Please share this with your volunteers as a development opportunity!
Want to develop your leadership skills and get more people involved in building our community?
Volunteer and Mentor Center projects & teams are led by our amazing Volunteer Leaders. Attend our free training and learn how to develop and manage every aspect of our projects, from agency contact and volunteer sign-ups to project management and follow-up. As our strongest link to the community, Volunteer Leaders ensure that every volunteer has a positive experience and that the real needs of the agencies are being met.
Volunteer Leader Training is also very valuable to volunteers active within any of our Partner Agencies. Having a trained Volunteer Leader volunteering at any of our Partner Agencies helps to facilitate the process when the Center sets up a project at an agency for an employee day of service, a national day of service, or just a group volunteer project.
Volunteer managers, consider having a volunteer that works on setting up and facilitating group projects within your agency. One less thing on your plate :o)
Date: December 4 from 6-8pm
Location: United Way MWV (455 Bliler Ave. NE Salem 97301)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Still Need Projects for Willamette Valley FBLA!!!!
The Volunteer & Mentor Center is excited to organize a large-scale service project for the Willamette Valley Region of Future Business leaders of America (FBLA)!!
These 100 high school students (freshman-senior) from around the valley will be at a conference, convened at Chemeketa Community College, on January 31st, and are available to complete service projects. The project can be anything, as long as they can complete it on the college campus.
Examples might include assembling a mailing or information packets, sorting donations such as books or clothing, or creating toys for animals. We are looking for 10 projects for students broken into groups of 10.
We must have agency commitment by December 1st!
If you are interested, please contact Khela (ksinger-adams@unitedwaymwv.org, 503-363-1651) and provide the following information:
1) Agency name
2) Project contact information
3) General project idea (we will finalize details later, just need general idea and commitment)
As a note we will take care of picking up materials and returning completed projects to your agency. We hope you will join us as it is a great opportunity to help high school students learn about the mission of your organization and ways they can get involved in the community.
These 100 high school students (freshman-senior) from around the valley will be at a conference, convened at Chemeketa Community College, on January 31st, and are available to complete service projects. The project can be anything, as long as they can complete it on the college campus.
Examples might include assembling a mailing or information packets, sorting donations such as books or clothing, or creating toys for animals. We are looking for 10 projects for students broken into groups of 10.
We must have agency commitment by December 1st!
If you are interested, please contact Khela (ksinger-adams@unitedwaymwv.org, 503-363-1651) and provide the following information:
1) Agency name
2) Project contact information
3) General project idea (we will finalize details later, just need general idea and commitment)
As a note we will take care of picking up materials and returning completed projects to your agency. We hope you will join us as it is a great opportunity to help high school students learn about the mission of your organization and ways they can get involved in the community.
42 Volunteers Participated in Family Volunteer Day!
42 volunteers participated in the Volunteer & Mentor Center's first annual Family Volunteer Day! Projects included volunteering at Mission Mill Museum decorating for the Mill's annual Magic at the Mill event and creating crafts for kids to complete at the event, working in a community garden for Marion-Polk Food Share, and tagging clothing donations at the Willamette Humane Society's thrift store.
All volunteers were provided with an Incredible's DVD and Incredible's merchandise - all provided by Disney VoluntEARS, the official sponsor of Family Volunteer Day. But more than that, the families had an opportunity to volunteer together, spending time as a family while serving our community!
We'll be rolling out more national Days of Service over the next year, so stay posted and be thinking about what projects your agency needs to complete. The next day of service will be Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Into the Streets in January!
All volunteers were provided with an Incredible's DVD and Incredible's merchandise - all provided by Disney VoluntEARS, the official sponsor of Family Volunteer Day. But more than that, the families had an opportunity to volunteer together, spending time as a family while serving our community!
We'll be rolling out more national Days of Service over the next year, so stay posted and be thinking about what projects your agency needs to complete. The next day of service will be Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Into the Streets in January!
Training Opportunities for our VISTA
We are working on developing our onsite orientation and training for our AmeriCorps VISTA that will be coming on board in early February. As part of our VISTA's training, we want to get her out into the community and interacting with a number of our partners.
We are requesting Partner Agencies that will be willing to meet with our VISTA for about 1 to 2 hours sometime in early February to do the following:
- introduce your organization
- talk about the issues facing our community in your respective service area
- talk about the resources facing our community in your respective service area
- talk about how the power of volunteerism can make an impact in your agency and service area
Please let us know if you are interested by responding to this post.
We are requesting Partner Agencies that will be willing to meet with our VISTA for about 1 to 2 hours sometime in early February to do the following:
- introduce your organization
- talk about the issues facing our community in your respective service area
- talk about the resources facing our community in your respective service area
- talk about how the power of volunteerism can make an impact in your agency and service area
Please let us know if you are interested by responding to this post.
Call for Off-Site Projects
Thank you to all of our Partner Agencies that have stepped up and provided us projects for the young woman with community service hours due to a prior felony. She still has over 30 hours to complete in the next two weeks. We are looking for the following:
1) Projects in your office that can be completed sometime over the next two weeks.
1) If someone with a felony cannot volunteer in your office, then any projects that can be completed off-site in our United Way office over the next two weeks.
Some examples: putting together mailings, stuffing hand-outs, folding brochures, wrapping presents, etc. She does excellent work!
Please help us in assisting this young woman complete her hours!!!
1) Projects in your office that can be completed sometime over the next two weeks.
1) If someone with a felony cannot volunteer in your office, then any projects that can be completed off-site in our United Way office over the next two weeks.
Some examples: putting together mailings, stuffing hand-outs, folding brochures, wrapping presents, etc. She does excellent work!
Please help us in assisting this young woman complete her hours!!!
Next Quarterly Training Topic
Our next quarterly training for Partner Agencies will be held in late January. The topic we are currently considering is incorporating volunteer opportunities for individuals transitioning out of the prison system at your organization.
If you are excited about this training topic - or have something else in mind, just let us know! We want to make sure that these trainings address topics of interest and value to your organization.
If you are excited about this training topic - or have something else in mind, just let us know! We want to make sure that these trainings address topics of interest and value to your organization.
Monday, November 10, 2008
2008 Gifts In Kind International Computer Grant
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley has a great opportunity to grant out used notebook computers through the Gifts In Kind International (GIKI) program in collaboration with the local software company, Synopsys.
Application requirements and instructions:
- Your organization must be a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides a program serving youth in grades K-12.
- Grant application answers must be typed and contain 200 words or less.
- Applicant must have a GIKI donation recipient agreement on file with United Way or submit one along with this application.
- Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19th 2008. Late applications will not be accepted for any reason.
- If your program is chosen as a recipient for one or more computers, your organization agrees to pay a $20 administrative fee (per computer) to cover the costs of administering this grant process and Gifts In Kind compliance measures.
Notebook computer specifications:The donated notebook computers have at least a 900 MHz processor, approximately 10GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM, CD-ROM and 3.4” 1.44 MB floppy disk drive. Each system will have an operating system of XP installed. Please be sure to carefully review your organization’s technology platform requirements to ensure that this donation will meet your needs before applying.
To obtain an application and/or a donation recipient agreement please email krotella@unitedwaymwv.org
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Network Wide Access to Background Checks?
Advanced Reporting, a subsidiary of MaPS Credit Union has approached the Center with an opportunity to set up a background check service that would function through the Center. This service would allow volunteers to be cleared through the Center on a background check designed and determined by all of our Partner Agencies. Agencies would then be able to log-in to an electronic databse and see if a new volunteer had been cleared through the Center or another Partner Agency within the last year, and run deeper checks if necessary. Checks would run about $10 - with some potential opportunities for shared costs between the Center and Partner Agencies.
The Center is very excited about this opportunity and thinks it's a collaboration that we can't pass up. However, we want to make sure that it's a truly beneficial opportunity for as many of our Partner Agencies as possible. With that in mind, we want to set up a meeting for any interested Partner Agencies to come hear from Advanced Reporting, and to have a brainstorming session where we hear from all of you as to what you need from this opportunity to make it valuable for your organization.
Please reply to this post to express your interest. Once I learn who is interested, I will work to set up a meeting time for after the first of the year.
The Center is very excited about this opportunity and thinks it's a collaboration that we can't pass up. However, we want to make sure that it's a truly beneficial opportunity for as many of our Partner Agencies as possible. With that in mind, we want to set up a meeting for any interested Partner Agencies to come hear from Advanced Reporting, and to have a brainstorming session where we hear from all of you as to what you need from this opportunity to make it valuable for your organization.
Please reply to this post to express your interest. Once I learn who is interested, I will work to set up a meeting time for after the first of the year.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Call for Projects for WV FBLA!!
The Volunteer & Mentor Center is excited to organize a large-scale service project for the Willamette Valley Region of Future Business leaders of America (FBLA)!!
These 100 high school students (freshman-senior) from around the valley will be at a conference, convened at Chemeketa Community College, on January 31st, and are available to complete service projects. The project can be anything, as long as they can complete it on the college campus.
Examples might include assembling a mailing or information packets, sorting donations such as books or clothing, or creating toys for animals. We are looking for 10 projects for students broken into groups of 10.
We must have agency commitment by November 28th!
If you are interested, please contact Khela (ksinger-adams@unitedwaymwv.org, 503-363-1651) and provide the following information:
1) Agency name
2) Project contact information
3) General project idea (we will finalize details later, just need general idea and commitment)
As a note we will take care of picking up materials and returning completed projects to your agency. We hope you will join us as it is a great opportunity to help high school students learn about the mission of your organization and ways they can get involved in the community.
These 100 high school students (freshman-senior) from around the valley will be at a conference, convened at Chemeketa Community College, on January 31st, and are available to complete service projects. The project can be anything, as long as they can complete it on the college campus.
Examples might include assembling a mailing or information packets, sorting donations such as books or clothing, or creating toys for animals. We are looking for 10 projects for students broken into groups of 10.
We must have agency commitment by November 28th!
If you are interested, please contact Khela (ksinger-adams@unitedwaymwv.org, 503-363-1651) and provide the following information:
1) Agency name
2) Project contact information
3) General project idea (we will finalize details later, just need general idea and commitment)
As a note we will take care of picking up materials and returning completed projects to your agency. We hope you will join us as it is a great opportunity to help high school students learn about the mission of your organization and ways they can get involved in the community.
December 6: Scouting for Food
An opportunity for your employees and volunteers!
The United Way, the Boy Scouts, Marion-Polk Food Share, and Yamhill Community Action Partnership are working together to raise our goal of 75,000 pounds of food for the Scout’s annual Scouting for Food event on December 6th.
On December 6th volunteers are simply needed between 9AM and 1PM to walk door to door in their neighborhoods and pick up bags of food that have been left out for collection. This is a fun, easy opportunity, and represents an exciting partnership among several of our local non-profit agencies. Please join us for the event by signing up to volunteer: http://www.givebacktoday.org/GBT-SpecialEVENTS.html
Also please share this opportunity with your volunteer bases. We’re really trying to bring our community together in support of this wonderful event!
The United Way, the Boy Scouts, Marion-Polk Food Share, and Yamhill Community Action Partnership are working together to raise our goal of 75,000 pounds of food for the Scout’s annual Scouting for Food event on December 6th.
On December 6th volunteers are simply needed between 9AM and 1PM to walk door to door in their neighborhoods and pick up bags of food that have been left out for collection. This is a fun, easy opportunity, and represents an exciting partnership among several of our local non-profit agencies. Please join us for the event by signing up to volunteer: http://www.givebacktoday.org/GBT-SpecialEVENTS.html
Also please share this opportunity with your volunteer bases. We’re really trying to bring our community together in support of this wonderful event!
Volunteer Leader Trainings - Sign Up Today!
Training for Volunteer Managers AND Volunteers
Want to develop your leadership skills and get more people involved in building our community?
Volunteer and Mentor Center projects and teams are led by our amazing Volunteer Leaders. Attend our free training and learn how to develop and manage every aspect of our projects, from agency contacts and volunteer sign-ups to project management and follow-up. As our strongest link to the community, Volunteer Leaders ensure that every volunteer has a positive experience and that the real needs of the agencies are being met. If you are a volunteer manager, this training is a perfect way to sharpen your short term and one-time project development skills!
November 10th 6:30-8pm
November 11th 3:30-5pm
For more information or to register: Khela Singer-Adams, 503-363-1651
All trainings are held at the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
455 Bliler Ave. NE, Salem Oregon 97301
Want to develop your leadership skills and get more people involved in building our community?
Volunteer and Mentor Center projects and teams are led by our amazing Volunteer Leaders. Attend our free training and learn how to develop and manage every aspect of our projects, from agency contacts and volunteer sign-ups to project management and follow-up. As our strongest link to the community, Volunteer Leaders ensure that every volunteer has a positive experience and that the real needs of the agencies are being met. If you are a volunteer manager, this training is a perfect way to sharpen your short term and one-time project development skills!
November 10th 6:30-8pm
November 11th 3:30-5pm
For more information or to register: Khela Singer-Adams, 503-363-1651
All trainings are held at the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
455 Bliler Ave. NE, Salem Oregon 97301
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Welcome everyone!
Welcome everyone to the Volunteer & Mentor Center of the Mid-Willamette Valley's blog! The Volunteer & Mentor Center provides a one-stop-shop for volunteerism in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties. Organizations can post opportunities, and volunteers can find them! Our goal is to have everyone in the Mid-Willamette Valley engaged in volunteerism.
This blog wil be used to post articles and discussions about volunteerism. We will also use it to publicize exciting volunteer opportunities. Feel free to leave comments and let us know how we can better serve you - our community!
Make sure to check out our website www.givebacktoday.org!
This blog wil be used to post articles and discussions about volunteerism. We will also use it to publicize exciting volunteer opportunities. Feel free to leave comments and let us know how we can better serve you - our community!
Make sure to check out our website www.givebacktoday.org!
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