Resources

Here are the resources for other communities to start their own volunteer fairs, leadership and service project workshops, and creating opportunities for young people to volunteer.

The first resource is my powerpoint presentation on Making Effective Service Projects for other groups to use.

Second, feedback template for volunteer fair:

Youth Volunteer Fair Feedback – Organization Sheet

Thank you so much for attending the Youth Volunteer Fair!

Your feedback is appreciated.

On a scale of 1-5, please answer the following questions.

1-      Completely disagree

2-       Somewhat disagree

3-       Neutral

4-       Somewhat agree

5-      Completely agree

Did you find this fair helpful? ____

Did you come up with new service project ideas? ___

Did you make connections with local organizations and youth, who you have not worked with in the past? ___

Was this a good location and time? ___

Would you attend again? ___

…..

Were there any organizations that you would have liked to have seen at the fair? If yes, what organizations? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Would you be interested in being a co-writer of a blog on this project, adding stories on local service projects? If so please write down your email address.

Would you be interested in being the host organization for this event in the future? If so please write down your email address.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Third, flyer template:

Are you interested in volunteering?

Do you need service hours?

Do you want to know where you can volunteer in our community?


Come one, come all, to the first ever (your town) Volunteer Fair!



The fair will be held at (location) on (date) from (time). There will be a number of different local organizations that need young volunteers. Come find an organization that interests you!


If you or your group have any questions please call


(contact information)


Now for some resources on presenting, service, and leadership in general:

This is a really good list of points on presenting information to others. Here's the link.
Presentation on ways of presenting information link.
Tips for presenting yourself link.