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When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers
Submitted 9 December 2009 by Reed Dewey, Director,
Montgomery County Volunteer Center,
Rockville, MD USA
If the government and nonprofit sectors can better engage volunteers in positions of leadership and management roles, they will be able to leverage the work much more. If we're to engage volunteers more in this way, we'll need to treat them more as one of the team rather than "the volunteers." Volunteer Managers can show their worth even more if they leverage volunteers and engage other staff in this endeavor.
Submitted 1 December 2009 by H. Roberts, President,
Blankie Depot/Project Linus New Jersey,
Keyport/NJ USA
Agency to agency resource sharing is a viable option. In my immediate area there are over 300 non profits. In our own organization we have recruited and trained more than 7,000 volunteers since 1999. When sister charities approach us about manpower issues I share these opportunities with our large volunteer network through our e-newsletter. Many of the volunteers reporting to us are looking for additional opportunities. It is one of our goals, in support of the non profit community, to educate the time giving public where need is greatest. Therefore, we not only recruit for our own mission, we encourage volunteers we train to consider other community service positions. Sharing resources is mutually beneficial to all of us and keeps sharp,talented people active in service. I highly recommend that charity's broaden their approach to agency partnering during this professional crisis.
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