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1-800-Volunteer.org Announces Statewide Partnerships
Mississippi and Washington First to Adopt State Initiative
By Katherine Watier
1-800-Volunteer.org announced two new statewide partnerships with Mississippi and Washington during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service held August 4-6, 2005 at Washington, DC. These statewide volunteerism initiatives are the first of their kind.
In both Washington and Mississippi existing Volunteer Centers throughout the state will use 1-800-Volunteer.org as the backbone technical infrastructure to recruit, manage and track volunteerism throughout the state. In Mississippi, the partnership will also support the startup of 10 new Volunteer Centers.
These two new state initiatives are in addition to the nearly 51 Volunteer Centers and more than 12,608 organizations using the service to recruit the more than 53,084 registered volunteers. 1-800-Volunteer.org is experiencing considerable growth, with nearly 50 additional Volunteer Centers currently working to train their organizations and populate their database for their public unveiling.
Many 1-800-Volunteer.org users helped with the demonstration and display of 1-800-Volunteer.org during the National Conference.
Critical to 1-800-Volunteer.org's success at the conference were:
Get involved with your community today. Visit 1-800-Volunteer.org to link to local volunteer opportunities and for information on how to get involved with 1-800-Volunteer.org events in Seattle, Wash., next year.
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