Kentuckiana Association for Volunteer Administration

04/23/2026

Dear KAVA Members, I was recently given a financial scholarship to attend the Points of Light Conference that is to be held in Washington DC from June 22 - 25, 2026. The aid given to me was $750.00 which was able to cover the entire conference fee. Due to my daughter's cancer journey, I cannot be away from her for that duration of time so I am happy to give this to KAVA member so he/she can attend the conference. While it does not cover hotel or travel costs, it will help pay for attending this awesome conference and frankly its one of my favorite ones to be part of. Please reach out to me at (502) 640-7716 or [email protected] if you are interested in this opportunity. Take care! Chris Clements

04/13/2026

Check out this free professional development opportunity by Volunteer Fairfax: Volunteer Recruitment at Fairs, Festivals and Other Community Events - Volunteer Recruitment at Fairs, Festivals and Other Community Events

Date

Tuesday, April 14th 2:00pm (Zoom Link)

Go to

Volunteering - Fairfax County Virginia

03/18/2026

Thanks to all those who came out yesterday for St. Patrick's Day KAVA social happy hour gathering with Irish Blessing and Toast.

03/13/2026

Volunteer Engagement can unintentionally reinforce harm--or become a tool for solidarity and sustainable impact. Join Points of Light for free webinar on March 18th at 1 PM for their next Volunteering and Social Impact Learning Series. This webinar is called "Who Is This Really For? Centering Community in Volunteer Engagement". Joshua Rodgers, founder of The Culture Liberation, will introduce the foundational principles of community-centered volunteering and explore how to shift from transactional models to trust based engagement rooted in shared power.

Explore key themes of the Points of Light Conference and gain early insights with our live learning series on volunteering and social impact.

02/16/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out to last week's KAVA meeting. Blueprint 502 was wonderful host at their Smoketown Community Center location for the meeting and much appreciation goes out to Jenna Dixon on providing insight and much more about her years of experience with volunteer management and coordination. As friendly reminder, there is KAVA social hour event tomorrow called Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) taking place at Old Louisville Brewery. Come out and have some fun with us from 5 pm to 8 pm!

02/06/2026

KAVA Monthly Meeting

When: February 12, 2026, 11am-1pm

Where: Smoketown Community Center | Powered by Blueprint 502

538 E. Breckinridge St.

Louisville, KY 40203

Topic: Volunteer Recruitment & Onboarding

RSVP by end of day on February 11

01/15/2026

Special Professional Development Webinar and Training in partnership with Points of Life coming up on Thursday, January 29th from 12 PM - 1:00 PM. The topic is "Centering Youth Voice in Adult-Centric Space". Get young people perspective as well as learn more about intergenerational collaboration. Registration can be found at the following link:

Explore key themes of the Points of Light Conference and gain early insights with our live learning series on volunteering and social impact.

01/08/2026

Thanks to all the KAVA members that came out to today's meeting today at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. Much appreciation goes to to Jenna Dixon, Volunteer Manager, in welcoming all of us and sharing about the wonderful things that they do there and her dedicated volunteer base. This month's meeting was "Stump the Board" which lead to an open discussion of volunteer coordination, management and so much more. It was very insightful to all! Next meeting will be February 12th and at the Smoketown Community Center in partnership with Blueprint 502

12/12/2025

Wonderful end of year holiday gathering by KAVA members. Thank you Humane Society for being an awesome host. All of us enjoyed the adorable and precious dogs and cats. It was very tempting to not adopt every one of them. 🐈😺 🐶 🐕

11/25/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! Enjoy, be safe and also grateful this season. Also please come join us on December 5th (Friday) from 4 PM - 8 PM for end of the year and holiday season KAVA Happy Hour social event in Paristown - Louisville, KY. Another reminder and flyer will go out next week on this.

11/20/2025

Update from KAVA member Chris Clements! Please keep his family in your thoughts as they have recently learned their 15-year-old daughter has leukemia.