Recruit & Retain Volunteers

We've established why you want volunteers at your school site, what they'll be doing, & how to keep track of the folks who sign up- now how do we get volunteers to sign up?

Recruitment Starts at Home

We always want to engage our district families, whenever we can

Send flyers about Volunteer Projects home with students
Send out a weekly/monthly newsletter to grown ups about goingsons at the school
Texts/Emails to family
Post to social media

Community & Staff

Community members are key supporters. Often they will engage with a volunteer project & return to the school site to support them monetarily or with in-kind donations!

Post to Social Media
Email blasts
Post opportunities & Projects to Workplace

Alumni

School pride runs deep! Engage with your site's alumni

Start an Alumni group on social media
Email blasts
Texts
Post opportunities & projects to Workplace

We've got our volunteers, now how do we keep them?

Volunteers are more likely to come back to a school site or project when they've previously had a positive experience volunteering. How can we ensure we're creating a positive volunteer experience?

Communication

Communication with volunteers, your team, & the Partnerships Team are key to a successful Volunteer Program at your school

Communication -

Talk to your volunteers about projects & activities your school site is hosting. Get them excited about what's on your calendar
Talk to the Partnerships Team about what your volunteer needs are - we'll post your projects on our site & in our monthly Volunteer Newsletter
At events, make sure you're greeting & directing your volunteers to where they need to go

Expectations

Expectations are a necessary ingredient to creating happy, repeat volunteers

Expectations -

Let your volunteers know all that is expected of them before & during a volunteer activity (clothing, time commitment, physical activity, etc)
Set goals for volunteers with how long activities should take (set up, specific events, deadlines for creative items, etc)
Most importantly, all volunteers MUST be approved via the OKCPS Volunteer Application - tell your volunteers that they cannot engage in projects until they have an approval notice

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