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Fighting Hunger Together
What are the special needs of involving volunteers at food pantries, kitchens, nutrition programs, and other hunger-related organizations? Through our Fighting Hunger Together initiative, funded by the Walmart Foundation, hunger-related organizations get free access to VolunteerMatch’s premium tools, as well as specialized training and resources.
Are you fighting for food security? Here's how we can help:
- Join the Fighting Hunger Together initiative and get free access to our premium recruitment tools. Fill out the form at right to join.
- Become a great place to volunteer. Sign up for our custom webinars just for hunger-related organizations below.
- List your volunteer needs at VolunteerMatch and we'll display them on our new Hunger Volunteering Map.
- More resources. Download the toolkit [28MB | PDF] on fighting hunger from our friends at The New York City Coalition Against Hunger and ConAgra Foods.
Join the fight. Together we can reduce food insecurity in our local communities.
Fighting Hunger Together: Create Compelling Opportunities on VolunteerMatch
Fighting Hunger Together: Create Compelling Opportunities on VolunteerMatch Using common volunteer opportunities from hunger relief organizations we’ll discuss best practices for creating listings on VolunteerMatch that will appeal to the volunteers you’re looking for to run your programs. We’ll look at before and after listings, and we’ll discuss how to use our Premium Account tools to pre-screen and get to know prospective volunteers before you talk to them. Sample descriptions, custom questions, and useful examples will be provided.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 5/1
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together: Engaging Skilled Volunteers
Fighting Hunger Together: Engaging Skilled Volunteers Skilled volunteers can elevate your organization to new heights. If you want to learn how to recruit volunteers with specific professional skill sets this webinar is for you!
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 3/13
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together: Engaging Volunteers Using Social Media Tools
Fighting Hunger Together: Engaging Volunteers Using Social Media Tools What do you need to know about social media as a volunteer program manager for a hunger relief organization? How can you use sites like Facebook, and Twitter to promote your volunteer opportunities and recruit volunteers? This webinar will offer an introduction to including social media in your volunteer recruitment and retention plans. We'll take a look at examples of hunger relief organizations who have successfully marketed their opportunities using social media. You'll also learn about the social media tools available as part of your VolunteerMatch account that can help you promote your volunteer opportunities on other social networking sites.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 2/13
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together: Put Volunteer Groups to Work!
Fighting Hunger Together: Put Volunteer Groups to Work! So many volunteer managers at hunger relief organizations depend on groups of volunteers to meet the needs of their programs. Different types of groups can come with their own challenges. We’ll discuss ideas for working with corporate groups, youth groups, and other groups using common types of opportunities at hunger relief organizations. Effective practices for engagement, ideas for diversifying the work and commitment level of volunteer groups, the importance of creating opportunities with measurable impacts, and communicating those impacts will be discussed.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 3/6
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together: Recruiting and Managing Seasonal Volunteers
Fighting Hunger Together: Recruiting and Managing Seasonal Volunteers Managing and recruiting seasonal volunteers is always a challenge, particularly when volunteer interest can be skewed towards certain times of the year. While holiday volunteers can be a great asset to your organization, how do you recruit volunteers for the rest of the year? We'll discuss some strategies for maintaining a consistent volunteer base, and conveying the importance of year-round volunteers to your seasonal volunteer team.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 4/24
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together: The Basics of Volunteer Management
Fighting Hunger Together: The Basics of Volunteer Management Modeled on our popular webinar The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit we’ll discuss all of the basic program components from volunteer handbooks to creating a comprehensive volunteer retention plan popular in volunteer engagement, but with a focus on the needs of hunger relief organizations. This webinar was originally designed for new volunteer managers, but even seasoned professionals can learn something new. Sample documents and a program evaluation guide will be provided.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 4/17
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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Fighting Hunger Together:Creating More Volunteer Engagement
Fighting Hunger Together:Creating More Volunteer Engagement How long do volunteers usually stay with your program? Do you struggle with keeping them interested, involved and engaged? This webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged. Tools to help you evaluate your program and implement new ideas will be provided.
Facilitator(s):
Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Matt Wallace
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Wednesday, 5/15
11:00 PT / 2:00 ET
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