VOLUNTEERS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

If the idea of showing hospitality to visitors appeals to you, the Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau offers several exciting volunteer opportunities... giving you a chance to meet people with common interests, make new friends, have fun and live the life!

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	VOLUNTEER & INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES For a complete list of Volunteer and Internship Opportunities with the Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau and Convention Center, Click here. Apply Online: www.vbfun.com/volunteer OR contact Teri Wiley, Senior Convention Services Manager, at twiley@VisitVirginiaBeach.com.

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Another resource to use for volunteers is the destination itself. The Virginia Beach CVB, for example, has a volunteer program in place that helps recruit volunteers for planners and gives Virginia Beach residents the opportunity to reach out to the CVB if they want to help. When the American Bus Association came to Virginia Beach in 2008, the CVB assembled a team of 800 volunteers. "We're very hands on. We want to go out and put the message out in the community," says Al Hutchinson, vice president of convention sales and marketing at the CVB.

For the ABA convention, the CVB staff put the word out to local businesses and printed calls for help in the city publication. "All that was coordinated by our convention services team and staff at the CVB. We have a good system, a model in place," says Hutchinson. The local airport has also jumped on the volunteer bandwagon and has a staff to offer refreshments and transportation to groups when they arrive.