For help planning your service event, consult the following sequence of practices provided by Hands On Network:

• Assessing your organization's potential for partnerships
• Assessing potential partnerships with community-based organizations
• Contacting potential partners
• Assessing community needs before planning a service project
• Deciding on the right volunteer project for your program
• Mapping your volunteer project
• Finalizing your service day project plan
• Considering the types of volunteers available for your program
• Developing position descriptions for volunteers
• Using a project calendar to help with scheduling volunteers
• Keeping volunteers motivated by maintaining positive communication
• Allaying typical concerns of first-time volunteers
• Creating budgets for volunteer projects
• Planning the logistics of a volunteer service project
• Ensuring safety during service projects
• Thinking through the details of a service project: a checklist
• Bringing closure to a service project with recognition, reflection, and evaluation

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