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This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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1979 The Anti-Bacchus Club of Tartu: Fighting alcoholism in U.S.S.R, (U.S.S.R.)
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8,1979 Dan Fisher Article Download
1995 Remnant of Bush's Points of Light far from volunteerism
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 10, 1995 Glenn F. Bunting Article Download
1993 Teachers just can't stay away, donating their time at schools
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1993 Denise Breslin Kachin Article Download
1982 Report: Cuts keep volunteers from filling service gap
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 1982 Michael A. Hobbs Article Download
1986 Accent on Recognition: Saying Thank You to Donors and Volunteers
Philanthropic Service for Institutions, Adventist World Headquarters, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1998 Tax credit suggested to boost volunteerism (article & response from Susan J. Ellis)
Philanthropy Journal, June 18, 1998 Article Download
1993 Job Training and Service Go Hand in Hand
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 3, 1993 Tom Foley Article Download
2001 Volunteer Handbook -- Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, CA Sample Download
1992 "Growing" Volunteers (for municipal & county planning boards)
Planning Commissioners Journal, Number 6, September/October 1993 M. Eileen Hennessy Article Download
1990 The Power of Mentoring: An age old strategy is helping today's youth
PLUS, Pittsburgh, PA Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2005 Awards for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs
Points of Light Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2002 Family Volunteering - Ready, Set, Go

A handbook developed for Volunteer Centers, offering tools needed to add family volunteering to existing community involvement activities. There are tips and tricks for every Volunteer Center, from inviting families to join single days of service to creating an entire mission for promoting volunteering by families.

Points of Light Foundation Marie Bouvier Book Download
1999 Ready to Respond: Disaster Preparedness and Response for Volunteer Centers
Points of Light Foundation Book Download
2004 Powerful Volunteer Connections: A Toolkit for Maximizing Your Organization's Volunteer Resources
Points of Light Foundation Katherine H. (Noyes) Campbell Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2000 A Matter of Survival: Volunteering By, In, and With Low-Income Communities
Points of Light Foundation Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2002 Preventing a Disaster Within a Disaster: The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers
Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2004 Strengthening Rural America -- Neighbor by Neighbor
Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2000 Join Hands Day Action Guide
Points of Light Foundation and America's Fraternal Benefit Societies Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1994 Family Volunteering: A Report on a Survey
Points of Light Foundation, June 1994 Report / Study Download
1990's Family Matters -- information packet & articles on family volunteering
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1991 Declaration of Commitment to Community Service (and invitation to endorse)
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC Download
2001 Volunteer and Staff Appreciation: Creative Ways to Demonstrate You Noticed!
PPNOVA Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001 -- Workshop handouts Betty Stallings Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1988 Attitudes of Americans Over 45 Years of Age on Volunteerism
Prepared for AARP by Hamilton, kFrederick & Schneiders, Washington, DC Report / Study Download
1983 Volunteerism and Judaism
Prepared for the 100 Year Immigration Celebration at the "Y", Philadelphia, PA May 1983 Samuel Yates Article Download
1987 An Analysis of Volunteer Protection Legislation
Prepared for the American Association of Retired Persons, September 1987 Stephen H. McCurley Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1979 A Review of Management Theory and Volunteer Services Administration
Prepared for the Association for Administration of Volunteer Services Sarah Jane Rehnborg Report / Study Download
1989 Shapes and Scenarios in the Future of Volunteerism: Forecasting and Creating Your Own
Prepared for The Center for Volunteer Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA August 1989 Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2000 The Kobe Earthquake and the Renaissance of Volunteerism in Japan (Japan)
Presentation at the International Association of Volunteer Efforts World Conference, Edmonton, Canada, August 1998 Shigeo Tatsuki Download
1976 Beyond Advocacy OR Encounter: Toward Community Leadership
Presented to the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Boston, October 1976 Jon Van Til, Trudy Heller Report / Study Download
1985? New Resource: Volunteers Who Happen to Be Disabled
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2003 The President's Volunteer Service Award (sample brochure)
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation and Points of Light Foundation Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1979 Volunteerism is Good Business
Proceedings of session at Voluntary Resources Coalition Conference, 1979 Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1994 International Volunteer Day 1994
Proclamations & articles, IVD Newletter, United Nations Report / Study Download
1998 IMPACT: A discussion paper on the impact of the absence of an administrator of volunteers (Canada)
Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources - Ontario (PAVR-O), Canada Report / Study Download
1984 Museum Schools' Program to Use Scientist Volunteers
Progress, Museum of Science and Industry, Nov-Dec 1984 Article Download
1994 Project America Action Guide to Community Service
Project America, Washington, DC Heidi Reinberg, Cheryl White Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1975 Homemaking And Volunteer Experience (HAVE)
Project HAVE Skills, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1994 How To Find The Ideal Volunteers: Target Your Recruiting

The second booklet in PROVOL's Volunteer Management Made Easy Series, which includes: Research, Recruit, Retain, and Recognize.  This booklet on recruiting advises us to forget outdated perceptions of volunteers and, then, presents a process of recruiting for skills and talents necessary to meet our agencies' needs in a timely and effective manner.

PROVOL, Mesa, AZ Jim Bottorf, Judy Bottorf, Maggie King Book Download
1994 Everything You Need To Do Before You Begin To Recruit: Research

The first booklet in PROVOL's Volunteer Management Made Easy Series, which includes: Research, Recruit, Retain, and Recognize.  This booklet on Research covers the work to be done before that new volunteer walks through the door for the first time, even when the pressure to recruit new volunteers can be pretty intense.

PROVOL, Mess, AZ Jim Bottorf, Judy Bottorf, Maggie King Book Download
1980 Values and Volunteers: Axiology of Altruism in a Crisis Center
Psychological Reports, 1980, 47, 1007-1012 John Mahoney, Constance M. Pechura Article Download
1984 Organizational Commitment Among Women Volunteers: Meaning and Measurement
Psychological Reports, 1984 Jessica Reynolds Jenner Article Download
1978 The Day the Volunteers Didn't
Psychology Today, March 1978 Benjamin DeMott Article Download
1988 Helper's High
Psychology Today, October 1988 Allan Luks Article Download
1984 Children as volunteers: To serve is a chance to grow
PTA Today, March 1984 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2006 25 Ways to Catch and Keep Volunteers
PTO Today, April 2006 Craig Bystrynski Article Download
1961 School Volunteers
Public Education Association T. Margaret Jamer Book
1979 38 Techniques for Recruiting Volunteers: A Checklist
Public Management Institute Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1999 Investing in Coverage for Volunteers (cover story)
Public Risk magazine, Public Risk Management Association, Volume 13, Number 10, November/December 1999 William R. Henry Jr. Article Download
1994 Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Volunteer Recruitment and Screening
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA Phoebe A. Roaf, Joseph P. Tierney, Danista E. I. Hunte Report / Study Download
1977 VOLUNTEERS: How to Find them...How to Keep Them! (Canada)
Published by VARC, British Columbia, Canada, February 1977 Mike Haines Pamphlet / Booklet Download