This site is sponsored through the Points of Light Foundation. It currently features the 2000 National Volunteer Week material. This includes press releases, ideas for celebration, resources for purchasing recognition items, and lots of other helpful information about volunteerism.
This site is sponsored by Energize, Inc., whose president, Susan Ellis, is a nationally recognized authority on volunteerism. The site includes information for ordering resources as well as links for quotes, humorous anecdotes, and celebration ideas.
This site is operated and maintained by Nan Hawthorne, a national figure in nonprofit management. The site features information about recognition, resources for ordering materials and recognition items and also offers links for bulletin boards and chat rooms with other volunteer managers.
This site is a clearing house of volunteer information. It includes additional links, recognition ideas and items and lots of other helpful information for those working with volunteers.
This site is the source for information on the International Year of the Volunteer, which is 2001. The United Nations is involved in this international celebration. This site includes quotes, stories and ideas for recognition of volunteers.
This site provides some sample brochures and press releases that might be effective for local adaptation. There is some good general volunteer information here as well.
This site was pulled together by volunteer specialists from the North Central Region. They have put some great links in their system as well as provided some really good material. They offer it up for use by anyone, but they do ask that you inform them using their feedback form of what you found
useful and how you utilized the materials.
