The New Volunteerism Project

The Archival Collection of
Ivan Henry Scheier

The Contents

The VOLUNTAS Time Capsule
on Volunteerism
1990 – 2050
@ -- permission for use-with-acknowledgment

In celebration of International Year of the Volunteers, 2001
the Time Capsule will be rededicated on Sept 20, 2001 at Regis University in Denver, Colorado

  The Contents

Packet 5 contains the following materials:

A – A list of the items contained in the Capsule

B – The voices of the children – a small sample of children’s messages in the capsule (around 150)

C – Samples of messages and yearning from groups as well as individuals

D – Miscellaneous documents about the Time Capsule – The actual Time Capsule includes about 20 books, 35 essays, several video and audio tapes and about 100 photographs

These sections will not be posted online.  They have been housed as part of the Archival Collection at Regis University.

Time Capsule Log

Artifacts
-Wheat weaving – Salina, Kansas, Chamber of Commerce (with message)
-Business Card Holder, San Diego, California, Director of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA)
-World Tea Towel – Volunteer Center of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
-Ceramic Tiles – "Grey" Joan Lasnic, Salinas, California
-Cheap perfume – from FW Woolworth Co. (with story)
-T-shirt – "Why be a Volunteer" Rose Slade, former RSVP Director; current member of CCC Board
-Mug – "Association of Volunteer Administration (AVA) headquartered in Boulder, Colorado
-Mug – Delaware Valley Association of Directors of Volunteer programs
-Tile – "Volunteers work Magic" from Association of Volunteer Administration (AVA)
-Overhead Projector sheets – Arlene Schindler (with story)
-Conference envelope – with materials)
-World gift wrap (on gift from Japanese volunteer to American volunteer)
-Key ring – United Way
-Lead pencil – Pennsylvania Association Nursing Home Volunteers
-Banquet ticket – 1990 AVA National Conference
-Greeting card -Bruce Cline, Director of Volunteer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
-Baseball cap – volunteer, Bureau of Land Management
-Wood Plaque – "Only Those Who Dare Truly Live"
-Yellow balloon – "Volunteers – Heart at Work"
-"Holiday Sharing 1990" Christmas tree ornament, Volunteer Center of United Way, Greater
         Albuquerque, New Mexico, United Way, Channel 13, KGGM, TV
-Stickers – Amnesty International, New York, New York
-Volunteer Tile – Bureau of Land Management, 1988
-Sticker – "Take Pride in America" Bureau of Land Management
-Plastic bag – Bureau of Land Management
-Patches – Bureau of Land Management
-Patch – "Take Pride in America" Boy Scouts of America
-Christmas Card – Voluntary Action Center of Fairfax County, Arla Inc. (Virginia)
-Christmas ornament – "Volunteers Make Spirits Bright" Volunteer Center, United Way of
          Greater Albuquerque, New Mexico
-Key ring – MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
-Red Ribbon card – MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
-Earrings – customer made from Association of Volunteer Administration, 1989 pins – Martha Foster,
          Alexandria, VA
-Box of Girl Scout cookies, 1990, signed by Leslie Caliva, Fredricksburg, Virginia
          (formerly Red Cross Chairman of Volunteerism in the European Theater)
-Keychain flashlight – "Volunteers Shine On" Virginia Power
-NVCC soup can – Cream of Volunteer – Northern Virginia Community College Volunteer Program,
          Annandale, Virginia (c. 1989)
-The Game of Volunteer Management
-Basket for holding auto license plate forms

Bumper stickers
- Virginia Office of Volunteerism, Richmond, Virginia
- Bureau of Land Management
-"Take Pride in American" Bureau of Land Management
- MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

Buttons
- Copy of stamp issued to honor volunteers (1985)
- National Director of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA) pin, DOVIA Columbus, Ohio
- "Volunteers Make a Difference, Santa Fe, New Mexico Senior Citizen Center
- Logo representing volunteer movement (arrow with heart)
- "Volunteers Always By Your Side"
- National Volunteer Week, April 14 – 17
- Volunteer Bureau of Land Management
- MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
- "No thanks, I’m the driver (MADD)
- Virginia Volunteers
- US Olympics Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (with brochure)

Posters
- "Volunteers Worth Their Weight in Gold" Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Parks, Recreation. 1989, Denver, Colorado
- "Volunteers Make Things Happen," 1990 Poster contest winner. Center for Volunteer Development,
           Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
- 3^rd Biennial Conference National Volunteer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990
- ‘Quality Citizens’ National Association of Volunteers in Criminal Justice (NAVCJ) now (IAJV)
          Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1982
- "Volunteers, Look To Your Library for Info," Center of Volunteer Development, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Collage of DOVIA logos – Center for Creative Community, 1990
- Mini poster of large and one used nationally for RSVP, California, 1985
- "Volunteers Light Up Our Lives" – national poster used by United Way in late ‘80’s,  signed by 1988
          seminar participants in Albuquerque
- El Voluntario en Accion – Innfa Instituto Nasianal Ninos y Familas, Ecuador, 1988
- "Volunteers Make the Difference," United Way of Toronto, 1987
- National Foster Grandparent Program, US Action Office, Wasa, D.C.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson quotes, Partners (youth program), 1981
- Volunteers in Uniform (1991 calendar) Berkley, California
- Views of America (CALLVAC Services, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 1989

Pins
- Virginia Volunteers
- Joanne Schulman – National Museum of American Art
- State of Oregon Volunteer, Connie Hyatt;  
        volunteer  (3876 Beverly, Bldg. C, Suite 20, Salem, Oregon), Volunteer services

Publications
- "Fifty Years of Caring," Volunteer Center of Tarrant County, Texas
- "Trainers and Consultants in Volunteerism: A First Registry," Boulder, Colorado Yellowfire Press,
           September 1985
- "Beyond Banquets, Plaques & Pins: Creative Ways to Recognize Volunteers," (2^nd)
          Sue Vineyard, VM Systems/Heritage Arts Publishing, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1989
- "Building the Collaborative Community: Mobilizing Citizens for Action," Riverside,
          University of California Extension, 1980 (3^rd)
- "VOLUNTEERS!" Coloring Book, Harriet L. Kipp, Annadale, Virginia, Four-On-One, 1983
- "The Effective Management of Volunteer Programs," Marlene Wilson, Boulder, Colorado
          Volunteer Management Associates, 1976 (signed copy)
- "By The People: A History of Americans as Volunteers," Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Noyes
          San Francisco, Oxford, 1990 (signed copy)
- "Volunteering and Aging: A Bibliography," Working Papers, Elizabeth Baines, RN, PhD,
          The Strom Thurmont Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, North Carolina, 1986

Newsletters & Newspapers
- "The Chronicle of Philanthropy," Washington, D.C., Vol II No 6, January 9, 1990, Ed: Philip W. Semas

- "The Nonprofit Times, Leading Publication for Nonprofit News, Marketing and Management" Volume 4
Number 8, November 1990, Publishers: John D. Mc Ilquham Ed: Larry Sterne, Hopewell, New
Jersey 08525

- "The DOVIA Exchange," The Center for Creative Community, Vol VI #1, March 1990; Vol VI #2, May 1990; Vol VI #3, September 1990; Volume VI #4, January 1991; Vol VII #1, February 1991

- "Grapevine: A Communiqué of T.L.C. in Volunteerism," Vat #2, Vintage 1990, Sue Vineyard, Downers Grove, Illinois

- "Sharing Life: The Heifer Project International," Little Rock, Arkansas, Winter 1990

- "Volunteer Responding," a quarterly newsletter for volunteers and volunteer administrators Singapore, October-December 1990

- "Update," Church and Community Ministries, Vol II No 1, January 1991 Columbia Baptist Church, Falls Church, Virginia

Publications Catalogs
-"Volunteer Energy," 1990 Energize Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
-"Volunteer Readership," 1990, Volunteer – The Nature Center, Arlington, Virginia, US
-"VM Systems, 1989-90 Catalog," VM Systems, Downers Grove, Illinois, US
-"It’s Time For A Change…," Volunteer Management Associates (Marlene Wilson) Boulder, Colorado, US
-"The Vancouver Volunteer Centre Booklist," 1989 (?) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
-"The Volunteer Monitor," 1986, Yellowfire Press, Boulder, Colorado, US
-Autumn 1990 listings from the Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US  

Conference/Workshop Programs
(in complimentary folder from 1990 conferences or volunteer administrators, Kansas City, Kansas)
- 1987, National Conference, "Reaching New Heights," Chicago, Illinois, US
- 1987, National Conference, "Foundations for the Future," Orlando, Florida, US
- 1989, "Forum 89, The National Association Volunteers in Criminal Justice," Albuquerque,
       New Mexico, US
- 1990, Volunteer Management Program, Second level workshop, University of Colorado Boulder,
        Colorado, US
- 1988, Lake Sylina Conference, Annandale, Minnesota, US
- 1988, Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, Spokane Washington, US
- 1990, "A Framework for the 90’s," DOVIA workshop, San Diego, California, US
- 1990, Challenge IV Think Tank, Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
- 1988, Teleconference Volunteerism Series (Marlene Wilson, Ivan Scheier)  Medsource Teleconference       Network, Barteville, Oklahoma, US

Magazines/Journals
- "Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Administrations" Manchester University (U.K.) Press, 1990, Volume I Number 1

- "The Journal of Volunteer Administration," Publisher AVA, Boulder, CO Fall 1982, Volume 1 Number 1

- "Voluntary Action Leadership," Publisher VOLUNTEER, The National Center Arlington, Virginia, Winter 1986

Volunteering and the World
(Meant to demonstrate that volunteering is a worldwide phenomenon, and draws together smaller sized items which illustrate this point. Elsewhere in the Time Capsule, larger items (e.g. posters) are also from a range of nations.)

Australia
- 1989-1990 Annual Report, Volunteer Centre of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Table Setting (Tea-cloth) gift of the Victoria Volunteer Centre to the Center For Creative Community
- Brochure advertising statewide volunteers centers throughout five states of Australia
- Towel from Volunteer Center of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Ecuador
- Instituto Nacioncel Del Nino y L Fanulia (INFFA) brochure
- Latin American Conference hosted by INFFA in July 1988

Singapore
- Brochure, Volunteer Actiona and Development Centre.
- Comments by Chor Jye Lee, 1987

Venezuela
"- Volunteer Movement in Venezuela," comments by Cesar Costillo Caracas, Venezuela, Forgiveer, in 1988
- International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
- 1988 Membership Directory
- 1990 Newsletter

W.S.
- Peach Corps Brochure (about 1987)

Philippines
- Solicitation letter, Holy Cross Hospital, Manila

Art and Song
- "The Volunteer Song," 1986 audio tape by Paul Honisberg with words and a picture of the
        River Basin Bluegrass.
- Collage of 2^nd grader children’s drawings (about 1977-78)
- Steven Weitzman, about 1989, working on statue dedicated to Volunteers at The National Zoo in
       Washington, D.C.
- First sketch of a sculpture honoring the spirit of volunteerism, offered as a Volunteer by Jim Quinn of
       Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, 1990 (actual sculpture might be found in association with the Time
       Capsule, or at a national shrine or museum of volunteerism. We hope some day)
- Volunteer Greeting cards, including one depicting a volunteer – theme float In the 1984 Rose Bowl
      (football) parade in California
- "To Be of Use," poem by Mango Piercy
- Blood donor sticker

Miscellaneous
- "All I Ever Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten," by Robert Fulgluerer courtesy of Marlene Wilson

Time Capsule Contents – October 5, 1992

1. Artifacts: 2 envelopes; individual items: hat, T-shirt, wheat weaving, perfume, helmet (rescuer), soup can, girl scout cookies, volunteer game, 6 videos, 4 tapes, 2 mugs, 1 license plat holder
2. Books and publications: 1 envelope; publications separate
3. Catalogs: 1 envelope
4. Magazines & journals: 1 envelope
5. Newsletters & newspapers: I envelope
6. 1 package of Bureau of Land Management
7. 1 RSVP wooden plaque
8. Information from volunteer programs: 1 envelope
9. Volunteers and the World: 1 envelope
10. Posters
11. Messages: 1 envelope
12. Materials from VA Polytechnic and State V : 1 envelope
13. DOVIA Exchange: 1 envelope
14. Time Capsule history and sealing ceremony: 1 envelope
15. History of Voluntas: 1 envelope
16. Miscellaneous items: 1 envelope
17. Certificate of appreciation plaque to Ivan

April 1996 comments:

Most or all of the contents were catalogues in 1990. But, as noted elsewhere, a few things kept being added until final sealing in 1993.

No doubt the contents are a bit more concentrated on my work than they would otherwise be, because the organization (Center for Creative Community) I was with sponsored the capsule.

Ivan Scheier