Recruiting and Training Volunteers

Whatcom Volunteer Center
Whatcom Volunteer Center encourages people of all ages to offer their time to help out people in need and to get involved by supporting the different programs, projects, and organizations in their community.

Volunteer Management Certification Program
The Volunteer Management Certificate Program is a web-based learning opportunity that covers the training, recruiting, management and recognition of volunteers.

Cross Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions: India, Africa, and Latin America--Volunteer in our humanitarian service programs. Work with social service pioneers, immerse yourself in a vibrant new culture, empower local communities and contribute to vital global issues, such as healthcare, education, and social development.

Points of Light Foundation
Nonpartisan organization whose mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer community service. Offers a hotline for volunteer opportunity information.

AmeriCorps*VISTA
VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) is a full-time, year-long Volunteer program for men and women 18 yrs. of age and older, who commit themselves to increasing the capability of low-income people to improve the conditions of their own lives.

Volunteer Match
VolunteerMatch is a free service for any organization, allowing them to post their volunteer opportunities and receive volunteers. VolunteerMatch is available to any nonprofit, government organization, church, school and university.

Global Volunteer Network
The Global Volunteer Network is a non profit organization that places volunteers in community projects overseas: in China, Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Thailand, and Uganda. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, environmental and community aid programs. Examples of the exciting and rewarding activities available to volunteers include teaching English, environmental work, AIDS education, and assisting in an orphanage.

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