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| Event: | National Volunteer Week Recognition and Promotion Resources | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date(s): | April 27-May 3, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welcome to this site for volunteer administrators, especially targeted to recognize volunteers in programs for youth. It provides guides, ideas, and materials to recognize volunteers and to promote volunteerism during National Volunteer Week and throughout the year. Administrators of any volunteer program should find items they can use. A volunteer gives time and expertise without expecting monetary compensation. The half of the U.S. population who volunteers makes many educational, health, cultural, and human service programs work. A recent survey conducted by the Gallup Organization for Independent
Sector found 44% of Americans volunteering with a formal organization in 2000.
Based on in-home interviews of a representative sample of
adults over 21, an estimated 83.9 million people volunteered
an equilivalent of 9 millon full-time employees at a value of $239 million.
It is especially important for these programs and those whom they benefit to make special efforts to recognize their volunteers as part of a complete volunteer management system. The specialists in 4-H youth development education and volunteerism at Land Grant Universities of the North Central States have prepared volunteer recognition materials at this website to assist program administrators, especially those working with 4-H. Included materials will also help to promote volunteering. The materials are presented with like items in separate files, so that they may be downloaded easily in Microsoft Word and adapted for your own use. Users who do not have access to Microsoft Word may view and print the following PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat. (However, no modification to the Acrobat files is possible.) Click here for information on how to view the PDF files. The following files are included:
Participants are invited to share ideas that you've used successfully in recognizing volunteers. The authors also appreciate feedback on these resources and suggestions of items you'd like to see on a future volunteer promotion page. If you plan to use this information, please complete the Feedback Form This gives us an idea of the people we are reaching. Special appreciation goes to the volunteer specialists for 4-H youth programs
in the North Central region:
McKinley, Steve, Extension Specialist, Leadership-Volunteerism, Purdue University, mckinles@purdue.edu Gleason, Chris, 4-H Volunteer Development Assistant, Iowa State University, cgleason@iastate.edu Levings, Judy, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, Iowa State University, jlevings@iastate.edu Buchele, Rod, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, Kansas State University, rbuchele@oznet.ksu.edu Chapin, Julie, Program Leader, 4-H Youth Programs, Michigan State University, chapin@msue.msu.edu Deidrick, Jim, Volunteer Leadership Development Educator, University of Minnesota, deidr001@umn.edu Williams, Mary Jo, State 4-H Youth Development Specialist, University of Missouri, WilliamsMJ@missouri.edu Swanson, Doug, Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development, University of Nebraska, dswanson8@unl.edu Greve, Vickie, Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist, University of Nebraska, vgreve1@unl.edu Vettern, Rachelle, Extension Specialist, Leadership and Volunteerism, North Dakota State University, rvettern@ndsuext.nodak.edu Schwartz, Vickie, Assistant State Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, Ohio State University, schwartz.4@osu.edu Osborne, L.J., Youth Development/4-H Specialist, South Dakota State University, osborne.lj@ces.sdstate.edu Pleskac, Sue, 4-H Volunteer Leadership Specialist, University of Wisconsin, sue.pleskac@ces.uwex.edu |
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