Training Your Staff to Supervise Volunteers
January 22, 2009 9:00 - 11:30 am at Hands On Twin Cities
$40 for affiliates, $60 non-affiliates

The staff who supervise your organization's volunteers are key to a successful experience for your volunteers. Hear how to engage them in the design of position descriptions and how to guide them in the use of those position descriptions to supervise and provide feedback to their volunteers. Discuss how to engage those supervisors in recognizing their volunteers.

Trainer: Lisa Taylor, Consultant

Volunteer Management: The Essentials
January 27, 2009 9:00 am - 11:30 pm at Hands On Twin Cities
$40 for affiliates, $60 non-affiliates.

The Essentials give you a great understanding of the components necessary for a successful volunteer management program. Also learn about trends in volunteerism and how they help in the development of a solid program structure.

Trainer: Zeeda Magnuson, HandsOn Twin Cities

Volunteer Management through Online Resources
February 24, 2009 9:00 am - 11:30 pm at Hands On Twin Cities
$40 for affiliates, $60 non-affiliates.

Are you maximizing your volunteer management potential? Join us for a discussion on online resources. this session will focus on online recruitment, organizational methods, communication tools and ideas for volunteer recognition that are free! Participants will leave with a list of resources and the tools needed to start their online recruitment strategy planning!

Trainer: Allison Runchey and Bailey Craft, Minnesota Literacy Council.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next Monday, January 19, and President Elect Obama has called for everyone to make it a National Day of Service. There are lots of ways to get involved on MLK Day, at home and in your community. Here are a few of the ideas!

• Check with your local YMCA, community center, or library, to see what sort of MLK Day festivities they are hosting, and how volunteer can assist.
• Visit with an elderly friend or neighbor, or volunteer at a senior care facility. Ask about the person's experience during the civil rights movement, and to share their memories of Dr. King.
• Read more about the history and purpose of MLK Day, and find more volunteer opportunities on the national MLK Day website.

This month we'd like to highlight a new HandsOn Twin Cities affiliate, Caring For All. This organization is based out of the Twin Cities with an additional branch in Monrovia, Liberia.

Caring For All provides mentors for teenagers, counseling and educating them on the real life issues such as, staying out of trouble with the law, providing early childhood learning programs for kids and also helps new Liberia refugee/immigrant families get acquainted to the new customs in the USA.

Roger H has been serving on the Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless board of directors for 17 years. Roger exemplifies a baby boomer who is not slowing down, but continues his passion for serving people.

Arna Yetter nominated Roger, stating, "He works tirelessly being both a 'voice of experience' and a leader in encouraging us to move in new directions. He does this all with great humor and I know that he is a mentor for many of our new board members."

• Computer Workshop Assistant
• Mondays with Kids
• Walking Buddies Needed!
• Literacy Tutoring Program
• Senior Dining Companion
• Overnight Volunteer
• Fitness Volunteers Needed!
• Children's Tutor

The HandsOn Twin Cities Volunteer Expo is fast approaching and volunteers are still needed. We are looking for volunteers to give two and half hours of their time to fill three key positions. Set-up Helpers, Affiliates Floaters/Runners, and Greeter/Information Booth

If you have any questions or would like to register a group of volunteers please contact Tyler at 612.379.4900 x23 or by email at tyler@handsontwincities.org.