Can your charity walk participants quickly identify your volunteers out of the crowd of people attending your charity event? If they need to talk to a volunteer, it can be very frustrating when the participant scans the group and there is no way to tell the volunteer staff apart from the rest of the walkers.
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Have you received any surprises for your charity walks?
This week the women of AOII Rho Beta Chapter at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) stopped by the Arthritis Foundation’s Virginia office. They had a surprise to drop off. They donated an amazing quilt for us to use in support of the 2011 Arthritis Walk at Kings Dominion.
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The board meeting was about to end.
It was informative. A lot of progress had been made by the organization. There were several programs and fundraising events ongoing and planned for the near future. Volunteer help was needed in many areas, but the staff was taking steps to identify volunteers to fill the needs.
The board meeting [...]
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Have you attended a charity walk that appeared to be easy to make happen?
You were quickly directed to the parking area. The site was completely set up when you arrived. The areas of registration and fundraising went smooth. All of the volunteers were calm and knew exactly what to do. The walk was fun and [...]
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The Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference was held in Washington DC on June 25, 2010. I had the privilege of leading a session on the topic of how volunteers can support nonprofit organizations online. Below are the viewgraphs used during the session (with a couple of tweaks).
All of the methods identified can be used to raise funds [...]
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