(Hopefully) Useful info about recruiting volunteers

Good afternoon, all! 

 So....even though volunteer recruitment has nothing to do with what I will be doing during my VISTA term, I'd still like to blog about it because it's something I'm really interested in overall.  During my first VISTA term (yup, this is year two of AmeriCorps for me), I found this to be quite useful since volunteer recruitment and management was one of my tasks.  The information comes from the following website where you can find lots more information on volunteering:  http://www.drcharity.com/voluntee.html

15 Places to Recruit Volunteers

1. Corporate newsletters

2. Schools and colleges

3. Retiree programs

4. Senior citizen centers

5. Corporate outplacement programs

6. Corporate volunteer programs

7. Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship

8.  Internship programs

9.  Career counseling services

10.  Civic clubs, fraternal societies, sororities

11.   Newspapers, radio, cable television

12.  Governmental organizations

13.  Court system

14.  Volunteer recruitment fairs

15.  Other nonprofit organizations

I have plenty of more information on volunteers that I will share in the future, but here's at least somewhere to start!  In case you're wondering where I got this information, I received a whole binder of information at my first PSO for my last VISTA position.  Who knows, maybe this whole binder will be up by the end of this year since I felt that the contents were helpful in getting me through my last year!

Hope everyone's doing well!

In service,

Laura

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