The Canadian Heritage Community Partnership and Voluntarism Collection

Modified from the original July 2002 and September 2004 versions by Eric Hamilton

Updated: 11:01 AM 9/9/2025

Recruiting Volunteers

VOLUNTEERING: A TRADITIONAL CANADIAN VALUE This booklet is a first sketch of volunteering in Canada from a historical perspective.
  1. WHY PEOPLE VOLUNTEER Why People Volunteer is an anecdotal study that takes a new look at volunteer motivation, satisfactions and dissatisfactions.
  2. STRONGER TOGETHER Recruiting and working with ethnocultural volunteers.
  3. BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE Supported Programs for Volunteers with Special Needs.
  4. FAMILY VOLUNTEERING:THE TIES THAT BIND An Introduction to Preparing Your Agency for Family Volunteers.
  5. VOLUNTEERING FOR WORK EXPERIENCE What can volunteering offer people who are looking for paid employment?
  6. A SPRINGBOARD TO TOMORROW Creating Volunteer Programs for Young People that Encourage the Development of Skills .

Fundraising

FUNDRAISING IDEAS THAT WORK FOR GRASSROOTS GROUPS
  1. FACE TO FACE How to Get BIGGER Donations from Very Generous People.
  2. HOW TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEER WORK.
  3. GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS FUND RAISING.

Promotion

  1. PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM.
  2. LOW-COST SMALL-SCALE PUBLISHING.
  3. PUBLICITY! How you can publicize volunteerism and national volunteer week in your community.
  4. VOLUNTEERING IN THE WORKPLACE. How to Promote Employee Volunteerism.