1. Recruiting Volunteers
What does it mean to recruit volunteers for your organization?

2. Why should you recruit volunteers?
To give your organization the power to do more work
To reduce the burden on paid staff members
To give your group a larger, more diverse membership
To increase awareness and understanding of your organization
To get as much done as possible with your budget
To act together to achieve a shared purpose

3. Basic steps to recruit volunteers:
Research sources of potential volunteers in your community
Plan and implement your recruiting strategy
Finding volunteers
Convincing potential volunteers to become active volunteers
Challenges and Benefits of Recruiting Volunteers from Varied Cultural and Ethnic Groups

4. Why should you recruit people from different groups to be volunteers?
To broaden the range of opinions and ideas of your organization
By encouraging diversity, your organization will have a more universal appeal

5. Possible barriers when recruiting from specific populations:
Volunteers may not speak English as a second language
Volunteers may not be able to afford related expenses to volunteering
Volunteers may be sensitive to screening

6. Some procedures may seem alien or strange to some groups

7. Accessibility to organization and meetings

8. Ways to recruit members of specific populations
Explain your organization's goals
Highlight the achievements of volunteers from different cultural groups
Do what you can to make your organization accessible for non-English speakers
Actively recruit a diverse paid staff
Make your agency a nice place for people to "check it out"
Offer opportunities for families to volunteer together