Requires adobe acrobat. Check out the library section for excellent articles and book excerpts on volunteer program development and management. The web site also provides links to information about volunteer management classes, conferences, magazines, journals and organizations worldwide. And finally, don't forget to check the Reflections on Volunteerism section for quotes, parables, and humorous anecdotes. Firing an employee is no fun, but it's a piece of cake compared to giving the boot to someone who isn't even getting paid.
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An online column from Stan Hutton of the Mining Co., January 6, 1999. This nonprofit web site is dedicated to effective volunteering and self-help. As such it pulls together information that should offer inspiration and instruction for volunteers and organizations that depend on those who volunteer. The site, called Helping.org, allows visitors to learn about the activities of any of the more than 650,000 charities listed in the GuideStar data base, and to make on-line contributions to them. Va. The web site also allows one to search for groups needing volunteers.