Building a Thriving Volunteer Program: A 7-Step Guide

Another thing you may want to consider is having resident volunteers

you have to be careful when doing this

There could be some residents who are bored and would like to help you

Consider their strengths so they will be able to help you do what they are capable of and feel good about it

When my volunteer team was low in numbers I had a lot of resident volunteers however that got to be a problem because every resident thought he should be a volunteer especially when we had an our volunteer breakfast

What happened was that some of the higher functioning residents were upset because they felt that some of the residents should not be volunteers

Luckily I straightened it out saying

That every person has strengths and are helpful in their own way

Anyway this is something to consider

Do not get discouraged it is hard to find Quality volunteers

Also remember a volunteer is a Volunteer and occasionally they have other commitments that interfere with volunteering but give them leeway especially if they're good

I have found a good time to recruit volunteers is when you are honoring the volunteers you already have

I help this gives you some further information

Very helpful, Much appreciated

Excellent! Appreciated. Darla Spiry

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