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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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1978 Wasted Resources: Handicapped, Youth, Aged and Retiring
Volunteerism Consortium, University of California at Davis, February 26, 1978 (speech) Harriet H. Naylor Download
Managing Volunteer Diversity
Heritage Arts Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley Book Download
1995 Volunteering as a Family: How to Get Involved
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Book Download
1984 Involving the Handicapped as Volunteers: A Guidebook
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement Book 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
1991 Children As Volunteers: Preparing for Community Service

How to incorporate  children into an adult volunteer program and find creative ways to use  children's fresh perspectives. Includes examples of actual volunteer  projects accomplished by youngsters, models of child-adult teams and  tips on family volunteering.  Learn how to recruit, train and design  assignments for volunteers under the age of 14. 

Energize Katherine H. (Noyes) Campbell, Susan J. Ellis Book Download
1976 Releasing the Potential of the Older Volunteer
Older Volunteer Project, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Los Angeles, CA Book Download
1995 Utilizing All Your Resources: Individuls With and Without Disabilities Volunteering Together
Institute for Community Inclusion Cheska Komissar, Debra Hart, Robin Friedlander Book Download
1993 Inside Out: Perceptions of Volunteering in a Multicultural Society (Australia)
Volunteering SA, Inc. Adelaide, SA Australia Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2011 Nuts & Bolts: a how to guide to involving volunteers
Volunteer Centre Sheffield, New Beginnings Refugee Project, United Kingdom. Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2004 Understanding Volunteers and Volunteer Groups (Canada)
Nunavut Network and Northwest Territories Network of the Canada Volunteerism Initiative Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2006 CAN DO! Working together to Tackle Disablism (United Kingdom)
Scope and Leonard Cheshire, London UK Danielle Moore, Stephanie Fishlock Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1995 Family Volunteering: The Ties That Bind (Canada)
Volunteer Action Centre of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area & Voluntary Action Program, Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Kristen Porritt Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2002 Get it Right from the Start: Volunteer Policies, the key to diverse volunteer involvement (United Kingdom)
The National Centre for Volunteering, London UK Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2009 Working with Technical Volunteers: A Manual for Nonprofit Organizations
TechSoup Global Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1997 My Time, My Community, Myself: Experiences of Volunteering Within the Black Community
The National Centre for Volunteering, London UK Seema Bhasin Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1971 Recruiting Minority Group and Low Income People as Court Volunteers
The National Information Center on Volunteerism, Boulder, CO January 1971 Theresa Yancey, Sandra McFeeley, Phyllis C. Lake, Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1996 Volunteering by People with Disabilities (United Kingdom)
National Centre for Volunteering, London, UK Filiz Niyazi Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1996 Volunteering by Unemployed People (United Kingdom)
National Centre for Volunteering, London, UK Filiz Niyazi Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1992 Managing Volunteer Diversity: A Rainbow of Opportunities
VM Systems, Downers Grove, IL Multiple authors Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1995 Creating Bridges: A Practical Planning Guide and Checklist for the Development of a Cross-cultural Volunteer Program (CANADA)
The Volunteer Centre of Calgary & Freedman Levant Consultants, Inc., Calgary, AB Canada Rebecca Levant, Keith Seel Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2000's? Engaging families in community-oriented volunteering -- National Family Volunteer Day
VFW and Points of Light Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2003 Connecting with Volunteer Trends: Creating an Environment that is Family-Friendly (Canada)
Volunteer Kingston, Kingston, ON Canada Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2004 Strengthening Rural America -- Neighbor by Neighbor
Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 National Retiree Volunteer Center (information brochure & related articles)
National Retiree Volunteer Center, Minneapolis, MN Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1983 Older Volunteers, A Valuable Resource: A guide for the public and private sectors
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2011 Telling The Whole Story
Nora L. Silver Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1992 The Americans with Disabilities Act: Information and Implications for Volunteer Program Administrators
Virginia Office of Volunteerism, Richmond, VA Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1985? New Resource: Volunteers Who Happen to Be Disabled
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1993 An Untapped Resource: Working with Volunteers who are Mentally Ill
MBA Associates John D. Weaver Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1996 Volunteering by Black People (United Kingdom)
The National Centre for Volunteering, London, UK Filiz Niyazi Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2001 Volunteer Connections: Creating an accessible and inclusive environment (Canada)
Volunteer Canada, Ottawa, ON Canada Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2000 A Matter of Survival: Volunteering By, In, and With Low-Income Communities
Points of Light Foundation Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 How to Develop a Volunteer Program for Single Adults
Volunteer Jacksonville, Inc., Jacksonville, FL Mary Taylor Gentry Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1990 Stronger Together: Recruiting and Working with Ethnocultural Volunteers (Canada)
Central Volunteer Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario CANADA Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1984 Meanwhile...Back at the Neighborhood
Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1992 Making It Happen! - Involving Black Volunteers (United Kingdom)
Rodney Hedley, Gerald Rampersad Pamphlet / Booklet
1995 Black on Board (several articles on black volunteering)
Black Echo newsletter, Resource Unit for Black Volunteering, September 1995 Pamphlet / Booklet Download
Late 1970's A New Voice To Answer Community Need: Volunteers Intervening for Equity
The Association of Junior Leagues, Inc., New York, NY Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2001 Volunteer Connections: New Strategies for Involving Older Adults (Canada)
Volunteer Canada Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1996 Volunteering by Older People: a route to opportunity (United Kingdom)
The National Centre for Volunteering, London UK Filiz Niyazi Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1990 Utilizing a "Rich" Resource: Older Volunteers
Journal of Volunteer Administration Ellen S. Stevens Article Download
1991 An Untapped Volunteer Resource: People with HIV Disease, ARC, or AIDS
Journal of Volunteer Administration Irene K. Wysocki Article Download
1990 People with Disadvantages: A Source for Innovative Recruitment
Journal of Volunteer Administration Lawrence A. Zimmer Article Download
2004 The contemporary challenges of volunteering in an ageing Australia
Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.2, 2004 Jeni Warburton, Sha Cordingley Article Download
2004 Marginalizing Australia's volunteers: The need for socially inclusive practices in the non-profit sector
Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.1, 2004 Jeni Warburton, Melanie Oppenheimer, Gianni Zappala Article Download
1996 Diversity and Volunteerism: Deriving Advantage from Difference
Journal of Volunteer Administration Santiago Rodriguez Article Download
How to Effectively Manage People Who Are HIV-Positive as Volunteers
Excerpt from An Untapped Volunteer Resource: People with HIV Disease, ARC or AIDS Irene K. Wysocki Article Download
1996 Productive Retirement: Stimulating Greater Volunteer Efforts to Meet National Needs
Journal of Volunteer Administration Robert Morris, Francis G. Caro Article Download
1987 The Transitional Volunteer
Journal of Volunteer Administration Ginnie Schumann Article Download