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Global Volunteer Network

Click to enlarge > Tom Kemp Global Volunteer Coordinator

I’m Tom Kemp, the Global Volunteer Coordinator, and a volunteer myself. I first met other volunteers at Planetfest, a large Planetary Society event celebrating a mission to Mars. I joined the local Pasadena volunteer group to help out with tasks at headquarters – rolling posters, stuffing envelopes, and talking about space exploration with people who shared my interests. Now, I’m thrilled to help people around the world become part of our community and urge you to join us as a Planetary Society volunteer.

The Global Volunteer Network is one of the cornerstones of the Planetary Society. Volunteers have turned their talents to a wide variety of projects, including:

• building scale models of the Lightsail,
• creating animation for the website,
• writing for the blog, and
• archiving the history of the organization.

Click to enlarge > Open House 2010 Bill Nye, Lou Friedman, and Buzz Aldrin with the LightSail model created by volunteer Dave Doody.

The rapid expansion of the Internet and web-based communities now offers a wide range of additional ways in which you can share your passion about space and introduce people around the world to the Planetary Society and its goals.

You can take an active role with the Planetary Society by joining our Global Volunteer Network. Just send me your name and email address, and I’ll get you started. Please contact me at tom.kemp@planetary.org. In several locations around the world, we also have Regional Coordinators planning local activities.  Check our Regional Coordinator page to see if there is one near you.

Let me know how I can help you and how you would like to help us.

Tom Kemp
Global Volunteer Coordinator