Working with Volunteers: 25 ideas for good practice
This is a quick guide to good practices to make working with volunteers a positive experience for both your organization and the volunteer. Each of the 25 ideas contains basic information, input from practitioners, and resources for more information.
It is written with the needs of literacy organizations and programs in British Columbia and their volunteers in mind.
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