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Organizations Serving the Volunteer Management Community in Special Settings

The following are professional associations coordinating the work of volunteers and/or volunteer program managers in specific settings or types of services. For volunteerism associations with a generic, non-site-specific focus, see Professional Associations

Accountants
Accountants for the Public Interest (API)
http://www.geocities.com/api_woods/api/apihome.html
1012 14th St., NW, Suite 906
Washington, DC 20005

Arts
Opera Volunteers International
www.operavol.org
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 810
Washington, DC 20005-1704
(202) 293-3797
(202) 293-5958

Boards
BoardSource (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards)
http://www.boardsource.org
1828 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-5114
202-452-6262 or 800-883-6262

College Students
Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org
National coalition of over 860 colleges and universities committed to developing student civic values, service-learning, and school/community partnerships. List of state affiliates at http://www.compact.org/state/

Idealist on Campus

http://www.idealistoncampus.org/

(Formerly COOL Campus Outreach Opportunity League)

Offers resources, events, educational tools, networking opportunities, and other programs that support students and campuses in strengthening communities through service, activism, and civic engagement.

Community Leadership
The Community Leadership Association (formerly NACLO - National Association of Community Leadership Organizations)
http://www.communityleadership.org/
200 S. Meridian Street, Suite 250
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Phone: 317-637-7408
Fax: 317-637-7413

Education
National Association of Partners in Education, Inc. (NAPE)
http://www.NAPEhq.org
901 North Pitt Street, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314
phone: (703) 836-4880
fax: (703) 836-6941
e-mail: NAPEhq@NAPEhq.org

National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE)
http://www.nsee.org/
9001 Braddock Road, Suite 380
Springfield, VA 22151
703-426-4268 / 800-803-4170

Government Settings

Federal Interagency Team on Volunteerism (FITV)

http://www.volunteer.gov/fitv/index.html

For federally administered volunteer programs focused on preserving natural and cultural resources.

Federal Volunteer Administrators Network (FedVAN)

http://www.pointsoflight.org/networks/nonprofitgov/federal.cfm

A section with the Points of Light Foundation.

National Association of Volunteer Programs in Local Government (NAVPLG)
http://www.navplg.org/
See website for current contact information (through association officers)

Healthcare
Association of Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP)

(formerly ASDVS -American Society for Directors of Volunteer Services)
http://www.asdvs.org

For practitioners in hospitals and nursing homes.  An affiliate group of the American Hospital Association.
One North Franklin – 27th floor
Chicago, IL 60606. 312-422-3000 or 3939

National Association of Voluntary Service Managers (NAVSM) - UK

http://www.navsm.org.uk
Pinderfields & Ponterfact, NHS Trust, Pinderfields Hospital,
Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG UK
Tel 01924 814674
NAVSM is a professional association that exists to promote good practice for volunteering in both health and social care.

Justice
Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)

http://www.policevolunteers.org/

National site of the US Dept. of Justice connecting local volunteer programs assisting the police .

Volunteers in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc.
http://vipmentoring.org/
163 Madison Ave.
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Phone: 313.964.1110
Fax: 313.964.1145

Lawyers
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono Public Services
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/volunteer.html
Includes links to other pro bono legal sites around the country: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory/programlinks.html

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm
List of organizations in US cities maintained by the National Endowment for the Arts

Libraries
Friends of Libraries USA
http://www.folusa.com/
1420 Walnut Street Suite #450
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-790-1674 or 1-800-9FOLUSA

Mentoring
International Mentoring Association
http://www.mentoring-association.org/
WMU Office of Conferences and Institutes
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone: (269) 387-4174
Fax: (269) 387-4189

National Mentoring Partnership

http://www.mentoring.org/

Site of a national network of mentoring organizations.

Museums
American Association for Museum Volunteers (AAMV)
http://www.aamv.org/
1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

Recreation
World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA)'s Volunteer Commission
http://www.worldleisure.org/about/interest_groups/volunteerism.html
Dr. Robert A. Stebbins
Department of Sociology, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Office phone: (403) 220-5827
Fax: (403) 282-9298
The WLRA has instituted the Volunteerism Commission, for a two-year provisional period, to advance theoretical and practical knowledge of the leisure aspects of volunteerism.

1/14/08

 

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