Jan 4, 2018
And Give Volunteers an A+ Experience.
“The most common first impression of volunteers is that our program is efficient and organized,” says Greg, “but once they turn their attention to their own feelings and observations, the comments become very different – and quite moving.”
One volunteer observed, “One woman told us we provided joy in a life otherwise filled with misery. I will never forget that.”
Another commented, “I was conversing with one of the clients and I was kind of shocked at how many views we shared and how similar our ways of thinking were. The person was very open to hearing my view, just as much as I was about theirs.”
Learn more about how to create meaningful volunteer involvement at your nonprofit. Read the entire VolunteerMatch article by Elisa Kosarin.