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The official national Senior Corps website of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Component 6: Individual Training Agenda
Now that the schedule is started, the next step is for the person responsible for the training to work out the details, such as specific activities that will...
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Component 5: Volunteer Training Plan and Schedule
There is no one way to plan your volunteer training; the important thing is to plan, while allowing yourself some flexibility as circumstances change...
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Component 4: Training Content and Resources
Content
There are two key opportunities for projects and stations to offer training: pre-service orientation and “on-the-job” or in-service training. The...
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This sample recruitment brochure appeals to active adults, 50+, and does not use the word "senior". From the Delaware HHS RSVP.
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Component 1: Training Requirements
Orientation/Pre-Service (new volunteers)
Suggestions from the RSVP Operations Handbook (2008):
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Component 1: Training Requirements
The Corporation for National and Community Service requires that the sponsor provide not less than 40 hours of orientation and training to Senior Companions– of...
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Using volunteers with high-level skills to help nonprofits adapt and grow is consistent with what current research describes about volunteering trends, particularly regarding baby boomers. ...
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North Central Montana RSVP engages citizens age 55 and older in meaningful service to meet local community needs in North Central Montana.
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The conference materials are divided into four tracks:
Strategic Initiatives
Sponsor Issues
Project Management
New Directors' Orientation
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Providing Independent Living Support: Training for Senior Corps Volunteers was developed to provide a standardized and easy-to-use training curriculum for Senior Corps’ Senior Companion and RSVP...
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For many in the baby boomer generation, retirement is seen as a second or new phase of life; these boomers are likely to change careers, explore new hobbies, and volunteer! This effective practice,...
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Knowing how to recruit the baby boomers — from motivation to marketing strategy — has been written about and studied in great detail. This effective practice, submitted by Temple University in April...
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Offering opportunities to capture the talents and experience of the baby boomers, and engaging them in the process of solving critical social issues through service, must become high priority goals...
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More than fifteen years ago, a high school in a small, coastal Oregon town began a senior project that fostered civic engagement in its students. Set within the context of a community-wide approach...
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RSVP of King County, Washington, has developed an RSVP Ambassadors group to complement staff efforts to spread the word about RSVP services and volunteer opportunities. A core group of approximately...
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With support from Learn and Serve America, RSVP of Northern Arizona, headquartered at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, recruits baby boomers and assigns them to tutoring projects in local K-...
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In response to the Seniors Assisting Youth Engaged in Service (SaYES) initiative, Shelby Public Schools Service-Learning Program launched a campaign to recruit older adult volunteers and partner them...
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Baby boomers represent a vast pool of potential volunteers. An eclectic group, one thing they share is that their approach to volunteering is considerably different from that of the previous...
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Besides being philanthropic, studies have shown that volunteering increases health and longevity. But the real virtue may be in the pleasures gained in the process — seeing a smile or...
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Recruitment is a critical part of volunteer management, and an ongoing process even after a program is established. Data on baby boomers has already shown that when attempting volunteer outreach, it...
