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Never Forget, You Have a Hand in This

February 17, 2021

We invest in people. But we don’t often measure our investment’s growth. We’re too overwhelmed with daily work to stop and take stock of our positive influence on volunteers and our missions.

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There’s No Crying in Volunteer Management

October 24, 2018

Does volunteer management ever make you cry? It does, doesn’t it? I mean, when you are sitting there and a …

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Living in an Inside Out World

April 2, 2014

Jack is a part-time manager of volunteers at a large animal rescue shelter. His Volunteers do everything from checking animals …

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The Fabric of Volunteering

March 12, 2014

Sometimes I think about the complexities of our jobs and am amazed at the interconnectedness with volunteers, clients, pairings and …

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Looking Forward, Thinking Back

January 1, 2014

I have spent the last two days of 2013 calling volunteers who are no longer volunteering due to illness, taking …

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My Buy One Get One

December 25, 2013

Yesterday we did some impromptu volunteer caroling after a holiday party. One volunteer, Clara tagged along and I watched her …

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It’s a Wonderful Volunteer Manager Life ( Part 2)

December 18, 2013

Georgia stared at the monitor. “Why is she, I mean why am I crying?” she asked Clarise. “My dear,” Clarise …

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Thankful

November 27, 2013

As we approach Thanksgiving and I still don’t know if I will have the whole day off, thereby enlisting some …

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