We do the same! I love that we have a place for our volunteers to share photos of their interactions with our dogs and cats! When you can't be there it's nice to know you have an incredible group of volunteers loving on the animals and taking as good a care of them as you would. We share pics, inspirational stories and funny memes to keep morale high! Highly recommend to all shelters and rescues to do the same.
As for weeding out the ones who aren't posting or responding? I don't feel the need. If they were volunteers at one point you never know when the inspiration to volunteer will strike again. Maybe they'll see a post of a dog who tugs at their heartstrings and they'll come in again to help....
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Stacey Mach
Grant Coordinator
Sanilac County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2023 05:06 AM
From: BUNNY GOODJOHN
Subject: Assessing /Igniting the Volunteer Base
We have a stand-alone "members only" facebook page for our volunteer base which currently has 162 members. We add people to the group when they complete volunteer orientation. We use the page to spread good news, to provide a forum for their questions, and to publicize "asks" (transport for a weekend TNR project, fosters, warm bodies for the community market stall etc.)
Only 15-20 of those are active. The same 15-20 respond to calls, post news and questions, share animal pics etc.
How do we/should we "weed out" that group's membership so we have a better idea of how much support we really have before we commit to further community projects/outreach? We don't want to just dump "sleepers" but 162 makes us think we have more resources than we really do.
#PeopleManagement(includingVolunteerIntegration)
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BUNNY GOODJOHN
Volunteer Grant Writer
Central Virginia Regional Rescue
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