If you tried to recruit, train, or retain volunteers lately, you probably noticed some new trends in volunteerism. Many volunteers lead a busy life and are willing to help with a single project, especially if they can take the project from beginning to end. Volunteer managers need to set up tasks that can be completed in a single morning or in a couple of short blocks of time. An increasing number of programs are targeting single volunteers, either as their only participants or for specially-designated work shifts. To make this successful keep it relaxed and have food Families as volunteers This is a new idea for many volunteer managers, but it is one of the fastest growing segments of volunteers.
Many parents are too busy to have separate family and volunteer activities.
Also, parents who want to teach strong community values to their children find this to be a terrific way to spend family time together. So, projects need to be designed for a variety of attention spans, body sizes, and interests. Of course, families come in many shapes and sizes. Intact nuclear families are the minority. But volunteer programs can tap into grandparents raising grandchildren, divorced parents with joint custody or visitation time, and the ties between older and younger siblings.