Like a lot of people who manage charities’ volunteer activities, Joni Todd fell into her job. The former teacher had volunteered for a year in the thrift shop run by the Freeport Area Church ...

Sixty-two percent of charities that use volunteers employ a paid staff member to manage them, according to a new study by the Urban Institute, a think tank in Washington. However, the survey also ...

The mission of the 4-H Youth Development Program is to provide real-life educational opportunities that develop young people who positively impact their community and world. Extension personnel and ...

Managing volunteers is every bit as challenging as managing paid staff, perhaps even more challenging in some ways. Nonprofit staff members supervise a constantly changing cast of volunteers and must ...

WATERLOO — The Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley, in partnership with the Volunteer Centers of Iowa and the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service, will offer a new web-based training resource for Iowa ...

Management of volunteers can be difficult, especially when you are new to managing volunteers, but Volunteer Wisconsin AmeriCorps, together with Bonnie Andrews from the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, ...

Serving on a not-for-profit board can be a rewarding experience, as board members’ involvement in organizational planning can help the not-for-profit fulfill its mission. To achieve this, it’s ...

EFFINGHAM -- Managing volunteers can be very different than managing paid staff; however, one thing remains the same: They are professionals and should be treated as such. If done right, organizations ...

Training in today’s fire service couldn’t be more important. With the all-hazards response that departments provide, members are required to master more skills than their counterparts of even 30 years ...

Award will lead to the creation of new capacity building training for smaller community agencies in need of additional volunteer support. More than $130,000 of new federal monies have been awarded to ...