Volunteers of America Issues Anniversary Challenge.

PR Newswire;  February 15, 2006 ;     681 words ...Volunteers of America Celebrates Its 110th Anniversary by Remembering Some of Its Extraordinary Volunteers and by Encouraging All Americans to Volunteer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 8, Volunteers of America, one of the largest non-profit providers...

Making a difference with volunteers in agricultural education programs

The Agricultural Education Magazine;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Are you using volunteers in your Agricultural Education program? Have you thought about using volunteers to help you better serve your students...feel comfortable enlisting the aid of volunteers to enhance your agricultural education...

Do not forget about your volunteers: a qualitative analysis of factors...

Health and Social Work;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......who share their time and talents as volunteers is on the rise. In 1993 it was reported...In particular, most hospitals rely on volunteers to complete a multitude of tasks that...orienting, training, and monitoring volunteers as well as retaining these volunteers...

Schools are relying on volunteers

Lake Villa Review (IL);  February 1, 1996 ;     616 words ......officials to imagine their districts without volunteers and they refuse to conjure up the image. Volunteers have become such an integral part of...wouldn't be the same place without our volunteers," Millburn Superintendent James Menzer...

The withering volunteers: Bring them back alive

Nonprofit World;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Does your organization really need volunteers? is there a way to assure their success? Do you wonder why you lose volunteers? When you don't want volunteers, your paid staff members readily cooperate; you get no volunteers. When you do want volunteers...

The value of volunteers. (Fund Raising Considerations) (column)

Fund Raising Management;  February 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The value of volunteers The discussion leader at the roundtable...conversation, I asked him whether he involved volunteers in his visits to prospects, or whether...a local campaign that involved 50 volunteers. (Ironically, just after I had typed...

Volunteers well equipped to serve gymnastics Olympic test

Xinhua News Agency;  November 28, 2007 ;     374 words ...Volunteers well equipped to serve gymnastics Olympic test BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 750 volunteers equipped with specialty came to the service of the gymnastics...some with professional knowledge to act here. These volunteers have undergone several rounds of selections and professional...

Using volunteers in Ontario hospital libraries: views of library managers*

Journal of the Medical Library Association;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Background: Volunteers have been a resource for all types of libraries...attitudes librarians have toward library volunteers. More specifically, the attitudes of hospital librarians toward volunteers have never been studied. Objective: The...

Volunteers of America Breaks Ground for New Apartment Community for...

PR Newswire;  January 27, 2005 ;     409 words ...BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Volunteers of America today broke ground for its...84-unit housing community represents Volunteers of America's first effort in Montana...onto an interior courtyard. Nationally, Volunteers of America owns and operates more than...

Volunteers, charities can make the partnership grow

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Volunteers and charitable institutions are logical partners. Together they can accomplish and have accomplished...both sides. Two things need to be ascertained before a charity begins to embark on a program to use volunteers in its operation. One is why volunteers would want to volunteer? The other is what ...

LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL MONITORING FIELD SAMPLING PLAN FOR 2007

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 31, 2007 ;     390 words ......investigations planned for the Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Project at the Idaho National Laboratory...analysis plan supporting long-term ecological monitoring sampling in 2007. The data collected...will become part of the long-term ecological monitoring data set that is being ...

Volunteers of America Improves Housing for Low-Income Seniors in...

PR Newswire;  March 8, 2005 ;     512 words ...DENVER, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Volunteers of America today showcased its new Montbello...Montbello Manor property represents Volunteers of America's first effort to provide...Montbello area. The event coincided with Volunteers of America's 109th anniversary of serving...

More school districts requiring background checks of volunteers

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......districts requiring background checks of volunteers By ANNE DAVIS of the Journal Sentinel...2001 For a growing number of school volunteers, giving their time requires first giving...of all employees, but checking up on volunteers is becoming more common as schools expand...

Volunteers ready to lend a hand

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  October 26, 2007 ;     534 words ...News-Sun staff report About 100 volunteers from the College of Lake County will join millions of volunteers nationwide for service projects Saturday, Volunteers include college staff, students and faculty who will take on a variety of tasks. Eleven...

Guidelines for better management of volunteers

The Malay Mail;  January 15, 2002 ;     318 words ...VOLUNTEERS and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have something...needy. Hence, to ensure a "pleasant experience" for the volunteers while serving an organisation, a set of guidelines is...how to exit, as that seems to be the reason why these volunteers leave," Yayasan Salam Malaysia executive director ...