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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"volunteer program"”.
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Identity and Self -Efficacy Development of Adolescents in an Adult Sponsored Volunteer Program
… of adolescents' participation in adult sponsored volunteer programs on identity formation and self-efficacy. Data were collected from 28 adolescents in grades 7-12 enrolled in an 11-week summer adult sponsored volunteer program. Participants completed pre-and posttest measures that included the …
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Volunteer recruitment and retention: a case study of the Vancouver Planned Parenthood Clinic
… of the Vancouver Planned Parenthood clinic volunteer program. The primary focus of this study is volunteer recruitment and retention. The simplicity of individual perspectives commonly employed in volunteer theories and research is rejected in this research project. A multi-leveled …
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Occupation-Based Volunteer Training Program to Increase Social Engagement for Residents with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities
… Without guidance or support, family members or volunteers may be less likely to visit or facilitate quality visits, impacting the quality of life of the IwD. Current visitor programs lack occupational therapy consultation for person-centeredness and comprehensiveness in communication and …
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Decolonizing Natural History Museums Through Volunteer Engagement
… of the organization. This includes the museum’s volunteer program. Volunteer programs are often vital to the success and even existence of a museum. Yet, in general, volunteerism in the Western world, has strong connections to inequity and white privilege. The purpose of this study was to …
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Experiences of Volunteering: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Volunteerism in the Snow Buddies Program and Similar Volunteer Initiatives in Niagara
Snow Buddies is an intergenerational volunteer program in the Niagara Region that recruits’ youth volunteers to remove snow and ice from the driveways and walkways of older adult clients with disabilities. Research demonstrates that involvement in intergenerational volunteer programs between older …
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Volunteerism in Crisis: AmeriCorps as Disaster Response
<p>AmeriCorps, the federal volunteer program developed in 1993, has won increasing political and cultural support since its development. Hurricane Katrina challenged program administrators to recruit and support volunteers in New Orleans, a uniquely devastated city. This qualitative study based on …
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Design and evalutation of an intercultural training program : impacts on student development
… participants in the extra-curricular student volunteer program benefit from a combination didactic-experiential training program that focuses on culture-general frameworks and provides tools for accessing culture-specific knowledge. Participants enter with high levels of openness and respect, …
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The Personal Goals of Elder Community Volunteers
… conducted of 194 members of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (mean age = 73.3 years) who worked in 123 different volunteer jobs in 67 different human services agencies. Self-report assessment included volunteers' description of their personal goals and life satisfaction, as well as …
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The effectiveness of using volunteers for biological monitoring of streams
… agencies have led to a larger interest in volunteer biomonitoring programs. Government agencies are currently using volunteer data for official purposes with increasing frequency, but questions have been raised about the validity of the data collected by volunteers who have only limited …
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Good practices of alumni relations professionals leading engagement programs and volunteers in colleges of agriculture at land-grant institutions
… sufficient qualifications to manage an alumni volunteer program successfully. Managing the people and activities involved with the programs in the ever-growing field of alumni relations requires much more than event planning know-how. Implementing impactful alumni engagement programs requires …