BYSI Insider’s Guide to Recruiting Volunteers (For Free!)

~Beth Beard, Editor, BYS Newsletter

Recruiting volunteers for youth sports and fitness programs can be challenging. Where are the best places to look? Where do you advertise? Who should you market to? How can you be more effective in recruiting and retaining volunteers?

I’ve put together this insider’s guide to help you answer these questions and to share some of the tips, tools and resources I’ve gathered working with volunteers in Boston area nonprofits over the past ten years. This multipart guide is one step of many the Boston Youth Sports Initiative is taking to make your work with volunteers a little bit easier. Read on and discover the best places to find volunteers, matching services that will help you get connected, and even volunteers that are looking to work with youth sports programs right now!

Insider Tips and Tools for Finding Volunteers

Part One:

• Developing your recruitment process
• Saving time and money
• Getting out there- marketing and PR

Part Two:

• Getting creative
• Tailoring the strategies to fit your needs
• Last Thoughts

Top 5 Insider Resources

1. Craig’s List
2. Idealist.org
3. Boston Cares
4. Volunteer Match and the Virtual Volunteering Guide
5. Energize Inc

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