Even though it was produced by a financial site, the report isn't only concerned with charitable giving; time spent on «
volunteering and service» also factored into the
overall numbers which were compiled by looking at data from a collection
of sources including Gallup, the Census Bureau, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the IRS and the organization Feeding America.
It will increase your top
volunteer's sense
of pride in their service to a campaign, increase the
overall number of check - ins and, frankly, give them one more reason to show up.
Training staff, interns, and
volunteers is a key part
of THL's strategy
of helping to grow the animal advocacy movement by increasing the
number of committed, trained, animal advocates.189 THL has large and structured
volunteer, intern, and campus outreach programs designed in part to help participants become better advocates ready for positions
of greater responsibility.190, 191 THL also tries to promote professional development among staff through structured training for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and
volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less
overall growth.194