Table of Contents

1 Volunteers

3 From the President

4  If You Build It…Creating Structures to Support Volunteers by Sharon Behar

7  Why Waiver? by Michael Fife

8  One Volunteer’s Perspective by Gina Snell

10 Interviewing and Placing Volunteers by Sharon Behar & Thalia Zepatos

12  Tips for Recruiting Volunteers by Thalia Zepatos

13  Tips for Managing Volunteers by Sharon Behar

14  Volunteer Secrets…Revealed by Kathy Luscher

18 Americorps Helps ‘Get Things Done’ by Abby Feinstein

21 Volunteers Are Changing: How Volunteer Programs Can Adapt by Will Murray

23 Two Magic Words for Motivating Volunteers by Dianne Russell

25 References & Resources

27 River Network Partnership