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Category Archives: volunteer appreciation week

National Volunteer Appreciation Week or Why My Hair Looks Like It’s On Fire

April 10, 2019

Happy National Volunteer Week! This is the week when we run all over the place, schlepping plates of sandwiches and …

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National Volunteer Week: Celebrate Service and Take Care

April 18, 2018

Happy National Volunteer Week! As you are deep in the midst of celebrating your volunteers’ service, put aside a few …

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Top 3 Theme Ideas for Volunteer Appreciation Week

April 4, 2018

Is it time to buy those cute banners and balloons for the annual volunteer luncheon? Do you wonder which phrase …

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Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week

April 26, 2017

Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week. It’s one of the most exhilarating and exhausting weeks of work, so please enjoy yet don’t …

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Luncheon and Food for Thought…

April 12, 2017

Get your dancing shoes on! This year, volunteer appreciation week in the US is April 23-29. It’s coming up in …

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Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week!

April 13, 2016

Well, it’s hump day for volunteer appreciation week and as everyone who manages volunteers knows, it is a wonderful, hopeful, …

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Oh, What We Don’t Do

April 16, 2014

Sometimes, don’t you just wake up on an otherwise lovely morning and stare at the universe and ask why? Last …

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An Open Letter to Prospective Volunteers During Volunteer Appreciation Week

April 9, 2014

Dear Potential Volunteer: Happy volunteer appreciation week. Although, you may not yet be a volunteer, by considering becoming one, you …

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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 Mass That Lurks Beneath the Surface

March 26, 2014

I’m not telling you anything new when I say we all want our volunteers to be acknowledged and appreciated. We …

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