November 02, 2022
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Putting on an awards gala, orchestrating a day-long river cleanup or coordinating a shelter adoption event are just a few examples of critical nonprofit work that relies on a lot of volunteers to be a success. Yet these marquee events, while high-profile and mission-critical, can be few and far between. This begs the question: What do you do with your army of volunteers in the meantime? Perhaps most importantly, how do you ensure that they’ll be ready and willing the next time you need their help? The good news is that there is an easy tool that both keeps your volunteers active with your mission and that helps you recruit new supporters: online petitions.
July 27, 2022After reading an article that was published by CBC about the decline of volunteering in Toronto, I decided to write an opinion piece. Volunteerism is at the core of community engagement and program delivery for many organizations and has been through the best of times and the worst of times but it is not immune to the social, economic and political factors that we all face. In fact, organizations should be factoring in the landscape of volunteer support in their short term and long term strategic planning.
January 19, 2023What if I told you that my organization, the University Health Network, began a Corporate Engagement program to help our Cardiac Patients in their healing journey by making heart shaped pillows for patients? In its first year, we welcomed 10 corporate teams, a total of 161 corporate volunteers who donated 587 hours of their time and made 451 pillows? You would probably think that was interesting. But what if you read about it and saw the photos in our Volunteer Resources Annual Report. Now I bet I’ve got your attention!
