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~. ~~~ • Nearly 80 percent of respondents say that staff view volunteers as very or somewhat helpful.. Specifically, volunteers are considered very helpful in shelters where they receive training. Staff feels volunteers Formal training No Formal Current No formal are... run by paid staff training- volunteers training using written volunteers train new program materials shadow staff volunteers very helpful Count 37 30 29 19 °Jo 51.4% 44.1% 70.7% 38.8% somewhat helpful Count 31 28 7 14 % 43.1% 41.2% 17.1% 28.6 no opinion Count 1 4 6 % 1.4% 9.8% 12.2 Okay, but not that helpful Count 2 9 1 7 °Jo 2.8% 13.2% 2.4% 14.3% disruptive to daily work Count I I 3 % 1.4% 1.5% 6.1% TOTAL. Count 72 68 41 49 % 100% 100% 100% 100% • Of'the 25.3 respondents who answered the question about boards of directors, only 42 percent feel their board members are either very helpful or at least somewhat helpful in day-to-day activities,. • When it comes to recruiting volunteers, 6.3 percent advertise for volunteers on their web sites, 54 percent advertise in their newsletters, and 45 percent advertise in the community newspaper. • Some of the most common,jobs volunteers perform for shelters include: o Socialize/Walk Dogs (82%o) o Socialize Cats (80%) o Special Events (78%) o Foster Care (70%) o Kennel and Cage Cleaning (69%) o Fundraising (67%) • Relatively little formal training is available for shelter staff members to ]earn how to work with and manage volunteers. The majority learn on the job (44%), while 23 percent are provided in-house training. Few respondents (only 4.8%) report sending staff to off- site training in volunteer management. • 60 percent of respondents say they have written standard operating procedures for staff.. Vokuueer Management: A Gffide far Anima( Cnre Organizations 5 ~ T lie Humane Society of the United Sines F~ !~ P ~' 6' ~° 6a 6' 6" 6~ EJ