| BVU's Volunteer Central: The Stats Are In! |
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In just the first two months of 2010 BVU's Volunteer Central has refferred more than 1,000 volunteers to local nonprofits! Make sure to update your old listings and post some new, exciting opportunities for our website's 50,000 annual visitors!
HOT TIP: Fun, eye-catching and descriptive opportunity headlines often receive the most attention. Here are some great examples from our most popular and creative opportunities.
- "Have a WILD time as a Zoo Event Volunteer!"
- "Plant a Tree for Baltimore!!!"
- "The Great Seedling Shuffle"
- "Spread The News - Volunteer With The Newseum!"
- "Do You Love Trash Like We Do?"
If your organization is not yet registered with BVU's Volunteer Central visit www.volunteercentral.net and sign up now!
If you have any questions or concerns about registering your agency, please feel free to contact Dana Schwartz at 410-366-6030 x 206 or dana@volunteercentral.net.
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| Volunteer Consulting Group Series |
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 Announcing BVU's New Service for Nonprofits
BVU will be hosting its first "Volunteer Consulting Group" event on March 19, 2010 withthe Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC). Through this unique event, professionals from GBTC-member companies will be offering pro-bono consulting to nonprofits facing challenges with Technology (IT).
Over the last year, skills-based volunteering has received tremendous interest as businesses seek new, innovative and meaningful ways to contribute to their communities, while encouraging the professional growth of employees. The Volunteer Consulting Group events were created to help connect talented professionals to nonprofits that need counsel and advice. In this series we will focus on Informational Technology issues such as Web Development/Design, Social Media Planning/Execution, Database Design/Management, Network Management and more. Nonprofit executives responsible for Information Technology at their organization will be provided with 60 to 90 minute consulting sessions with area professionals on topics related to their areas of expertise. Each professional volunteer in attendance has expressed an interest in working with a local nonprofit as a pro-bono consultant, so the session is likely to develop into a longer-term relationship in which nonprofits in attendance will receive professional services or advising from a skilled volunteer.
This is the first in a series of Volunteer Consulting Group events and BVU is glad to report that tickets to this event sold out only 6 days after its announcement! We look forward to the next event in the Volunteer Consulting Group Series and would appreciate your input on potential topics. Please send your suggestions for future Volunteer Consulting Group meeting topics to info@bvumaryland.org. Read More Here!
For more information contact Jim Dickinson, Director of Community Engagement at 410-366-0910 or jdickinson@bvumaryland.org.
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| Baltimore City Community Service Program |
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Looking for a New Opportunity for Volunteer Recruitment?
BVU and Volunteer Central are glad to pass on information to help your organization take advantage of Baltimore City's Community Service Program.
Created over twenty years ago to address the overcrowding of Baltimore City prisons, the Community Service Program provides the judges of Baltimore City's Circuit Courts the option to offer defendants convicted of non-violent crimes an option to perform community service in lieu of incarceration. Hundreds of volunteers are available daily to help your organization with its most pressing needs! Keep this recruitment outlet in mind when you are setting up for your next event, organizing a community clean-up or sprucing up our community tree canopies!
All participants in the Community Service Program are subject to a mandatory criminal background investigation. Those partcipants with histories of violent crime are disqualified from the program. Only approved volunteers are matched with city agencies or nonprofit organizations in need of community service volunteers. Agencies registered to receive volunteers through this program are invited to work with the program's managers to stipulate their organization's restrictions against individuals with specific charges.
If you are interested in registering your agency as a Worksite for Baltimore City's Community Service Program please contact Dexter T. Walker, Site Coordinator at dexter.walker@baltimorecity.gov or 410-396-1191. |
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Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) is the primary resource for recruiting, developing and organizing community and business volunteers in the Greater Baltimore area. Through BVU's Volunteer Central, individuals can find opportunities to lend their time and talent to organizations that are working to improve the community. |
