the PHLASK project, demonstrate what it’s like to use the site, and engage community members in discussion around topics like sustainability and food scarcity. You may also help with surveying community members about their needs and suggestions for improving the PHLASK experience. This is a great opportunity for anyone who feels excited about the importance of community engagement and discussions on sustainability!

Goal: encourage more people to try using PHLASK for the first time to find free resources; and encourage community members who are excited about PHLASK’s mission to join the team as a volunteer. 

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Support PHLASK’s outreach efforts by joining tabling shifts at community events, where you’ll share about the PHLASK project, demonstrate what it’s like to use the site, and engage community members in discussion around topics like sustainability and food scarcity. You may also help with surveying community members about their needs and suggestions for improving the PHLASK experience. This is a great opportunity for anyone who feels excited about the importance of community engagement and discussions on sustainability!

Goal: encourage more people to try using PHLASK for the first time to find free resources; and encourage community members who are excited about PHLASK’s mission to join the team as a volunteer. 

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: PHLASK Marketing Blitz

Generate design assets that can be used to attract users to the PHLASK App. We want to help raise awareness about PHLASK so that community members know they can use this web app to look up free resources in their area. This could include designing flyers, stickers, and/or posters to get people interested in PHLASK and learn how to access/use the website. The PHLASK team will support you with examples of prior design assets we’ve used in the past.

We’ll also need help with actually sharing the design assets around the city! You’ll help us post flyers, stickers, and posters across the city - we’ll work with you to plan out which areas of the city to go to. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on design experience while also thinking about how the public might engage with your designs when encountering them in the wild. This opportunity is hybrid (virtual with in-person meetings)

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Generate design assets that can be used to attract users to the PHLASK App. We want to help raise awareness about PHLASK so that community members know they can use this web app to look up free resources in their area. This could include designing flyers, stickers, and/or posters to get people interested in PHLASK and learn how to access/use the website. The PHLASK team will support you with examples of prior design assets we’ve used in the past.

We’ll also need help with actually sharing the design assets around the city! You’ll help us post flyers, stickers, and posters across the city - we’ll work with you to plan out which areas of the city to go to. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on design experience while also thinking about how the public might engage with your designs when encountering them in the wild. This opportunity is hybrid (virtual with in-person meetings)

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Social Media Volunteer

Support our civic and design circle by creating content for PHLASK’s social media platforms to engage with our community and share more about our mission and web app. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain hands-on experience with many different aspects of social media engagement for a social good cause.  Goal: post weekly or bi-weekly across all social media platforms. Tasks could include:

Writing posts or filming content for our social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social networksScheduling posts via social media scheduling toolsModerating online discussion groupsMonitoring social media for likes, comments, DMs, notifications, etc and responding appropriatelyDevising marketing campaigns for expanding likes, followers, and reachCommunicating with PHLASK on social media issuesAssisting with other social media projects that arise

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Support our civic and design circle by creating content for PHLASK’s social media platforms to engage with our community and share more about our mission and web app. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain hands-on experience with many different aspects of social media engagement for a social good cause.  Goal: post weekly or bi-weekly across all social media platforms. Tasks could include:

Writing posts or filming content for our social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social networksScheduling posts via social media scheduling toolsModerating online discussion groupsMonitoring social media for likes, comments, DMs, notifications, etc and responding appropriatelyDevising marketing campaigns for expanding likes, followers, and reachCommunicating with PHLASK on social media issuesAssisting with other social media projects that arise

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Allow Groups: Yes

Volunteer: PHLASK Tech Talk video & audio editing

In August 2025, the project’s technical conveners sat with Chris Alfano of Jarvus Innovations for an informal virtual discussion on how to build an open source tech project. Technical conveners Ron, Gabe, and Aaron shared their experiences, lessons learned, and more. The team is looking to use the ~1.5 hours of recorded content in any of the following ways:

Long-form video: long-form video for YouTube and FacebookLong-form audio: podcast-style edit to enhance audioShort-form video: mini clips that would be good as social media storiesCreative splicing: creative ways to group content and show themes; can include supplemental content

Ultimately we need content from this recording that can be used across social media. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain experience with creative editing of video content!

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

In August 2025, the project’s technical conveners sat with Chris Alfano of Jarvus Innovations for an informal virtual discussion on how to build an open source tech project. Technical conveners Ron, Gabe, and Aaron shared their experiences, lessons learned, and more. The team is looking to use the ~1.5 hours of recorded content in any of the following ways:

Long-form video: long-form video for YouTube and FacebookLong-form audio: podcast-style edit to enhance audioShort-form video: mini clips that would be good as social media storiesCreative splicing: creative ways to group content and show themes; can include supplemental content

Ultimately we need content from this recording that can be used across social media. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain experience with creative editing of video content!

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: PHLASK Geo-Cashing

Design a geo-caching activity for the PHLASK project, where the public is invited to use the PHLASK app to find hidden cash or prizes. (Inspired by the @cashdropphl Instagram account).

Goal: drive more people to the PHLASK app where Philadelphians can find & share access to free resources.

This project would need the following deliverables:

Project memo: a simple 1-page plan on how to execute the marketing activityProject management: coordination with the PHLASK team to implement any technology features to enable the activitySocial media content to explain the campaignActively geocaching and depositing the cash/prizes (provided by PHLASK team)

This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain experience with driving forward a creative community engagement project from start to finish! 

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Design a geo-caching activity for the PHLASK project, where the public is invited to use the PHLASK app to find hidden cash or prizes. (Inspired by the @cashdropphl Instagram account).

Goal: drive more people to the PHLASK app where Philadelphians can find & share access to free resources.

This project would need the following deliverables:

Project memo: a simple 1-page plan on how to execute the marketing activityProject management: coordination with the PHLASK team to implement any technology features to enable the activitySocial media content to explain the campaignActively geocaching and depositing the cash/prizes (provided by PHLASK team)

This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to gain experience with driving forward a creative community engagement project from start to finish! 

This call-to-action represents the PHLASK team’s envisioned goal. The development and execution of the final product will inevitably reflect the volunteers’ own ideas & input.

Organization: PHLASK

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Allow Groups: No