Winter Weekend
Make sure there is something on deck for each special winter weekend. Nine more weeks and then a few more. So much can happen in a short time. Three days. A snow forecast or two (maybe a few more.) Holidays Read More …
Tag: volunteers
Yes, Please
You can say yes, please and still want more. Yes – another cookie. Yes – more time on the project. Yes – more volunteers. Yes – a second glass of wine. Yes – additional creative ideas. Yes – this isn’t Read More …
It Takes Volunteers
To pull off community events it takes many people, making time and effort – in other words, it takes volunteers. Those who… Donate their time. Donate their resources. Donate their information. Donate their team’s time (and pay them, too.) Donate Read More …
With Bells On
Today, I was able to volunteer an hour, just an hour of my time to ring the Salvation Army bell, and literally did so, with bells on …my red velvety Santa hat. It was ring, ring, tinkle-ling…while I was singing Read More …
Better To Have Done It
It is, in my experience, better to have done it than not tried. Over the last couple of weeks, I have taken nearly 650 photos of the cast, crew and director staff of the Jungle Book Kids at school. I Read More …
Follow Through
Tonight was the first night of the Summer Stock shows. We just got home… Les Miserables is a long production and the kids were outstanding. Everything that the cast, the directors, the program managers, set designers and the boosters did Read More …
4 Things
There are 4 things that these people are… the ones who helped make today so very wonderful. They are professionals. They are teachers. They are Moms. They are volunteers. After a long day of teaching, after getting your kids up, Read More …
Professionals vs. Volunteers
When it comes down to performance there are definitely benefits to having both types of people on your team, however, you just have to understand why you need both or one vs. the other. In other words, having professionals vs. Read More …
Professional Volunteers
Sometimes, the experts are the professional volunteers. It is fall and that means, for so many organizations, a final push to raise money for their non-profit works. In schools, often there is a vendor who supplies the school with the Read More …