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• Postcard — sized handouts /bookmarks to leave in restaurants, at events, etc. • Fun volunteer fairs that give prospective volunteers an inside look at your organization. • Computer web sites — matching parties with skills and interest. Make volunteer jobs /duties concrete, doable to entice volunteers. Be able to articulate what the organization does and needs -in terms of volunteers. Train volunteers to market your organization. • Have volunteers to recruit at least one friend. • Sign people up to volunteer. Organize a volunteer auction and have volunteers to bring items (raise $$) to auction. Ask people from different congregations to become involved. Involve business owners. • Wear organization paraphernalia to the mall or other highly populated areas. • Volunteer open house. Have current volunteers to organize efforts to recruit new volunteers. Invite other volunteer organizations to become involved. • Networking; personal contacts; word of mouth. Human - interest stories in newspapers and newsletters. Using web sites. • Ask family members, co- workers and church members. • Invite a friend or co- worker to a big event such as open house or ribbon cutting. Make a client a spokes person. • Recruit volunteers for a one -time job - then hope they will stay. • Satisfied volunteers and current volunteers to recruit. Students! Students! Public service announcements. • Utilize college community service centers. • Networking, advertise, and internet. • Online ads /listing on websites that are related to your area, e.g., The animal shelter placed an ad on local pet sites; Habitat for Humanity has a listing on local athletic /exercise /outdoors/ sites, etc. • Target recruitment efforts by interest and pool of volunteers targeted. Keep track of past volunteers who were interested. DTH advertising. • Read through the white pages and find professionals in your neighborhood, then contact them about volunteer and donor opportunities in your organization. • Ad in Daily Tar Heel and other universities. Public Access T.V. Channel; New Community Newsletters — articles; CH Service League — agency comes in to describe what is needed; Brochure for newcomers; CH News Service Organization; Volunteer Organization. • Keep names of people interested for a while even after it isn't the "right" time for them to volunteer. 11