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Many companies these days have started to engaged themselves in different activities and programs that would benefit the needy and their communities. Programs such as collection of donations, either in the form of money, foods, clothing, and other useful materials such as books, from employees are the most common activities in corporate volunteer programs. Such goods that were collected are oftentimes distributed to unfortunate families. Being a volunteer program, employees are usually asked to volunteer their selves to be a part of non-profit organizations that will provide service to different communities.
With the emergence of volunteer programs in many companies, it is essential to learn and understand effective strategies when creating corporate volunteer organizations. In the following section, steps on how to develop a corporate volunteer program shall be discussed.
Developing a Corporate Volunteer Program
Pancer, Baetz, and Rog have a very good article on developing a corporate volunteer program. They used the Ford Motor Company of Canada as an example and source of information in writing the design for establishing a corporate volunteer program. There are quite a number of resources that provide useful information for this paper's topic. Following are the stages found in the research stage of this paper.
1. Decide what you want to accomplish (Pancer, et. al, 2002)
In establishing any organization, it is important for a company to know the purpose of the organization to be developed. Especially for corporate volunteer...
According to Pancer and his colleagues, the objectives of a corporate volunteer program can affect the following factors.
The kinds of volunteer activities that employees can participate in The kinds of organizations for whom they might volunteer
The specific program requirements
2. Establish a budget and other tools for the program (UWMB.org Online)
Determining the financial needs and capabilities of the volunteer program is important in order to know whether the program is feasible or not. For instance, in a corporate volunteer program for helping the needy communities, it is vital that the program must have enough donations to be distributed to the needy people. It should be noted that financial factors do not necessarily come from the budget of the company. It can come from solicits and donations from others.
3. Obtain support from the management (UWMB.org Online)
The approval of the company management is important before a corporate volunteer program becomes legitimate for establishment. Before being able to convince the employees to volunteer in the program, it is important that the management must be the foremost supporter of the program.
4. Launch and advertise your corporate volunteer program (Pancer, et. al, 2002)
After defining the objectives of the…
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Pancer, M., et. al. 2002. Developing an Effective Corporate Volunteer Program.
Retrieved on April 19, 2005, from Volunteer.CA Online.
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