Family service can have a powerful impact on our world, cultivating generation upon generation of people committed to service and justice. Through family service, volunteer managers can bring more volunteers to solve community problems, strengthen families and communities, and inspire young people to make a positive difference into adulthood, thus ensuring a succession of volunteers and philanthropists. Doing Good Together can assist you in coordinating volunteer projects that will engage families with children. We can also work with you to integrate family volunteering into the culture of your organization. We can help by:

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO VOLUNTEER WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION. Given the powerful benefits of family volunteering for children, families and the community, how can your organization provide meaningful opportunities for families to come together to serve others?  We can work with you to develop creative, fun, family-friendly volunteer projects, or expand and broaden your existing volunteer program.

DEVELOPING MATERIALS. We can create materials to help you recruit, educate and celebrate your family volunteers – and enhance their volunteer experience. For example, we might develop a family page for your volunteer website, family-friendly evaluations, training and orientation procedures that are appropriate for children, or our much-requested reflection and education activities and resources. Read more..

PRESENTING A WORKSHOP. Learn how to create a successful, sustainable family volunteer program and discover the challenges, opportunities, strategies and best practices for making family service a vital part of your mission. We can easily tailor a presentation to the needs of your group. Learn more…

OFFERING FAMILIES OUR FREE E-NEWSLETTER. Our monthly newsletter offers simple service ideas, family stories and pointers for starting discussions with children about specific social issues. Each month we address a new topic, such as homelessness, reflecting on gratitude, charity-centered gift-giving, and doing kid-sized fundraisers. You can offer the families in your organization this valuable resource for free. Simply put a link on your website to ours, or provide us a list of e-mail addresses and we’ll add them to our subscription list. Browse our past issues by clicking here.

PROVIDING RECOGNITION FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERS. If you have a compelling story about how your family volunteers are making a difference, you can post it on our website. It’s a way to celebrate the accomplishments of your volunteers and keep them motivated, provide visibility for your program and maybe even attract new volunteers! Just click here.

For more information or to get started on any of these initiatives, please contact us at mail@doinggoodtogether.org or 612.822.6502.