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Volunteer Maryland · 1d ago

Was Your Destination AmeriCorps?

On May 11, AmeriCorps members from across the state flocked to the Mount Washington Conference Center to attend this year’s Destination AmeriCorps (DAC). This event was birthed in 2010 by AmeriCorps members for AmeriCorps members. It has since blossomed into a mecca for members and one of Voluntee

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Volunteer Maryland · 1W ago

Thank You…

…all for making Destination AmeriCorps a success:

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Volunteer Maryland · 2W ago

Traveling on Retention Road

Over the past couple of weeks (and for the next few), I’ve been out on site visits meeting with organizations that submitted applications to be Service Sites in the upcoming year (Class 25!). It’s so interesting to learn about new organizations; I really enjoy this piece of our work. We have sever

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Volunteer Maryland · 3W ago

In-kind what?: Tips on Perfecting the Ask for Donations

Unless you have been living in “no man’s land” you have probably heard the phrase “in-kind donation” once or twice before. When I joined AmeriCorps and Volunteer Maryland in 2010, I heard this phrase often, but still had many questions. What is all this talk about acquiring in-kind donations? Wh

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Volunteer Maryland · 3W ago

Charm City’s Rite of Spring

In the Volunteer Maryland Support Team meeting this week each of us shared highlights of the service year to date. One of the highlights I shared was my introduction to two restaurants that immediately became go to’s: Lemongrass and Nando’s Peri Peri. Later this week I anticipate encountering anothe

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Volunteer Maryland · 4W ago

Time Management: Plan Time To Plan

How often are you working on one project and suddenly remember another task you have to complete immediately? You become frazzled and begin to have an internal battle over which assignment takes precedence because they both are due asap. Every person in your rolodex seems to have a question on the

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Volunteer Maryland · 4W ago

Have You Used the Reward Volunteers App?

Have you heard about the “Reward Volunteers” app that launched last month? Since I do not have a smart phone, I hadn’t paid much attention. However, I recently found out that a smart phone is not a necessity; there is also a web widget! It is a novel tool that’s free, fun, easy, and users [...]

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Volunteer Maryland · 1M ago

Pave the Second Lane For Your Volunteers

This week’s post is dedicated to Carin Starr, Volunteer Maryland Coordinator for the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy. Yesterday, Carin led her first Volunteer Roundtable in Easton. Like you, I was interested in learning what a “volunteer roundtable” is. I was lucky enough to be invited to the Roun

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Volunteer Maryland · 1M ago

Volunteer Walk of Fame

National Volunteer Week is just around the corner! Are you looking for a fun, simple, almost no cost, way to tell your volunteers how great they are? Present them with a Volunteer Walk of Fame. You need: cardboard (rescue a box from the recycling), a sharpie, a box cutter, a roll of plastic red t

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Volunteer Maryland · 1M ago

Focus on leave-behinds, not take-aways

During AmeriCorps Week, I wrote about the skills I have developed since joining AmeriCorps and, in essence, how those skills are helping me make my dent in the universe (love this statement from Steve Jobs). This week, I thought I would briefly expand on another skill that was not covered in my pre

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