Volunteer Center of East Central WI

Resources for our Agencies

Why become an affiliate agency of the Volunteer Center
Using 1-800-VOLUNTEER.ORG online service

Agency information for Volunteer Center Affiliation  

How can the Volunteer Center of East Central Wisconsin assist you? It is our mission to work with you and your agency to establish, promote, and assist you with your volunteer needs. We can help with on-going or one-time opportunities. We are also a resource and support for volunteer program improvement and development. 

What are the benefits of becoming an affiliate? An affilaite agency membership year begins in August. The Volunteer Center continues to explore new ways to serve you and your agency’s needs. Current affiliate agencies are receiving the following resources and promotional opportunities:  

The Volunteer Connection Book. This annual book lists each of our affiliates and their on-going volunteer opportunities.  This book is distributed throughout the Valley/Oshkosh and is mailed per request.
 
Youth Project Book.  Printed and distributed at the beginning of each new school year and before the summer, the publication lists volunteer opportunities for area youth. 

Holiday Connections Guide. This pamphlet/poster is printed and distributed in mid October. It lists special holiday volunteer opportunities through mid January and agency wish lists. 

Lend a Hand. This is a weekly column printed in the Sunday Post Crescent. Each week The Volunteer Center lists a few of the most current volunteer needs. We also publish in the Northwestern in Oshkosh.  

Workplace Volunteer Opportunities. The Volunteer Center has relationships with over 50 area businesses that have an interest in employee volunteering or have formal Employee Volunteer Programs.  The Center assists companies in finding opportunities for their employees. The Center sends monthly volunteer needs and meets bi-monthly to discuss volunteer management and best practices for Employee Volunteer Programs.

Website Search feature Our 1-800-Volunteer.org web based system will allow you to post your volunteer opportunities and special events.  The cost of using this tool is included in your affiliate fee.  The website will allow volunteers to search opportunities, match their skills and post their service hours 24 hours a day.  It will give your agency a tool for customized reporting, the ability to mass email and to track hours of service for all ages.  Training provided.  

The Human Race -An opportunity to collaborate in fundraising. This is a great and easy fundraiser for your agency. The annual 5k walk/run held at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Appleton and at Menominee Park in Oshkosh organized by The Volunteer Center. The Center provides marketing, pledge sheets, set-up, T-shirts and refreshments for the event. All your agency has to do is find participants to walk/run and collect pledges for the event. Your agency retains 75% of the collected pledges and the remaining 25% go to The Volunteer Center for event coordination. If your agency collects over $5000 in pledges, you keep 80% and have a chance to keep 90%.  For non-affiliate agencies and groups there is an entry fee.  

Contact us about these and other benefits, call (920) 832-9360 or email.

Using the 1-800-VOLUNTEER.ORG search feature

Once your agency joins the Volunteer Center of East Central WI as an affiliate you will be able to start recruiting for volunteers on this comprehensive online service.  The Center staff will provide you with a UserID and a username to get you started. Along with the tutorials and webinars that the site offers for instruction, the Center staff is available to provided individualized assistance.

1-800-Volunteer.org has created a powerful  service to help expand your recruiting efforts. The 1-800-Volunteer.org website automatically connects you with volunteers in our community. Your agency can list volunteer opportunities on the most comprehensive public Internet volunteer service available for recruiting and engaging volunteers.

How 1-800-Volunteer.org Can Help You

The Key Features

Recruitment - Leveraging the national reach of 1-800-Volunteer.org and your Volunteer Center's 1-800-Volunteer.org portal provides you with a powerful way to recruit volunteers for your opportunities, events and emergency response needs.

Referrals - Manage volunteer schedules and automatically communicate with your volunteers through custom emails and reminders, helping you convert interested volunteers into active, contributing volunteers.

Record of Service Hours & Recognition - Verify volunteer service hours so you can recognize volunteers who made significant contributions to helping you achieve your mission.

Skills-Based Volunteering - Search for volunteers by skills and match them to opportunities.

Reporting - Be able to show the true effect your organization has had on addressing and solving the needs of your local community and how volunteers have contributed to those results.

Disaster Response - After disaster strikes, use 1-800-Volunteer.org to register and assign volunteers based on their skills and availability.

¿Habla Español? - Post opportunities in Spanish to recruit Spanish speaking volunteers.

Technical Assistance - The Volunteer Center will help you get started and provide ongoing technical assistance as you use the system.

Once you have logged in using your agency UserID and Username, scroll down the left hand column and review the "Resources and Training" information for the tutorials on using the site and marketing ideas. Visit the website.

The Volunteer Center staff is available to answer any questions. Call us at (920) 832-9360 or email