For Immediate Release: April 5, 2019 Hospice Volunteering is Worth More than $469 Million Annually Reports NHPCO Hospice community celebrates contributions of its volunteers during National Volunteer Week, April 7 – 13.
Are you looking for inspiration for how to volunteer for Heifer International with your church? Need some direction in how to impact the fight to end hunger and poverty even though you may live very far from your closest Heifer representative? Look no further than a church that has been working with Heifer for the past 72 years, and yet still continues to surprise us with their generosity and spirit of compassion.
1. Every time you volunteer, you are fueled by love. And that kind of fuel is different from greed, or fear, or competitiveness. It will give you the strength to do things you never thought you could do. And then some.
Right now, there are people in your church who want to volunteer, but aren’t involved yet. Some of them are waiting for the right opportunity—the role that perfectly aligns with their gifts. Others are literally just waiting to be asked. The challenge for your staff is finding the right times to ask, the right ways to ask, …
The reason everyone should volunteer at an animal shelter.
Kerre of Haymarket Regional Food Pantry shares why she volunteers to distribute nutritious ingredients from the Capital Area Food Bank.
Animals eventually will be trained to serve clients with disabilities or trauma
More and more churches are realizing the need for every child growing up in their ministries to have a mentor.
You don’t always have to give money. Sometimes giving your time is just as important, and often more rewarding.
Over the past ten years, the private sector has vastly increased their…
Although they’ve adjusted operations and may be working with fewer volunteers, local food banks are still serving communities in need.
Looking to volunteer for good causes, but don't know where to start? These eight resources will help you get your feet wet in no time.
United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community.
Volunteers can be a great asset for nonprofits, but they also can pose some risks.
I’ve heard it done often. In fact, I’ve done it too often. “It” in this case refers to trying to recruit church volunteers primarily by making announcements from the pulpit, via email, or within th…
Where can you go? How much does it pay (or cost) to volunteer?
Helping others and broadening perspectives through the Farmer-to-Farmer program
Once again I have had cause to marvel that churches rely so completely on volunteers ... and yet don't seem to know how to multiple and care for them. Other non-profit…
How do we get more volunteers? How do I love, train and keep the volunteers I have? What curriculum do you use and do you like it?
"Instead of trying to reshape ourselves to be like someone else, we should celebrate the shape God has given to each of us."