History

America's Voluntary Spirit, Brian O'Connell, 1998

Common Sense and Volunteer Involvement, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2012

Corporate Citizenship: A Tax in Disguise?, Richard Teather, 2003

Challenging the philosophy behind the practice.

Does It Matter if Volunteers Work in a Nonprofit or a Government Setting?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2004

Don't Let the History Made by Volunteers Fall through the Cracks of Time, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2013

Economic Development, Internet Technology, and Volunteers, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2004

Encouraging Entrepreneurial Volunteering, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2006

Energize Turns 40!, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2017

Give Volunteers a Voice, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1998

Government, Politicians, and the Use of the Word "Volunteer", Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2004

The History of Volunteer Involvement in Seven Stages, Susan J. Ellis, Appeared as an "On Volunteers" column in The NonProfit Times

How Serving the Volunteer Field Has Changed after 35 Years -- Or Not?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2012

The Implications of History, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2006

In Frontier Days: From good neighbours to the earliest voluntary organizations

brief essay on Canadian volunteering history

The Language of Volunteering - A Time for Vigilance, Bill Gunyon

Lessening Social Exclusion through Volunteering, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1999

Lifting Someone Else: Government Encouragement of Volunteer Efforts, Michael Jay Friedman, eJournalUSA, 2006

Limiting Volunteers through Insurance Requirements, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2010

Making an Impact When You Spend Money, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2003

Marking a Special Birthday, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2007

More Practical Issues in Career Effectiveness: Thick and Thin Leadership, Ivan H. Scheier, VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement, 1980

Moving on from 2001, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2002

The Need for Institutional Memory, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2003

On Being a Dream-Catcher, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2000

Once in a Millennium Opportunity, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1999

Philanthropy, Civic Engagement, and the Lessons of Volunteering, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1999

The Presidents' Summit One Year Later, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1998

Professional Ethics in Volunteer Administration

oiginally developed by the former Association for Volunteer Administration and kept current by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration http://cvacert.org/

A Proposal for IYV2001: The Look Back to Look Ahead Project, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2000

Servi-Tourism, Ann Hulbert, Slate

Should We Cap the Number of Hours a Volunteer May Serve Each Week?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2013

Start Early: Teaching Students about Volunteering, Not Simply Doing It, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2006

Steps for Sharing Your Volunteerism History, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Website, October 2001

Still Tilting at Windmills, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2005

Stop Volunteers from Being Their Own Worst Enemies, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2013

Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization's Brain, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2013

Together We Stand: Volunteers and Volunteer Resource Managers Connected, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2006

Volunt/ar/eer/ism: What's the Difference?, Susan J. Ellis

The Volunteer Generation Gap, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2000

Volunteering in For-Profit Settings: Exploitation or Value Added?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2000

Volunteering Is Inherently Political, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2012

Volunteering: The Human Face of Democracy, Jennifer Wilkinson and Michael Bittma, 2002

Volunteerism Past and Present, Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell, Ch.12, pp. 353-5, Energize Inc., 2005

A Volunteerism Perspective on the Days after the 11th of September, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2001

War and Volunteers: History Repeats Itself, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2003

When Things Look Dark, Volunteers Can Spark Lightning, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2016

When Volunteers Resist Change, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2010

Which would most benefit your organisation...

Directory of Social Change (UK), February 2011 "Quick Survey Analysis" on the question: Which would most benefit your organisation, a 10,000 cash donation or an equivalent value in volunteers (or volunteer hours)?-- 91% chose the cash.

Who Is Harriet Naylor Anyway?, Susan J. Ellis, e-Volunteerism, Vol. I, Issue 1, 2000

Why Is It Labor Unions vs. Volunteers?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1997

The World According to Volunteer Experience, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2002

"You Get What You Pay For", Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2010

The “Social Compact” and Voluntary Action Are the Foundation of Democracy -- Even Today, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2017

A History of Nonprofit Boards in the United States

By Peter Dobkin Hall from BoardSource , 2003, pp. 30

Rediscovering and Sharing Our History of Volunteers

Energize, Inc. encourages all efforts by organizations and communities to celebrate volunteers today by showcasing them as the current step in a continuum of volunteer action from the past and therefore the next step to future service. This is a great way to recognize volunteers and educate the public about their importance. This guide gives you great ideas for creating a volunteer history project of your own -- plus real-life examples from colleagues.

, 2014, pp. 13

Understanding 'Service': Words in the Context of History and Culture

By Natasha Menon, Amanda Moore and Michael Sherraden, published by Center for Social Development/Global Service Institute.

, 2002, pp. 15

Volunteer Voices: Belfast's Creative Extremists

Based on an oral history project in Belast, Volunteer NOW and VSB Beldast present a history of volunteering in Belfast, Northern Ireland through personal remembrances of dozens of volunteers and several historians. Show how volunteering for peace and reconciliaton during that city's "Troubles" between 1968 and 1998, it gives insight social activism.

, 2010, pp. 162

Codes of Ethics

http://philanthropy.com/article/Online-Resources-for-Creating/52601/

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has compiled this list of online resources for creating codes of ethics.

Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library

http://indiamond.ulib.iupui.edu/cdm/

Archival material from the IUPUI University Library's Philanthropy Resources Online collection. Search keywords such as "volunteering," philanthropy," etc. Many journals from the 1960s-1990s have been digitized online here, so anyone looking for older material and historical archives can find treasures.

Giving and Volunteering in the Americas

https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/giving-and-volunteering-americas-spring-...

From the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, this complete online journal issue contains more than 30 articles by various authors on some aspect of philanthropy, volunteering, corporate social responsibility, and more in Central and South American countries (particularly Brazil, Peru, and Mexico).

Helping the Poor: Friendly visiting, dole charities and dole queues

http://www.civitas.org.uk/

155-page PDF by Robert Whelan for Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society, London, 2001, examining the roots of organized charity in England from the "volunteer person of leisure" to paid social workers.

Schools of Citizenship: Charity and Civic Virtue

http://www.civitas.org.uk

70-page PDF by Frank Prochaska for Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society, London, 2002, thoughtfully examining the history of voluntary collective action in Britain versus the rise of the welfare state.

The Serious Leisure Perspective

http://www.seriousleisure.net

Canadian academic William A. Stebbins has devoted his career to studying the connection of leisure to work and volunteering,as well as professional to amateur. The site offers a wealth of materials, including a Digital Library of many articles.

"The Volunteers: Americans Join World War 1, 1914-1919"

http://thevolunteers.afs.org/

AFS Intercultural Programs has created this website and a wonderful written curriculum to teach students about volunteering in WWI, but it really offers great ideas for presenting all types of volunteer service. Free, downloadable materials.

Print and e-Books in Our Store

By the People

Revised in 2005, this book remains the only presentation of the full scope and depth of volunteer activity throughout three centuries of American history.

Visionary Leadership in Volunteer Programs

A collection of favorite and most-requested presentations from Marlene Wilson, volunteer management pioneer and leader in the field.

History Project Team in Australia

Submitted by Sallie Davies, Volunteering Western Australia

Volunteering Western Australia will launch its history in June. Prepared by the History Project Team over the past 4 years this story is told by the people who have lived it. It is a story of vision, commitment and fulfillment. To those who have lived it, it is exciting and factual. To volunteers and people working with them, it is a message of hope for the future.

A grant to commemorate the Centenary of Federation in Australia has made publication possible in this International Year of Volunteers. This grant reflects the spirit of those volunteers who pioneered settlement in Australia and reminds us that volunteers are the spirit of community. Volunteers,indeed, can change the world.

Medical Center Auxiliary Celebrates 40 Years

Submitted by Shelly Berger, Administrative Assistant and Auxiliary Liaison, Greene County Medical Center , Iowa, USA

The Greene County Medical Center Auxiliary, Jefferson, Iowa, celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. We compiled our history and showed it off with displays and brochures. We even sewed and displayed quilt blocks from past quilts that have been raffled by our organization. We then held an open house that featured these displays and tours of departments where our organization donated funds for specific equipment and furnishings. Refreshments were served and commemorative pens were given.

This event got us busy and worked on compiling our history. Before that, we had bits and pieces, but this really pulled it together. The volunteers worked very hard to get ready for this event, with very little help from our staff. It was a fun celebration.

Sharing Our History of Volunteers

Submitted by

At Energize, we have a special interest in documenting the history of volunteers. Our president, Susan J. Ellis, co-authored the book: By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers, New Century Edition. We encourage all organizations and collaborative efforts to celebrate volunteers today by showcasing them as the current step in a continuum of volunteer action from the past and therefore the next step to future service. This is a great way to recognize volunteers and educate the public about their importance. [You can also read Susan's original "Hot Topic" introducing this idea and see what colleagues said in reply.] On this page, we share how others have celebrated the history of their volunteers, plus provide links to pages that can help you develop or share your projects.

Volunteers and Their History

Quilt Squares

Submitted by Tina Branco, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society , VA, USA

As part of our celebration of 100 years of service, we are combing our archives to produce a complete history, and we asked each of our 54 offices around the world to produce a quilt square. Volunteers then put the quilt together and it is now "touring" our offices so volunteers can see the results of their efforts. Story and picture are also posted on our web site www.nmcrs.org

Volunteer Hall of Fame

Submitted by Frank Pomata , NY,USA

The coalition of volunteer managers and their agencies on Long Island that came together originally to celebrate IYV2001 decided to remain together and have focused their efforts on creating a "VOLUNTEER HALL OF FAME." The initial honorees were all founders of their respective non-profit/volunteer-driven groups and were recognized at a ceremony in November 2002 at Stony Brook University. A trade-show style display was donated by Fleet Bank and will be touring various venues around Long Island during 2003 to help spread the word about the honorees, as well as the Hall of Fame itself. A calendar featuring the honorees has been printed and is being distributed at this time. We're gearing up for this year's nominations and ceremony too. Just curious -- Does anyone know of any other VOLUNTEER Halls of Fame, in the US or elsewhere??

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