National Volunteer Week 2008
This year’s national celebration of volunteerism will take place April 27th through May 3rd. Many of you hold your annual volunteer recognition events during this week. Here are some other ideas for recognizing volunteers.
The 2007 National Volunteer Week toolkit has the necessary information and resources to recognize your volunteers with a special event, or just to tell the rest of your community about how wonderful your volunteers are! Use this toolkit to leverage the nation’s focus on volunteering during the Week and honor your deserving volunteers.
Honor your volunteers by nominating them for a national volunteer award. Here are two:
You can also find helpful resources on taking advantage of National Volunteer Week, celebrating volunteerism with poems and quotes, and ways to support volunteerism through the media at this 4H website. These items can easily be adapted to your organization.