{"id":254,"date":"2016-02-10T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulcrumresources.org\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2016-02-10T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:16:19","slug":"12315-meeting-on-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"12\/3\/15 NPO Meeting on Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>Present: <\/b>\u00a0Linda Makohon, (Friends of NCRD), Tela Skinner (Hoffman Center), Mary Corey (Lower Nehalem Community Trust), Emily Volmer (Manzanita Farmer\u2019s Market), Deborah Skidmore(NCRD) Dan Haag\u00a0 (Manzanita Visitor\u2019s Center), John Benson\u00a0 (Nehalem Bay Garden Club), Tom Mock (Nehalem Valley Historical Society), Travis Williams (Nehalem Valley Land Trust), Laura Swanson (North Coast Citizen), Madeline Olsen (North Tillamook Library Friends), Melissa Swanson (Oregon Food Bank), Alice Jeffers (Rinehart Clinic), Kathy Jean Hrywnak (Sammy\u2019s Place), Lorraine Ortiz (Tillamook County Arts Network, CARTM) Emily Fanjoy (Tillamook County Women\u2019s Crisis Center), Claudine Rehn and Isabel Gilda (Tillamook Estuaries Partnership), Vivi Tallman (White Clover Grange)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Facilitators:<\/b>\u00a0 Lane deMoll and Barbara McLaughlin, Fulcrum Community Resources<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Homework:\u00a0<\/b>Each group is to write up a summary of the challenges and uses of volunteers.\u00a0 How many volunteers do you have? Do you keep track of volunteer hours?\u00a0 How many hours do you have?\u00a0 What kind of different types of volunteer jobs do you have?\u00a0 What is the size of your organization?\u00a0 Do you have paid staff?\u00a0 What do you need to be prepared to accept volunteers?\u00a0 What else is pertinent about your organization relative to volunteers? Send your summary to me at <a href=\"mailto:barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net\"><span class=\"s3\">barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Meeting Summary:<\/b>\u00a0We were very pleased to have a well-attended and lively meeting on the topic of Volunteers.\u00a0 Several ideas emerged to be acted on:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">A committee formed to explore creating a Volunteer Guide:\u00a0 Alice, Laura and Dan said they\u2019d be on the committee and Laura said Country Media is interested in helping to produce it.\u00a0 Other committee members welcome.\u00a0 Lorraine had the idea to do a media campaign about npos before publication of any volunteer guide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">2.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Lorraine Ortiz is looking for \u201cdata geek partners\u201d to collect statistics on the 283 Tillamook County npos. Data to include things like % of workforce; how many events are produced; number of volunteers and volunteer hours, etc. Armed with this information, she sees us as ambassadors for nonprofits to express the value of nonprofits to our community and build general esteem for us.\u00a0 Mis has data from Community Vitality Projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">3.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Emily Fanjoy, Mis and, Isabel attended a volunteer training on getting and maintaining\u00a0 volunteers from NOVA.\u00a0 Mis is capable of providing the training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">4.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Though it wasn\u2019t talked about much, except for a report from Emily Fanjoy, who helped produce one at TBCC, we could have a volunteer fair in North County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">5.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Fulcrum has the idea to create a web process and presence for npos; CountyMedia can help.\u00a0 They already have a website created for the 2016 Year of Wellness.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tillamookcountyhealthmatters.org\/\"><span class=\"s5\">tillamookcountyhealthmatters.org<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0Part of the Year of Wellness definition of being healthy is to volunteer.\u00a0 YOW 2016 calendar featuring NPO events will be mailed to every household in Tillamook County week of Dec 7<\/span><span class=\"s6\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Thoughts about volunteers:<\/p>\n<p>How to inspire new volunteers, maintain existing ones and how to get a commitment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organization needs to develop the capacity to handle volunteers.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate what people can do and like to do.<\/li>\n<li>Have to be able to match skill and need with the task.<\/li>\n<li>Expectations have to be clear on both sides.<\/li>\n<li>Good communication with the volunteer that is reassuring and supporting.\u00a0 Also have to be aware of any possible harm that may come to a volunteer and may have to say no to them if they are not prepared for the task.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s important how the org receives people. \u201cWhat brought me in was the welcoming attitude of the organization.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Get volunteers in the door with something they are comfortable with. Give them a small sample of what they can to so not to be intimidating.<\/li>\n<li>Be strategic about how to invite people in.<\/li>\n<li>No shortage of volunteers at the Community Garden because they get something.\u00a0 What can volunteers get back?<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge the differences of organization\u2019s size and budget; all volunteer or paid staff.<\/li>\n<li>Starting orgs need people that can just dive in.<\/li>\n<li>Also a need for younger, stronger people to do physical work.<\/li>\n<li>Find a way to share volunteers between npos.\u00a0 Create concrete time limited opportunities.\u00a0 Get over that volunteers help other npos.<\/li>\n<li>How to reach those not volunteering\u2014are they afraid to get involved?\u00a0 Make volunteering palatable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>Sources of Volunteers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Look for groups that come here to volunteer\u2014possibly AmeriCorps or Vista.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Retirees<\/li>\n<li>NKN school groups doing service projects.\u00a0 Leo (High school version of Lions) has 40 kids; middle school kids who want to be on the honor roll have to do 5-6 hours of community service; senior projects.\u00a0 Especially since Peter Walczak parted ways with the school district it can be hard for parents to know what\/where their kids can get comm service.<\/li>\n<li>OSU master programs\u2014good at creating volunteers (Master Gardeners, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Which employers have volunteer incentive programs\u2014banks, Roby\u2019s, Cheese Factory.<\/li>\n<li>Some npos encourage their people to volunteer at other npos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Raw notes:\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Lane started the meeting with a brief background summary of how we got here:\u00a0 with encouragement from Lorraine Ortiz, Fulcrum received a $3000 grant from Oregon Community Foundation after matching that amount from donations from 19 individual and 14 npos totaling\u00a0 $3115.\u00a0 Barbara read a poem from Wendell Berry called \u201cWork Song, Part 2, A Vision\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We first round to say what we\u2019re thankful for and then went around again to say why we are here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Oregon Food bank has resources to share. Looking to see where I can plug in<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Friends of NCRD wants to grow our membership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Manzanita Visitor\u2019s Center is completely run using volunteers\u2014how to maintain and enhance our pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">NPO\u2019s are good at raising money.\u00a0 We need to work on \u201craising people\u201d and take advantage of the tsunami of retirees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">In North County, the fraternal organizations (Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary) are losing membership.\u00a0 (They are thriving in Tillamook proper)\u00a0 Our members are more rural; how can we involve people in the \u201cNew Grange\u201d and the food security movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">North Coast Citizen can facilitate all npos purposes.\u00a0 It\u2019s in my heart and soul to get information about npos out to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Rinehart Clinic &#8211; Interested in developing a program to help young people volunteer in the health field; how to engage the adult disabled community as volunteers; what other things we can do for outreach and how we can support the community. We mainly reach out to people who can\u2019t afford healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">NCRD &#8211; Looking forward to collaborating.\u00a0 We use volunteers in the fitness center, youth program and Friends of NCRD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">The library is a central place for the community.\u00a0 How to help shape the future so the library continues to be helpful to the community.\u00a0 Struggle to get volunteers.\u00a0 Understand how to grow a basic base and then help them become leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">As Volunteer Coordinator for TCWRC, helped produce volunteer fair at TBCC, which was successful at getting organizations, and had some success with getting the public there.\u00a0 Hoped to get the college\/high school students involved but could have had help advertising from schools. Jane Scott took videos of the npos involved and those profiles will be available on the county website and dvds at the library.\u00a0 Students can use volunteering towards professional development.\u00a0 Bridge to Nowhere program helps keep students engaged and on track.\u00a0 Need to increase volunteer pool, create infrastructure that is easy to plug into.\u00a0\u00a0 Took part of NOVA training on volunteer recruitment and maintenance.\u00a0 Good to have it here.\u00a0 How to keep the momentum going and interface with the whole county.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Hoffman Center has increased its programs and needs more volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Sammy\u2019s Place has a small 3 person board.\u00a0 Normally do face to face networking; important to have a sense of who is doing what.\u00a0 Need a broader age demographic for volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">We all take on a lot of roles.\u00a0 Heard a statistic that says 5% of people do 90% of volunteering.\u00a0 Need to outreach to others.\u00a0 Develop programs around who is available.\u00a0 The number of npos has exploded\u2014consolidation may have to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Present: \u00a0Linda Makohon, (Friends of NCRD), Tela Skinner (Hoffman Center), Mary Corey (Lower Nehalem Community Trust), Emily Volmer (Manzanita Farmer\u2019s Market), Deborah Skidmore(NCRD) Dan Haag\u00a0 (Manzanita Visitor\u2019s Center), John Benson\u00a0 (Nehalem Bay Garden Club), Tom Mock (Nehalem Valley Historical Society), Travis Williams (Nehalem Valley Land Trust), Laura Swanson (North Coast Citizen), Madeline Olsen (North Tillamook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":207,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulcrumresources.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}