Tips for Recruiting Volunteers

	Determine exactly what is needed from the volunteers If you can't tell them what the job entails, they probably won't volunteer for it! Be up front and tell the truth about what is involved with the job
	Ask other volunteers why they joined
	Talk to other successful organizations to find out how they recruit volunteers
	Follow trends in society to determine what types of people are volunteering
	Use a focus group to determine a recruitment plan
	Everything distributed by your organization should have a recruitment message on it and a way to contact you
	Include a recruitment message on your answering machine
	Promote your organization through the internet and spread the recruitment message
	Use letters to the editor in your local newspapers to get publicity for your recruitment campaigns
	Make sure your volunteers are enjoying what they are doing!

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