Interview With A Volunteer: Ellie
We all know volunteer feedback is invaluable, during and after projects and assignments. There is also value in gathering feedback …
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Is it Time to Start Selling Volunteer Perfume?
In 1886 America, a struggling door to door book salesman, David H. McConnell discovered that the small vials of perfume …
What’s Over Our Volunteers’ Shoulders?
We can’t follow our volunteers around every minute of every assignment. I know for you closet control types, this evokes …
Yes, Virginia I Need to Know There is a Santa Claus
So many years ago, the famous New York Sun editorial of 1897 answered this letter from eight year old Virginia …
Soulplasty
I didn’t make an appointment to repair my soul, because I really never stop to think that I need it. …
The Shiny New Coin
The shiny new coin, there is nothing like it. It actually has a scientific reason for its radiance. During the …
Of Swords and Cranes
That morning was filled with the chaos of emails and phone messages and the flitting of staff whose requests and …
The Shaping of Volunteers
With Mothers Day still fragrant from all the vases of flowers and all the leftovers from dinners out, I started …
The Song of the Weathered Explorer
Volunteer Appreciation week has always been a chance to reconnect with volunteers. There are those you see every day, those …
An Open Letter to Prospective Volunteers During Volunteer Appreciation Week
Dear Potential Volunteer: Happy volunteer appreciation week. Although, you may not yet be a volunteer, by considering becoming one, you …
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