Good morning, Our hospital auxiliary is having their annual fashion show and luncheon to raise money for our hospital. In the last few years, we have added a...
Dianne Devine
didevine@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:54 pm
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Read about the Open Source volunteer community and it's implications for volunteer management. http://www.merrillassociates.net/topicofthemonth.php -- Mary V....
Mary Merrill
marymerrill@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:54 pm
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Hi Folks I'm looking for assistance and ideas to expand my volunteer program. I'm a volunteer coordinator for a District Attorney Office/Victim Assistance...
... Hi Nada, If you have a fax number, I will fax you what I have gathered thus far. Karen ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small...
Greetings, The Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association (WVCA) is interested in encouraging the formation of local volunteer manager networking groups ...
AVA will shortly be posting the kind of info Marti is looking for on the AVA web site under, "Networking: How To Start a Local Network." This area was under...
Paige Tucker
ptucker12@...
Apr 2, 2004 12:29 pm
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Regarding formation of a local volunteer manager networking group - I would suggest working with your state volunteer center association to get the word out....
Shaele N. Wood
swood@...
Apr 2, 2004 12:31 pm
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... I just read this. It ROCKS. Two excerpts that I love: "The Open Source movement is an amazing example of the volunteer structure - or lack of structure -...
Hi Carie, I am not a VA coordinator, but I have some suggestions. You might already be doing these things, but... Volunteers could: make follow up phone calls...
Have the bidders note their table number on each bid. End the bidding half way through the event. Deliver a card (something small like an index card - we...
SUSAN P- REEHL
reehl_rsvp@...
Apr 2, 2004 10:24 pm
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In my experience, what you are describing is called a Victim Witness program--at least in Arizona. Victim Assistance programs are crisis intervention, in which...
Bottorf, Judy
judy_bottorf@...
Apr 2, 2004 10:25 pm
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We have a dinner/silent auction/live auction. All of the silent auction tables close before dinner, so during dinner and the live auction we move the items...
Marlene Obie
mobie@...
Apr 2, 2004 10:26 pm
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Good morning everyone, I need your help! I'm considering going to the 2004 National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service in Kansas City in...
In Ontario, Canada, the program is often known as Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral Service (Vicars, VCARS) and has a different focus than your program. ...
I manage volunteers for a local affiliate of a national youth organization. Our volunteer dept. was established last August, so we have been developing...
Bevin Prater
bprater.indy@...
Apr 3, 2004 12:00 am
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Dianne, While working at Stokes Nature Center, we also had a silent auction at our dinner fundraiser. We layed the auction items out in advance along with...
Thanks for the suggestions Carrie. Unfortunately, a lot of those ideas you mentioned either staff do them, or they are done by other agencies. But the one you...
Carie Bauer
Carie_Bauer@...
Apr 3, 2004 2:30 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions Judy. I have researched about 25 programs so far, but if you know of any you think I should contact, I would love to receive that...
Carie Bauer
Carie_Bauer@...
Apr 3, 2004 2:31 pm
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RE:...considering going to the 2004 National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service in Kansas City in June, but I'm not sure if it will be...
Although this is not a youth organization, I am interested in learning about what methods people are finding to be useful approaches for determining volunteer...
Pam Kylstra
pam.kylstra@...
Apr 3, 2004 2:34 pm
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Paula, I like the conference because it has so many streams or different groups related to volunteerism- you can spend a few hours in workshops with corporate...
I live in a small town in Indiana. Each year, in conjunction with the Fourth of July Freedom Festival, the Chamber of Commerce hosts a scholarship pageant for...
[Edited for overquoting. Please do not copy entire post when responding. Thanks! TS, Moderator] Every year we have a chili cook off and silent auction as a...
Laura
cbtlaura@...
Apr 5, 2004 7:01 pm
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For those who are in the Delaware Valley, please note the following information. Thank you, Vicki PRESS RELEASE The Delaware Valley Association for Directors...
mcdvicki@...
Apr 5, 2004 7:01 pm
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"Unfortunately, a lot of those ideas you mentioned either staff do them, or they are done by other agencies" Hi Carie, It sounded like you had a well staffed...
Valerie, One question might be: What characterizes volunteer work? Or how do you define the term volunteer? When you get your list together, will you share...
Hi Paula - I went to the National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service for the first time in 2003 (I've been a volunteer coordinator for...
CHOUINARD Carrie F
carrie.f.chouinard@...
Apr 6, 2004 12:41 am
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I've attended about five National Conferences on Community Volunteering and National Service. They have progressively gotten much more focused on AmeriCorps...
Group, I decided to post this excerpt and link, because somebody posted about the "english-only" topic and here some of its legal ramifications are explained....
While we're talking about conferences, I'd like to put in a plug for the International Conference on Volunteer Administration, sponsored by the Association for...
