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~ July 2010 ~
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GENERATION Y OR THE MILLENIALS?
- Average donations annually to charity$341Number of groups they support3.6Number who have volunteered in the last year57%Number of text messages sent in 24 hour period20Number who sleep with cell phone on or near bed83%Percentage that make donations online29%Percentage that joined a charity social network in last month37%Percentage who prefer to receive updates from charities via email93%
Source: The Millenials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change by Pew Research Center, The Next Generation of Giving, by Convio, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies; 2010 Millenial Donor Study, by Achieve and Johnson Grossnickle Associates. (Chronicle of Philanthropy May 6, 2010)
The Volunteers Are Coming — Are You Ready?
Online Training for Directors of Volunteer Programs
Online Class
Recruiting Volunteers
Fall Quarter 2010
- Want to improve and organize your recruiting efforts?
- Interested in targeting a market for recruiting volunteers?
Beginning in September the Volunteer Engagement and Leadership Program offer an online course, Recruiting Volunteers in conjunction with the School of Public Administration’s Institute for Nonprofit Studies and the Department of Extended Studies. The classes are part of a series that leads to certification in Volunteer Administration and can be taken pass/fail or for college credit.
Recruitment of Volunteers engages students in a marketing approach to the recruitment of volunteers. Interactive activities involve students in practical discussions of the different styles of volunteering—traditional and episodic; building a recruiting plan, advertising and promotion for volunteers, and the organization of a volunteer recruiting team.
Assignments are interactive and designed to build skills directly applicable to a manager of volunteers program. Assignments can be used immediately in existing volunteer programs.
For more information on the program visit: http://distancedegree.pdx.edu//programs/v_engagement.php
Conference on Volunteer Management
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sponsored by the Hawaii Association of Managers of Volunteers
September 17 and 18, 2010
Volunteer Management for a New Decade
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Building the Stable Volunteer Program 9:00 am - 12:00 pm While trends may come and go the infrastructure of the good volunteer program remains constant. Take this opportunity to assess your program’s health and go home with a plan to create new ways for people to volunteer and new ways to reach those who are not volunteering. This workshop is for visioning, planning, and problem-solving all rolled into one. Be prepared to think creatively. 1:00 pm - 3:00 Choices
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For more information contact Annie Volunteer@hawaiifoodbank.org
GRANTS AVAILABLE
Youth Service America is currently accepting applications for 3 grant programs, including grants for:
- middle schools to engage students in STEM-based service-learning program
- anyone to organize environmental service projects in September-November
- local, regional, or statewide organizations to serve as Global Youth Service Day Lead Agencies
For middle schools to engage students in STEM-based service-learning programs
STEMester of Service Grants (Deadline: July 15)
Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA's semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula. YSA is seeking middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth; STEM schools must be located in one of the 19 states with highest dropout rates (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wyoming). The $5,000 grant (that includes travel and training at YSA's Youth Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and implementing sustainable service projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).
For more information: www.ysa.org/grants/stem
For anyone to organize environmental service projects in September-November
Disney Friends for Change Grants (Deadline: July 15)
Disney's Friends for Change grants encourage kids everywhere to take steps together with their friends to help the planet. YSA will award 75 $500 grants to youth-led service initiatives around the world that demonstrate youth leadership and the commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Eligible applicants will be asked to implement their projects between September and November and to connect their projects to International Coastal Cleanup Day, National Public Lands Day (both September 25), or other environmentally focused days of service.. These grants are open to schools, organizations, and individuals planning service projects. Applications submitted by younger children aged 5-14 are especially welcome. The goal of the grant is to inspire children to join their friends and families, schools, and communities to address critical environmental needs as "friends for change" at the local, national, and/or global levels. Grant applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2010.
Learn more at: www.ysa.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange2010
For local, regional, or statewide organizations to serve as Global Youth Service Day Lead Agencies
2011 Global Youth Service Day Lead Agency Grants (Deadline: July 15)
Lead Agencies are local, regional, or statewide organizations across the United States, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, or New Brunswick that increase the scale, visibility, and impact of Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) by leading events in their city, region, or state. Lead Agencies convene a planning coalition of at least 10 partner organizations that collectively engage at least 600 youth volunteers in service on GYSD, engage local media and elected officials, and plan a high profile signature project or celebration of service. Lead Agencies receive a $2,000 GYSD planning grant sponsored by State Farm Companies Foundation, travel support to attend the Youth Service Institute, and ongoing training and technical assistance from Youth Service America to ensure a successful Global Youth Service Day. Past Lead Agencies have leveraged their position as a GYSD Lead Agency to strengthen their programs, form new partnerships, expand their volunteer base, garner media attention, gain support from local public officials, and secure additional funding.
Learn more and access the application at: www.GYSD.org/content/2011GYSDleadagency
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