Giva wholeheartedly believes in the power of one person's ability to affect change in the world, let alone one other person's life, just by being willing to take that first step in offering their time, skills, talents, etc., to help others. In that spirit, we have created this Volunteer Resource Information Center to assist people in finding their perfect place in the world of volunteerism!
Volunteering (v): an unpaid activity in which a person offers his/her time to help a not-for-profit organization or an unrelated individual
Tips For Getting Started
Ask yourself...
- What am I passionate about?
- What are the skills and talents I can offer?
- How can my skills and talents help a community organization?
- What population(s) do I enjoy most or would like to explore?
- Would I rather work independently or with others?
- How much time and responsibility am I ready to commit?
What are the benefits of volunteering?
- Learn or develop new skills
- Be part of the community
- Motivation and sense of achievement
- Boost your career options
- New interests/hobbies
- Meeting new people
- Problem solving
- Higher self-esteem
- Lower levels of depression
- Greater physical health
Upcoming & On-Demand Volunteering Webinars
Date
Time
Event
Resources
Volunteer Matching Sites
http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
http://www.networkforgood.org/volunteer/
https://library.cityvision.edu/org-directory
http://www.networkforgood.org/volunteer/
http://www.pointsoflight.org/jobs
U.S. Government-Sponsored Volunteer Programs
http://www.nationalservice.gov/
http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps
http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/senior-corps
http://www.ready.gov/citizen-corps
International Volunteering Opportunities
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/
http://www.globalservicecorps.org/
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/
http://www.govoluntouring.com/
http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/
https://www.volunteeringsolutions.com/
Students & Youth Volunteering Opportunities
http://www.nationalservice.gov/
http://www.volunteer.va.gov/StudentProgram.asp
http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms
https://www.experiencegla.com/
http://www.projects-abroad.org/volunteer-projects/high-school-specials/
https://www.volunteeringsolutions.com/
Professionals & Executives Volunteering Opportunities
http://www.nationalservice.gov/
http://www.taprootfoundation.org/
https://www.score.org/volunteer
Older Adults & Retiree Volunteering Opportunities
http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/senior-corps
http://www.aarp.org/experience-corps/
https://www.retiredbrains.com/volunteer.html
http://www.voa.org/older-adults
Virtual & Microvolunteering Opportunities
https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en
http://www.techsoup.org/community/community-initiatives/donate-your-brain
http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/index.jsp?v=true
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/volunteers/a/payvolun.htm
Volunteering Resources & Guides
Making a Difference Through Volunteering & Non-Profit Careers
- 50% reduction in time to deploy Giva's change, incident, problem, asset management and knowledgebase modules
- 60% reduction in the 5 year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Saved at least 1 FTE due to lower ongoing administration
- Saved 1 week per month due to easy to use reports
- Increased to 90% achievement in meeting service level agreements
- 70% reduction in generating reports and admin; eliminated 35 hours/month
- 50% faster to create/assign a service request
- 60% increase in information captured during the initial phone call
- 50% increase in the number of service requests created due to intuitive design
- 80% increase in productivity by using Giva's dashboards and reports
- 60% increase in meeting service level agreements
- 50% increase in productivity by using Giva's integrated custom forms
- 45% increase in the number of the calls logged due to Giva's intuitiveness and ease of use
