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The Volunteer Cycle Part 1 Recruitment

Join Linda Alexander, Judith Nunn, and Maureen Rowlands from the Mary Mother of God Conference in Oakville/Halton as they discuss the importance of recruitment in the SSVP ministry. Discover how to strengthen teams, incorporate prayer, overcome barriers, and utilize projects, congregation, events, and schools as recruitment gateways. Learn how to expand the volunteer capacity and engage new volunteers in serving families in need. Be inspired to be a part of the volunteer cycle and make a difference in your community.

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The Volunteer Cycle Part 1 Recruitment

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  1. The Volunteer Cycle Part 1 Recruitment Spring 2018 ONRC Meeting Toronto Central Council Presenters: Linda Alexander, Judith Nunn and Maureen Rowlands, Mary Mother of God Conference, Oakville/Halton Particular Council

  2. Our Ministry Made up of People we serve and People who serve Called into Ministry: it’s a vocation Call to holiness, fellowship and service SSVP can be the # 1 volunteer choice for Catholics There is no better way to live out the Gospel message of service and hope than through our Ministry Every Catholic church can have a conference and every conference can be growing and flourishing Be Bold! Be Vincentian!

  3. Linda: My recruitment story… “Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest to you”. Mother Teresa

  4. Judith: My recruitment story It is our vocation to set people’s hearts ablaze, to do what the Son of God did, who came to light a fire on earth in order to set it ablaze with His love. Blessed Frederic Ozanam

  5. Maureen: My recruitement story… “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat”. Mother Teresa

  6. The multiplier effect

  7. Interactive Dialogue • What’s your recruitment story? Share with us what drew you into SSVP. • Aha moment, • Invitation, • Bulletin • RCIA • School • Family • Other?

  8. Strengthening Teams • Building and maintaining strong teams • Expand the capacity of the Ministry using volunteer strength • Our strength lies in the skills talents and experience of each volunteer. All coming together as a team to serve the families in need. • In order to reach more families in need we will need to expand the volunteer capacity of the Ministry. As the needs grow, we must grow.

  9. Call to Prayer: First Step • Number one essential step to success • PRAYER! • SSVP Holy Hour • Rosary with dedicated decades • Blessed Frederic Mini Prayer Moment (MPM)

  10. The Volunteer Cycle – Recruit, Train, Engage and Retain • New volunteer: talents, experiences, knowledge and time • Called into service • Help them engage and to feel welcome • Each new volunteer expands the circle of prayer, financial and volunteer support • The circle grows into friends, family, schools and community • Engaged volunteers will support the mission and become advocates

  11. Barriers to recruitment • We have an older congregation • We have a diminishing congregation • We have tried already • We are doing just fine right now We should assist the poor in every wayand do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others….To do this is to preach the gospel by words and work.“[xc] Blessed Frederic Ozanam

  12. Conferences Dying

  13. Enthusiastic and Positive!

  14. Conferences Growing

  15. Recruit • Build Awareness • Every one recruits • Take Action! • Conversations are key • Keep talking SSVP!!

  16. Really? I thought you just gave out cans of soup! Poverty? - Where we live??

  17. 5 Recruitments Pillars • Projects – a recruitment gateway • Congregation • Events • Schools • Concentric circle strategy

  18. Projects – A Recruitment Gateway • Introduced systemic change concepts through concrete actionable projects • We started with the Canada Learning Bond • Expanded beyond to dental, recreational, fresh food box hub distribution • You learn to move forward with a systemic change culture by actively doing systemic change projects • Projects were a catalyst for attracting new volunteers with skills and ability to take the projects forward • Engage, organize the skills, talents, gifts and knowledge of the volunteers around structured projects for the benefit of the families

  19. Recruit: Congregation • Communication strategy to build awareness of the needs and the work of the Ministry • Message is consistent, number of families, number of children and Mission and Values • Poverty is hidden in Oakville • Bear witness to what we see • We are standing in the place of the families at Poor Box, • We are visible • Ancillary Support can be provided through referral to services (Dental, ESL support, Chiropractic)

  20. Recruit: Events • Clothing Drive of other drive where helpers are needed • Our most successful recruitment and awareness building vehicle • People now save their clothes for the families • Posters in the Narthex, inserts in the bulletin, notice from the pulpit announcements, in school newsletters • Many volunteers start as event volunteers and migrate to Ministry members • Christmas drives, back pack event as well

  21. Recruit: Schools • School is rich in parent volunteer support • Meet with the school principal • Connect with the parish rep on school council • Have a monthly presence in the school newsletter • Encourage the school volunteer team to engage in the Christmas drive

  22. Concentric Circles of Support CORE CORE Auxilliary Members Events Circle of Influence

  23. Recruit: From your circle • Build from your email distribution list a separate SSVP contact list • Every event we communicate not only to draw support for the event but to reinforce the needs and the work of the Ministry. • The circle continues to widen as the families become top of mind. For example 50th birthday party fundraiser for camp. Pampered Chef party with donations to SSVP. • Contacts not previously engaged in outreach have been nudged to step forward in support of Syrian refugee efforts and we see these as potential • People are waiting to be asked and to be invited into service • Seeds of support are sprouting!

  24. Interactive Recruitment Game • Recruit your neighbour! Conversation, Story, Invitation • A person has just come up to you in the Narthex as you man the table for the back pack event. Something has made them stop and find out more. This is your chance. • Start the recruitment conversation • About our event • The event is only a small part of what we do. Expand • Explain the needs in blank town • Bring in your Aha moment • Ask about them • Invite them to be more involved, phone, call, invite, coffee

  25. Engagement • Helping them feel that they belong • Encourage Home Visits (after screening process completed) • The home visit is where a volunteer becomes a Vincentian • Partner volunteers together so they can support each other and Vincentian bonds can grow • Mentoring of new volunteers is key • Project to own small or large • Informed Navigators: Resource Binder, Driving tour of key referral agencies

  26. Key Recruitment Success factors • Everyone recruits: we are all responsible for building and maintaining the team • Face to face conversations are key • There is always a way around barriers • We can do more to assist the families if we invite more people in to focus on the Mission • ABR Always Be Recruiting!

  27. Reflection

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