Gatewood Volunteer Board
Volunteer Interest
There are SO many ways you can get involved and support your students and our whole Gatewood community this school year! We have opportunities for everyone– even if you have no time or resources to spare, there are lots of other ways to help out.​
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Volunteer Coordinator: Brynn Reilly
Reach out to VolunteerGatewoodPTA@gmail.com to get involved!
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Current Opportunities:​​
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2026 Gatewood Auction Team:
We are putting together the 2026 Auction team all that is missing is you! A helping heart is all that’s needed! We’ve added some new roles this year, to lighten loads and keep things fun.
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Procurement Chair
You’re the go-getter who dreams big and isn’t afraid to ask! In this role, you’ll lead the charge in gathering amazing items and experiences for the auction while overseeing and supporting the Procurement Team.
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Kid Art Lead: Guide class leads as they help kids create beautiful, one-of-a-kind art pieces for the auction – which you’ll gather and display ahead of the event.
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Greater Giving Lead: Help enter packages into and manage our auction software — no experience necessary, training is available!
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Logistics Lead: Be the behind-the-scenes hero managing auction item setup and item pickup.
Creative Design Co-Chair
Help lead the Creative Team and develop stellar print and digital graphics and content for the event. Collaborate with our Copywriting and Marketing Leads to keep everything beautiful, on-brand, and on-message!
Event Management Team Roles
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Entertainment Experience Lead: Book and manage fun, interactive event experiences.
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Beverage Lead: Help gather and prepare the grooviest of libations.
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Interested? Contact GatewoodAuctionChair@gmail.com
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Committee and/or Other Roles:
Check out our current 2025-2026 Gatewood Committee leads here. If interested in one of these positions for the upcoming year, please email VolunteerGatewoodPTA@gmail.com.
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Building Leadership Team: The BLT Rep acts as an advocate and parent voice on Gatewood’s Building Leadership Team, this is especially important during the March building budget planning around staffing allocations.
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Merch Coordinator: Facilitates the ordering/purchasing and distribution of Gator Gear
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Passport Club: This is a monthly geography enrichment program for ALL students in grades 1-5 that gets materials from https://passportclubonline.com/. The coordinator sends out a map where students learn the location of different countries at the beginning of each month and then organizes monthly ‘checks’ at the end of the month with a team of volunteers to quiz kids.
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Grounds Committee: All of the school grounds projects and permissions from SPS are coordinated by this committee.
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Grant Writer: Research and submit grants that would benefit Gatewood​​
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Advocacy Committee:
Advocacy can always use more hands on deck. To get involved, email gatewood.pta.advocacy@gmail.com
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DEI Committee:
DEI can always use more hands on deck. To get involved, email dei.gatewoodpta@gmail.com