A team can be two people or it can be 100. It can include your brother, your neighbor, your friends, your teacher, your co-workers, and your boss. No matter who else is involved, your team should also include people who live in the community in which you'll be working, especially those who will directly benefit from your project. After all, they know their needs best. A team is usually made up of team volunteers and a project leader.
Volunteers are the backbone of the team, the people who make a project happen.
Their responsibilities can range from fundraising, to locating a place to hold an event, to painting a house for a senior citizen. He or she plans and organizes the group's activities with the help of volunteers and possibly with a local nonprofit organization. The project leader also monitors the project from beginning to end. Other Players Many service projects also involve other project partners. CBOs can be homeless shelters, hunger relief organizations, youth centers, advocacy and outreach groups, hospitals, and schools, among other types of organizations.