Cooperative Extension Appraisals

When one volunteers, it is not for their personal gain, yet rather for the benefit of others. The volunteering opportunity would enable one to make a direct connection with others. Thus, the volunteers get

A key to defining this group and their responsibilities is to explain their status. The term volunteer is defined as, “persons who did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organization” (USDL, 2015). The nature of a professional, or someone who is paid for their work, demonstrates an implicit motivator in the payment. The duties and responsibilities that are performed by the person whether the duties are assigned or created by the person also have a general connotation. The collection of activities these individuals perform is known in the literature as “volunteering” (Stebbins, 2009, Wilson,

Zimdars had to rely on volunteers to help her implement a summer program at the local elementary school. This proved to be very difficult because she was working with varying schedules and people who don’t have a financial incentive to be there. As wonderful as volunteers can be, it can also make programs more stressful for the librarians. Zimdars has since secured some grant funding to hire temporary employees for the summer to help with the program next summer (personal communication October 10, 2017).

Volunteering is often seen as free labor. However, there is a significant cost associated with the recruitment, training, and maintenance of the volunteer force. A full-time staff to oversee the volunteer program is necessary as well to ensure volunteers are being used effectively. The recruitment process varies from advertising to speaking at schools to

The United States is a country of volunteers. In 2002-2003, 64 million Americans (28.8 percent of those 16 and older) donated 52 hours a year, the equivalent of more than one full work week, to building shelters, coaching Little League, caring for the elderly, teaching literacy, and countless other community-minded pursuits. Statistics show in Source F that “groups mandatory and nonvolunteers – were less likely to volunteer 8 years after high school than persons who strongly encouraged to volunteer or did it for strictly voluntary reason (43 percent).”

Hopkinsville is a small town where schools and churches spin a web of contacts in which natives can find one another by tugging on the correct thread. The intimate nature between my school and the community provides me with worthy yet insular opportunities to volunteer, such as collecting for canned food drives, serving at school fundraisers, and working sports concessions. However, I prefer volunteer work that is continuous, serves the community at large, and satisfies my desire to learn and teach. Discovering such a position outside the well-worn paths was exacting. After searching through various community organizations, I found my solution in the Boys and Girls Club of Hopkinsville. There, I could satisfy my interest in teaching and serving my community, while pushing the edges of my comfort zone.

I became involved in camp counseling three years ago after joining my local 4-H and Federation clubs, both of which have presented me with exceptional opportunities to become involved in my community. I had two main motives for joining these clubs: to become a more outgoing and profound leader, and to give back to those who have helped me

I work for the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP). My lab currently has three volunteers. One of the volunteers has been working with us since 2011. I finally plan to hire her this month. According to Levine and D’Agostino (2010), attracting volunteers with opportunities to employee is more attractive than false promises. Of course, I am not aware of many volunteer opportunities UNCP has to offer.

One survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania found that paid employees had once filled 25% of jobs that volunteers held at the time (Handy et al., 2008). As the great recession hit America many non-profits were forced to let go some of their paid staff and volunteers replaced the employees. As volunteers are brought into an organization it is understandable that paid employees will stress over their job security. The anxiety caused by employees fearing that they may be replaced by volunteers causes

A major way for a nation to progress effectively is when its people offer ideas, work, or charity. By offering voluntary and non-fraudulent services, both the nation and its people gain progressive benefits for improvements. Volunteers are important human resources because they willingly work for their willingly to improve and grow without making an income.

In the first document you will find under learning outcome 7 is my analysis of the volunteer management at a nonprofit that I volunteered with. This document supports my learning about the importance of a well thought out, strategically planned volunteer program. I review both the strength and the weakness of the volunteer management for the Northampton Jazz Festival. Within the document you will find a volunteer job description that I have created. The ability to design an effective volunteer position description is a skill that all nonprofit managers should possess. Volunteers are a staple of the nonprofit sector and are vital to the sector's ability to operate. It is necessary for an organization’s leaders to properly prepare for volunteers and to view them as unpaid staff.

As an alumnus, I take the time to give back to youth agricultural programs that help young people to understand and experience agriculture. I volunteer with a local 4-H club, assisting kids with their own projects, and coach 4-H meats and poultry judging teams that teach the youth agricultural knowledge and consumer decision making skills. I also take part in College Aggies Online, a program that gets college students “agvocating” for animal agriculture online and in person about animal agriculture. Additionally, through my internship this summer with my state’s Extension service, I had the opportunity to interact with consumers and agricultural producers to help them better understand agricultural and livestock

A significant part of all land-grant universities is Cooperative Extension (MSU, n.d). It is a partnership between the land-grant universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work. Today, the Extension Service provides research and non-formal education programs “traditional Extension” or “reaching out” to meet public needs. In Mississippi, county and regional extension offices are providing educational programs on local levels. Mississippi State University Extension Service has been working with farmers and agribusiness owners for over 100 years by providing practical and research-based education programs. The four major program areas covered

Volunteering is my entire life, in fact it defines who I am. I spend most of my free time volunteering, whether it be spreading the word about organ donation, instilling leadership and teamwork values into young teens’ minds, or simply

Firstly, the author claims that in recent years teenage volunteer number has decreased even though there is a much greater need. The author here is making an assumption that the need for volunteers is NOT getting fulfilled and this is the reason that teenage volunteers are reduced. It could be possible that there are volunteers of other age groups that are fulfilling the number required for such programs and due to which teenagers, also due to lack of experience were not given a preference. This would weaken the author's case that charitable organisations need more volunteers than they already have.