An Introduction to recruiting and maintaining Volunteers for Non-profits. Most non-profits will depend to a certain extent on volunteered time and labour. Work may range from sitting on a board to stuffing envelopes.
Volunteers are invaluable resource for non-profits.
However, attracting and retaining good volunteers requires strategy and hard work. Their work has to grab their interest and keep it. Essentially they must enjoy showing up at work and they must feel that they are genuinely making a difference.