Gift cards can be dropped off at the Volunteer Center between 9:00am and 4:00pm. Gift cards can also be mailed to 64 Passaic Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601. If you would still like to adopt a family please call Debbie Emery at 201-489-9454, ext. 118. Visit us on our website to learn more about All Wrapped Up.
Friday, November 21, 2014
All Wrapped Up Holiday Gving Program Still in Need of Gifts
Gift cards can be dropped off at the Volunteer Center between 9:00am and 4:00pm. Gift cards can also be mailed to 64 Passaic Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601. If you would still like to adopt a family please call Debbie Emery at 201-489-9454, ext. 118. Visit us on our website to learn more about All Wrapped Up.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Calling all Family Volunteers!
The Bergen County VOAD is calling all families and gardeners! The VOAD presents Family Volunteer Day
on Saturday, Nov. 22, 11am - 2pm. Volunteers to help area residents
with fall yard work. These residents may be elderly or still suffering
from the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy. We will also be planting
bulbs in front and around the municipal buildings of Moonachie. Let’s
kick off the holiday season by helping our neighbor’s brighten up their properties! If you are interested in volunteering please email Patti at pkennelly@bergenvolunteers.org or call 201-906-7648.
Friday, November 7, 2014
November “Lunch and Learn” for Volunteer Managers
The
Non Profit Training and Resource Center of the Volunteer Center of
Bergen County will present a Volunteer Managers’ “Lunch and Learn”
Roundtable on Thursday, November 20, 2014, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Volunteer Center’s offices at 64 Passaic Street in Hackensack.
The Roundtables are free, but all attendees must be pre-registered to attend. To RSVP, call 201-489-9454 Ext. 118 or e-mail demery@bergenvolunteers.org by November 18th.
Participants
must bring their own lunches; soft drinks will be provided. Driving
directions and parking instructions will be e-mailed to registered
attendees before each session
All
professionals who work with or manage volunteers in non-profit,
corporate, community, governmental or faith-based settings are invited
to attend this seminar—part of a series of bi-monthly meetings that are
informal yet interactive, with time for networking and group problem
solving activities.
Each
Roundtable will provide an opportunity for professional growth and
interaction with colleagues as well as a forum for sharing ideas and
best practices in the field. Additionally, attendees will get updates on
new programs and services that the Volunteer Center has available to
enhance agencies’ volunteer programs.
“These
meetings have proven to be informational as well as inspirational”,
says Debbie Emery, Community Volunteer Services Director for the
Volunteer Center. “The lively exchanges have helped participants keep
their skills sharp, find out about new ideas, and get answers to
questions about making the most of their volunteer workforces.”
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
N.J. Governor’s Conference on Volunteerism
The N.J. Governor’s Conference on Volunteerism The Power of One, will be presented on Monday, November 17 , 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.
The Governor’s Office of Volunteerism, which is coordinating the
conference, welcomes nonprofit leaders, particularly those who manage
volunteers, as well as Board members and volunteers affiliated with the
broad range of public and private nonprofit, faith-based and community
organizations throughout New Jersey. Volunteer leaders in college or
high school are also encouraged to attend.
The conference will feature a robust corporate track, with workshops
targeted specifically to corporate employee engagement and corporate
social responsibility. Workshops include Starting an Employee Volunteer
Program; What Data says about CSR; 10 Ways Social Media Boosts Employee
Engagement; Corporate Response to Disaster, Maximizing Service on
Nonprofit Boards and CSR Investments in Community. Business Volunteer
Connect (BVC), a program of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, is
coordinating the corporate track.
The non-profit track, coordinated by the Governor’s Office of
Volunteerism, will feature workshops on volunteer management, skills
based volunteerism, fundraising, grant writing, risk management,
emergency response, youth/college service, working with veterans, and
coordinating large service projects, among others.
The opening plenary session, “Community Engagement: Philanthropy and
Volunteerism” will feature a keynote panel which includes Nina Stack,
council of NJ Grantmakers; Michael Bzdek, Johnson & Johnson, Etta
Denk, Bank of America; Mark Shamley, Association of Corporate
Contributions Professionals, and moderator Linda Czipo, Center for
Nonprofit Corporations.
The conference begins with registration and breakfast at 7:30 am; the opening plenary is at 9:00 am, and the last workshop ends mid-afternoon.
The registration fee for nonprofits is $85 and $90 on site. The registration for students is $30. Registration for the Corporate Track is $125
and $150 on site. Members of the Northern NJ Business Volunteer
Council receive a $25 discount.
Registrations received before October 17 will receive free parking.
Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast and lunch.
Parking is $6. To register, call 609-633-9627 or visit www.bergenvolunteers.org, and click on Governor’s Conference on Volunteerism. For more information about the Conference on Volunteerism, email Rowena.madden@sos.state.nj.us or call 609-633-9627.
For information about the Corporate Track, contact Janet Sharma,
executive director of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, at 201-489-9454, Ext. 116.
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