Set Up Your Own Volunteer Experience
Determine when and how long you can serve
Contact an Agency.
[Here is a sample email.]Set a tentative plan with the agency
Get approval from your supervisor
[Follow your department’s procedures for requesting leave.]Confirm the plan with the agency.
Set goals for professional development
Identify skills that you are developing in your current role or skills that would benefit your current role.
Set goals with your supervisor.
Practice and hone those skills with volunteer experience in the community.
Examples:
Improving tech skills by developing a website for your local VFD
developing management skills by organizing groups of volunteers for a local summer camp
growing in mechanic skills by doing small engine repair for a local youth organization
expand inclusion skills by working with local immigrant populations
Serve and take some pictures.
Share your experience by submitting this Google form with photos
Organize a Project For Your Office/Department
Gauge interest area by bringing it up at a staff meeting or sending out a survey via email
Select a day/time and an organization/experience site
Identify goals for the office/department and for the organization
Contact the organization
[Here is a sample email.]Serve and take some pictures.
Share your experience by submitting this Google form with photos
Set aside some time with your volunteer group to debrief the experience and reflect on how the goals were met.
[Link to sample After Action Review]
Join a group
Find an opportunity to serve with a group that is already organized.
Like the events listed on Engage
Get approval from your supervisor
[Follow your department’s procedures for requesting leave.]RSVP with opportunity contact.
Set goals for professional development
Serve and take some pictures.
Share your experience by submitting this Google form with photos
#MountaineerVolunteer
Share your experience! A Google Form for people to submit photos and a description
Link to CEL list of community organizations
Questions? Contact Alyson Ebaugh <ebaugham@appstate.edu>