03/16/2020
TL;DR: We are offering our Volunteer Leadership Program for anyone who is interested in learning the ins and outs of working with volunteers for free in an effort to help our community recover from the wake of Covid-19. Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with anyone you know that may be interested!
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A letter from the founder of The World is Fun:
Seattle and much of our entire country is suffering right now. Not just with the health epidemic that we are facing, but also the subsequent mental health and financial strain the virus has left in its wake.
When I started The World is Fun eleven years ago, it was in direct response to the recession we were facing and the belief that if we engaged our community in giving back we could recover quicker and form the much needed bonds within our community that bring us together, provide a sense of pride and belonging, and strengthen us.
In feeling helpless in what to do as I have watched our beloved local businesses suffer and financial hardships spread throughout the city I have been working closely with the The World is Fun’s Board of Directors to determine how our programs and services can best assist in our community.
We have decided to respond by doing the thing we do best - which is engaging volunteers. Since 2014, we have had an online program for those wishing to get a certificate in volunteer leadership that covers all aspects of volunteer engagement and management. This program has been available, in the past, for a fee or to a select few who have received a scholarship from our organization. We know that in order to rebuild quickly we need more people in our communitiies with the skills to engage volunteers and for this reason we will be offering the online program for free for anyone in the country that is interested in honing their volunteer leadership skills.
Our hopes in offering this program is that we will be able to make a significant impact on the volunteer efforts as we navigate these difficult times and that this will provide valuable skills to the nonprofits out there that need support.
The program consists of six modules that you can complete online, at your own pace. The modules cover all aspects of volunteer management from recruitment, working with volunteers, retention, and more. In addition to the six modules, you will receive six group video coaching calls, and those that wish to obtain their Volunteer Leadership Certificate will be eligible to do so after they complete six volunteer opportunities within their community.
We know in the scheme of everything happening this is merely a minor contribution but we sincerely believe that ever contribution can make a difference and if we come together we will all get through this quicker.
If you, or anyone you know is interested in the Volunteer Leadership Program please visit theworldisfun.org/vlp
Use the promo code LETSREBUILD to get the training for free.
- Amy Faulkner
Our Volunteer Leadership Program was developed from an internal six module training program used to train our TWIF Leads that guide our volunteer events. After acknowledging we bring a new perspective to volunteer management, we decided we had too much information not to share and this program is no...
