What's a DOVIA or State Association?

New York DOVIAs

Serves all New York state -- New York State Association of Directors of Volunteer Services
Membership in the state association originates at the chapter level. There are seven chapters covering specific geographic areas of New York state. Membership is open to those who manage or direct volunteers in health and healh-related orgaizations and facilities. The state association sponsors a conference each year. Detailed information is avaible on our website: www.nysadvs.net

Serves New York City Area - New York Association for Volunteer Administration(NY AVA)
The New York Association for Volunteer Administration (NY AVA) is an affiliate of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA), an international membership organization committed to promoting professionalism and strengthening leadership in volunteer management. NY AVA provides its members with a full network of educational resources including a variety of year-round workshops and meetings where professionals who work with volunteers can meet and share experiences. We offer our members such benefits as biannual membership meetings, mentoring for CVA certification, an extensive Job Bank, NY AVA Newsletter and apprenticeship placement.

Contact:
Maria Casey:
Eric Grant:
http://www.nyava.org
Last Update on 8/19/08

Serves all of Westchester and Putnam County -- Westchester Association for Volunteer Administration
Run by the Volunteer Center of United Way

Contact:
280 N. Central Avenue, Suite
310 Hartsdale, NY 10530
(p) 914-948-4452
http://www.volunteer-center.org/nonprofits/professional_dev.shtml
wava@volunteer-center.org
Last update on 8/16/07

Serves greater Glens Falls region - Directors of Volunteers in Agencies - DOVIA
Members meet 8am to 9am monthly at the Ridge Street Cafe in Glens Falls on the first Wednesday of the month, Oct.-June. A program relevant to volunteer management is offered at each meeting, presented usually by an outside speaker. The program is followed by a business meeting. Every year our group recognizes thousands of area volunteers in honor of National Volunteer Week by publishing a six+ page insert in the local newspaper, displaying the names of volunteers from numerous agencies.

Contact:
Sarah Hoffman, president
Lake George Land Conservancy PO Box 1250
Bolton Landing, NY 12801
(518) 644-9673

Last Update on 12/1/06

Serves Long Island (Nassau/Suffolk Counties) - The Association of Professional Volunteer Administrators (APVA).
Sponsors ongoing professional development workshops and promotes local networking amongst volunteer managers in non-profit/human service/gov't agencies.
For more information, visit http://www.apvali.org or contact President Janet Romeo
516-739-7733 X145, jromeo[at]epil.org

Serves Rockland County, NY - Leaders of Volunteer Services (LOVS)
 Meetings held the first Tuesday of the month from 8:30 am - 10:00 am at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Thiells, NY.  Meetings include resource sharing, study topics and trainings

Contact:
Phyllis Morena, President, PO Box 1000 Thiells, NY 10984 914-429-7085, pmorena@aol.com
Last Update on 3/20/98

Serves Borough of Queens, New York - Queens Directors of Volunteers in Agencies, QDOVIA
International Year of Volunteer Meeting Dates Last Tuesday of the Month. All activities include planning for the IYV 2001 celebration in the Borough of Queens.

Contact:
Audrey Nurse c/o Queensboro Council for Social Welfare 221-10 Jamaica Avenue, Suite 107 Queens Village, 11428 Tel. 718-468-8025 acn2@mindspring.com,
Last Update on August 17, 2000

 

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