NORTHWEST VALLEY CONNECT Mobility Management and Transit EL MIRAGE, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NORTHWEST VALLEY CONNECT Mobility Management and Transit EL MIRAGE, GLENDALE, PEORIA, SUN CITY, SUN CITY WEST, SURPRISE, YOUNGTOWN

Start up Volunteers  Strengths  Social  Writing  Artistic  Interests  Likes to Drive  Likes to write  Work skills of retired People  Accounting  Marketing

Start up needs • Call Center Operators • Drivers • HR • Accounting • Training • Marketing • Community Education

More Needs • Fundraising • Grant writing • Dispatching • Filing • Letter writing • Fleet Manager • Board member

More needs • Volunteer coordinator • Executive assistant • Maintenance • History binder • Decorate (art work) and paint • Special Event • Many Leadership roles

Funding and Volunteers o Catchafire – pay for program of volunteers o Interns o Encore Fellow o Mobility Managers

Annual Calls 2863 1457 288 2014 2015 2016

Volunteer Trips 2500 2000 1500 2072 1000 500 462 0 2015 2016

Why do people volunteer? • Help people • Make a difference • Be productive • Get out of the house • Asked to • Believe in the cause • Needed help in past • Family or friend needed help in past

Where do we find volunteers • Websites (Volunteer Match, Just Serve) • Clubs and church’s • Though volunteers • Board members • Press releases • Contacts • Companies who promote volunteerism (These 8 Employers Will Pay You to Volunteer in Fortune Magazine)

Thank You Kathryn Chandler kchandler@northwestvalleyconnect.org 623-282-9304 www.northwestvalleyconnect.org