National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate volunteers, and Nevada Volunteers has a gem of a volunteer to celebrate. Fred Barrie is a highly-talented professional who is the best example ever of what a skilled volunteer can add to an organization. Skilled volunteers are a valuable asset, bringing know-how and experience to an organization to supplement the expertise of staff. Sometimes a skilled volunteer goes way beyond that capacity, propelling the organization into completely new realms of possibility. That is what Fred has done for Nevada Volunteers, and why we want to give him a colossal National Volunteer Week thanks!
National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, is a time to celebrate those who volunteer. Volunteers are the backbone of any community, providing services that would otherwise go unmet. Although the time a volunteer gives is free, have you stopped to consider the time and energy needed to recruit, organize, direct, and of course, thank them? Nevada Volunteers knows that volunteer coordinators, whether they are paid staff or volunteers themselves, are a vital part of strengthening volunteering in Nevada, and why we focus a good deal of effort in reaching out to them through our website resources and trainings.
Do you volunteer? Good for you! You are one of the four in ten Americans who volunteered this past year. But do you know that you are doing yourself a big favor? Volunteering is just plain good for your health, your sense of well-being, even your job, according to a survey of more than 4,500…
April 15th has always been just a normal calendar day for me. My family hires a CPA to take care of our taxes every year, so they have never been much more than a passing thought in my daily life. But as I have grown up and taken on more “adult” responsibilities, I have looked…
Nevada Volunteers was thrilled to have Governor Brian Sandoval hammering down shingles with our AmeriCorps members at a Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas project early on MLK Day. By afternoon, he was up north, mingling with young people at a presentation on cyber-bullying hosted by the Children’s Cabinet AmeriCorps program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee Meadows.
“Service above self will be the cornerstone of my administration as Governor,” Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval proclaimed. He joined approximately 70 AmeriCorps members bright and early in Las Vegas, Nevada on Martin Luther King Jr. Day morning to celebrate the Day of Service. Partnering with Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas, Nevada Volunteers’ AmeriCorps members gathered…
Thanks for all your support! We have added another letter to AmeriCorps! That means more than $1,200 has been donated to support AmeriCorps programs in Nevada. The next letter is an “E”. Just $10 from 10 more friends of AmeriCorps will add this letter to our Amass for AmeriCorps campaign. “E” stands for education —…
Behind the chain link fence and a few feet from the railroad tracks, through the winter landscape you can distinguish the red, green, brown, and blue of tents. Hidden away from Reno’s busy downtown area, at 4th and Record Street, these tents house people of all walks of life who ended up with no other…
We have the first letter of AmeriCorps spelled for the 2nd time! That means $1,100 has been donated to support AmeriCorps programs in Nevada. Words cannot express how grateful we are for your generous support!!! Now we need to get the next letter… can you help us with the “M”? Just $10 from 10 friends…
What inspires Celinda Pena to volunteer? “It’s the faces and the reactions I get from the people that I touch the lives of.” Celinda was born in San Isidro, Cabañas, El Salvador. Her family relocated to Las Vegas in 1993 when she was 4 years old. After graduating from Desert Pine High School in 2007,…