Hands On Documents & Resources

• Partnership Agreement
• Sample Non-Discrimination Policy
• Partnership/Membership Brochure
• Membership Invoice
• Evaluation Checklist - are you prepared for volunteer involvement?

Recruiting Tools

• Community Nonprofit Resources Group (CNRG) Listserv

• Craig's List - Portland Listserv

• The Oregonian - "Volunteer Connection"

• Oregon Mentors

• VolunteerMatch

• Idealist.org

• Network for Good

Non-profit and Volunteer Management

• Technical Assistance for Community Services (TACS)

• Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association (NOVAA)

• NOVAA Volunteer Management Library Collection

• Willamette Valley Development Officers

• Institute for Non-Profit Management at Portland State University

• Association for Volunteer Administration

• Oregon Commission on Voluntary Action & Service - Oregon Volunteers!

• Corporate Volunteer Council of the Greater Portland Area

• Energize

• Service Leader

• E-Volunteerism

• National Service Resource Center

• WorldVolunteer Web

• Volunteer Today

Volunteerism Awards

For Youth

• Youth Leaders for Literacy

• AT&T Cares Youth Service Action Fund

• The Bonne Bell and CosmoGIRL! Born to Lead Grant

• Global Youth in Action Award

• Do Something Brick Awards

• Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

• The National Caring Award

• The Congressional Award for Youth

• COOL (Campus Outreach Opportunity League) Community Service Awards

• Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Awards

• Harris Wofford Awards

For Individuals

• Blazers Community Builders Heart of the Community Awards

• Campus Compact Awards

• Independent Sector Awards

• Points of Light Awards

• President's Volunteer Service Award

• Volvo for Life Awards

• Make a Difference Day Awards

• Join Hands Day Awards

• Spirit of Hope Award

• The National Caring Award

• Jefferson Awards

• Gleitsman Foundation Community Activist Awards

For Volunteer Managers or Programs

• Blazers Community Builders Heart of the Community Awards

• Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association (NOVAA) Awards

• Harris Wofford Awards

• Campus Compact Awards

• Independent Sector Awards

• Good Neighbor Service Learning Award

• Association for Volunteer Administration Awards

• Points of Light Awards

National Service Days

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January
• National Youth Service Day - April
• National Volunteer Week - April
• Join Hands Day - May
• Cesar Chavez Day of Service & Learning - May
• One Day's Pay - September 11
• Make a Difference Day - October
• Kids Care Week - October
• National Family Volunteer Day - November

Data and Research on Volunteerism

Articles

• "Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering & Neighboring" - Points of Light Foundation

• Bureau of Labor Statistics "Volunteering in the United States, 2007"

• AARP "Time & Money: An In-Depth Look at 45+ Volunteers and Donors"

• Harvard School of Public Health "Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement" UPS Foundation "Guide to Investing in Volunteer Resources Management"

• "The Motivations to Volunteer" from Current Directions in Psychological Science

Websites

• Independent Sector

• Energize Inc.

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Corporation for National & Community Service Research

• The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

• Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)

• Child Trends DataBank on Volunteering

• Regis University Special Collection on Volunteerism

• e-Volunteerism Online Journal

• Journal of Volunteer Administration

• Charity Village

• Institute for Volunteering Research UK

• World Volunteer Web

• UC Berkeley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research Directory

• The Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies Canada