TBABJ Needs Volunteers for Chicago party!

Members and friends of the Tampa Bay Assoc. of Black Journalists:

Many of you know that the TBABJ, a local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, will be hosting the national convention next year. As a result, we are responsible for helping to plan and execute the closing night party of this year's convention in Chicago, which also serves as the kickoff party for the 2009 get-together.

We have finalized many elements of the party. But we still need one thing badly: volunteers to help onsite.

We will need people to help stuff items into the 1,000 goody bags we will hand out at the party. We will also need some people to retrieve our entertainers from the airport and get them checked into their hotel rooms and also make sure they arrive at the party for their performances.

We will be handing out tickets to raffle off an outing at innisbrook resorts, so we will need people to do that. We will also need someone to design a flyer we hope to include with each registrant's packet onsite with details for the party.

In short, we need lots of volunteers. so, if you're attending this year's convention and are willing to devote some time to helping us out, please send an email soon, so i can start organizing folks into committees and we can get organized. We only have a few weeks left, and we need your help desperately.

Even if you think I know you're coming to Chicago, please email and let me know what's you'dl ike to work on. Thanks much!

Eric Deggans
President, Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists
Chair, NABJ Media Monitoring Committee
TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
www.tbabj.com
(727) 893-8521