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The West Central Blogger: January 2009
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The West Central Blogger. Stories that celebrate and inform west central Minnesota. Friday, January 30, 2009. Get more/do more with your tax refund. It's Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day in the U.S. The IRS wants people to know that tax credits are available for low- to moderate- income working individuals and families. In today's economy, a larger refund is particularly welcome. See if you qualify. Wondering what's the best thing to do with your tax refund? Links to this post. Blog administrators ...
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October | 2012 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! A Volunteer’s Perspective from (Close to) the Beginning. October 31, 2012. As I enter my 3. Month as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Tubman, I am pausing to take stock of what has brought me here, to look forward, and to explore how what MAVA is teaching me can help Tubman grow. Being at a new facility and starting up a new program has had its own challenges. I have had to work hard to turn vision into re...
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May | 2012 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! Be Inspired: Volunteer Stories. May 16, 2012. As I write this entry (my first blog entry ever! So what is the point of all this babbling about being an introvert? At the end of the day, the stories that are shared in the four walls of my office inspire me. They keep me energized for the next round of interviews. They remind me what a rich and diverse volunteer corps we have at Maple Grove Hospital. May 1, 2012.
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April | 2012 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! What Is Service Learning and How Does Century College Utilize This Learning Tool? April 11, 2012. Century College biology project. There are three main elements of every service learning experience. Service learning:. Meaning the student and the community organization both benefit from the assignment. Always involves opportunities for reflection. Century College elementary partnership. I think it was a great e...
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January | 2013 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! Reflection on my first few months building capacity as an AmeriCorps VISTA. January 11, 2013. How can we maintain communication with volunteers after they leave our building and what methods and tools should we use to keep them involved with our organization? Questions like these are all so directly related to the success of a volunteer program, and even a little change could potentially make a big difference.
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Reflection on my first few months “building capacity” as an AmeriCorps VISTA | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! Reflection on my first few months building capacity as an AmeriCorps VISTA. How can we maintain communication with volunteers after they leave our building and what methods and tools should we use to keep them involved with our organization? Questions like these are all so directly related to the success of a volunteer program, and even a little change could potentially make a big difference. From your own site.
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The Importance of Volunteer Leaders | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! The Importance of Volunteer Leaders. The Webster Dictionary defines volunteer as a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as. One who enters into military service voluntarily. One who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest. Volunteer leaders are in a unique position where they can inspire change in individual volu...
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March | 2012 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! The Multi-Talented, Multi-Tasked Volunteer Manager. March 28, 2012. So I’m going to write a blog, I’ve never written for a blog before, but this sounds kind of fun. I get to pick my topic, the only real requirement is that the topic should be something that volunteer managers are interested in. This shouldn’t be hard, I’m a volunteer manager! So, what am I interested in? Whew, I made it to lunch time! Celebrat...
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The Individual Volunteer | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! Why is the answer to this question so elusive? For me, it cuts straight to the sometimes contradictory, sometimes complimentary reasons that volunteerism is so important. Yet in another sense the real value that they bring to our organization is intangible. As essential as volunteers are to our internal operations, they are also one of our most important ties to our community. They volunteer with us be...No do...
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July | 2012 | MAVANetwork
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Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities. Write a Guest Post! The Power of Choice Let the Volunteer Lead the Way! July 11, 2012. By: Arika Quick, Manager of Volunteer Services, MN Landscape Arboretum. Source: http:/ www.jeffhurtblog.com. How can you do that for approximately 200 new volunteers each year, in addition to the 800 volunteers the Arboretum already has AND. Accomplish any other work! It quickly became apparent that a new approach that would keep the staff sane...
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