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I'm in need of some volunteers. Don't tell Marca, but she has a birthday coming up, Nov 15, and I need 60 volunteers to help out celebrating this milestone. Yes I said 60 volunteers. So if you think you could help out, I have a chef who will cook some food and a place to sit. What the volunteers need to do is to eat what's been cooked and served on a platter. Can't tell you why I need 60, but there will be lots of food, so that may be one reason. The date is Nov 15 2011 The time is 7pm,,,,, do not be late The place: Scot's on Scott,, 74 Scott Ave, Paris Ont Marca should arrive about 7:05, and she is NOT supposed to hear about this from anybody. PS,,,, There shall be best wishes only!!!! we already have tooooooo much stuff. Please post on the calendar so I can keep track. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=286&day=2011-11-15 We'll see how this pans out,,, hopefully it'll work. Carl
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A fire started on some grasslands near a farm. The county fire department was called to put out the fire. The fire was more than the county fire department could handle. Someone suggested that a nearby volunteer group be called. Despite some doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made. The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled straight towards the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily-controlled parts. Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire department's work and was so grateful that his farm had been spared, that right there on the spot he presented the volunteers with a check for $1,000. A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the funds. "That ought to be obvious" he responded, wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're gonna do is get the brakes fixed on our fire truck!"
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i need several people ...the more the better.......who would be willing to volunteer to be a part of a little fun, that arent afraid to get a little messy.....:whistling:at the rally. sorry but not explaining it now.... will give all the details at the rally......this will also involve the kids attending the final dinner. the goal of this little game is going to be to raise a few more bucks for St Judes....but dont worry it isnt going to cost you anything to volunteer..... and it is nothing physically demanding if you are willing to help out with this make a post saying so........... now i surely think tweety bird ,since he is the master mind of this entire site, should volunteer..........:whistling: This wont work if no one volunteers.........so please .....
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I need a couple of volunteers to help me out with Law Ride this year. The ride is on May 10th (yes Mother's Day) and is a parade in DC that honors fallen LE officers. Now the reason I need help.................A member of my church is a widow of a fallen Richmond Officer. Officer Doug Wendel was killed in the line of duty on 7/30/03 when he responded to a call involving a drug dealer. Anne attends many activities during Police Week but has never been to Law Ride so I offered to take her this year. 2 of her children also want to ride in the parade (Charlie is 9 and Bergita is 13). I need 2 volunteers to take a passenger for the parade. Anne has not ridden in years and the kids never have, so they are going to drive to DC to park and then ride into RFK for Law Ride. I figure we will go to East Potomac Park and have them park there and then ride in for the parade itself. If there is anyone in the N. VA, DC, Maryland area who is planning on attending Law Ride or can help out I would appreciate it.
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OK folks...Maintenance day is next weekend. If you would all take a moment to go to the Calendar for June 7th and update your intentions of whether or not you are coming, it will be much appreciated. Since I got no volunteers to do the pig, I'm going to just pick up catered food so it would help if I had a closer estimate on how many people to expect. Thanks, Don Nelson
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I stole this article, but I really don't care ... it sends a very clear message about what it takes to make things happen in a volunteer organization: *** Recreational Club Volunteers Historically, motorized recreation sports have always required a high percentage of volunteers. The list of things that need to be done to make a club or other organization run smoothly can easily exceed the capacity of one person or a small group of people. Club volunteers are typically involved in; * Getting everyone involved safely. * Making sure that our special events go smoothly. * Keeping schedules and web sites up to date. * Operating and monitoring the communication structure whether it is a BBS, email or newsletters. * Setting up new systems by which the club will be able to add more services for its members. * Helping other club members out, whether it is by answering a tech question on the Forum or by helping with an oil change * Leading the club and charting its growth. * Doing a lot more work than we would ever want to do by ourselves and they do it for free. * Staffing activities at our events. * Conducting most of the work that ever gets done by any organization. * Recruiting for our clubs, organizations and fund-raiser events. * Advocating for our sport. Knowing the importance of volunteers and knowing that they have such a short lifespan forces us to ask the question, "What is the proper way to care for and feed a volunteer?" For volunteer peers and their leaders it boils down to what we call "P.A.R."; PRAISE, APPRECIATION and RESPECT. Think of P.A.R. as the currency that you use to compensate volunteers. The only limit to the P.A.R. that you give a volunteer should be the goodness of your heart and the sincerity of how you deliver it. Praise. A volunteer may not always need praise but he will always be glad to receive it. Praise should always be heartfelt and sincere. This is as simple as telling a volunteer that he has done a good job when you see that he has done a good job. The proper care and feeding of a volunteer demands heartfelt and sincere praise be given to the volunteer. To really make the volunteer feel noticed try praising him in front of his peers when it is applicable. Such a small gesture does wonders for the health of that volunteer. Appreciation. Show your appreciation of a volunteer by never criticizing him in public or in front of other volunteers. Should the need to criticize a volunteer arise you need to be tactful and polite and you need to handle it in private! Never criticize a volunteer without, at the same time, letting him know that you appreciate him for the work that he has done for you and your organization. In other words, make it clear that it is not the person but that action that is being critiqued. Don't let it get personal. Criticizing volunteers without first making sure that they feel appreciated or doing so in public has been proven to shorten their life span dramatically and sometimes causes an immediate end to that person's volunteerism. Respect. Volunteers usually need an extra measure of respect. In fact, as a volunteer don't they deserve it anyway? This is especially true when things don't go exactly right. Volunteers are human, too, and, as humans they can sometimes make mistakes or not meet your reasonable expectations (All of your expectations for volunteers are reasonable, aren't they?). There may be times when a volunteer "spouts off" or "blows off some steam." This might become evident in something they say or something that they do. When this happens try to give them a little bit of extra room. Odds are their frustration stems more from the fact that they may have missed their mark than it does that they actually did or didn't do something right. No volunteer, especially one in any kind of motorsports, likes to "lose face" in front of others. We are a proud lot. If you have a volunteer that needs to blow off some steam, it helps to step away from the volunteer and give him time to reflect on what has happened. It has been observed that handling a volunteer in this manner is typically the fastest way to bring him around. In most clubs everyone who does anything for the club is a volunteer. Even if you don't volunteer to help a club out you should still think of yourself as a "volunteer" in your clubs' "Volunteer Appreciation Program" by seeking ways to show the volunteers in your club the extra measure of consideration that their work on your behalf calls for. Be active and join in on the conversations and events. Both social and riding when time allows. Rewarding volunteers is a responsibility that every person who benefits from their work shares equally. Showing P.A.R. to volunteers isn't just what volunteer leaders should do it is what we all should do.
