Tips for Recruiting Volunteers

  • Ask Past Volunteers about Their Experience
  • Be Specific about what you need
  • Ask personally
  • Start relationships
  • Be passionate
  • Cast a vision about the role
  • Promote Your Volunteer Opportunities
  • Don’t say “no” for them
  • Ask your current volunteers to recruit with you
  • Create bite size volunteer opportunities
  • Identify barriers
  • Highlight the work that you are already doing
  • Set Volunteers Up for Success
  • Give People a Chance to Try it Out