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A final reminder to all interested parties: Applications are due tomorrow, February 27th.
Don't miss this opportunity to elevate the role and impact of volunteering at your agency and increase the engagement of young adults (people approx. in their 20s & 30s) within the work of your agency.
At the 2013 AJFCA Annual Conference in Phoenix, May 19-21, AJFCA will again sponsor a cohort under the AJFCA/Repair the World Volunteer Initiative.
This second cohort of volunteer managers from AJFCA member agencies will gather at the conference to participate in interactive sessions relating to volunteerism. The sessions will include topics such as preparing your agency staff to work with volunteers, engaging NextGen volunteers, and introducing Jewish service learning components to your work, and will feature speakers from member agencies as well as experts from Repair the World. The cohort will also attend the Volunteer Professionals Networking Luncheon, free of cost. Before the close of the conference, members of this cohort will join together to strategize on how they might mobilize their newly-formed network to better engage young adults in volunteering in Jewish family service agencies. Leading up to and following the conference, the cohort will receive ongoing support from AJFCA Manager of Civic Engagement and Repair the World Programming.
Members of the 2013 conference volunteer cohort will receive free conference registration (a value of $520 + $45 for lunch Sunday) and a $500 stipend toward hotel/travel expenses.
Eligibility requirements:
- Applicant should be the primary manager of volunteers at their AJFCA member agency
- Applicant should be able to attend the AJFCA conference in full
- Members of the 2012 cohort are not eligible (Stay tuned for details regarding your 2013 AJFCA Annual Conference discount.)
To apply, please send an email to Jennie Gates Beckman by the close of business on Wednesday, February 27th with the following information:
- Name of member agency
- Name, title, phone and email address of volunteer professional
- Number of years the professional has been with the agency
- Paragraph (150 words or less) explaining the agency's current work in promoting volunteering among young adults and the direction in which the agency would like to head regarding engaging young adults in volunteer experiences. If your agency is not currently targeting young adults you should not be dissuaded from applying.
You will be sent a confirmation email in response to your application. If you do not receive this email please assume we have not received your application. We have limited slots in this cohort. We will review all submissions and respond to each agency no later than March 6th.
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