Ozanam campus. Transitional housing, education, art therapy,…
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Ozanam campus. Transitional housing, education, art therapy, mental health care and so much more. (at Ozanam)
Author: Brent Lager
Casting a stone: Service Spotlight with Morning Glory Ministries
In this week’s service spotlight, Karen Miller of Morning Glory Ministries takes a few minutes to talk about the expanding services provided by one of the longest serving homeless organizations in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Why is Morning Glory Ministries a worthwhile cause for the community of Kansas City? I think being around the volunteers here […]
Strength in numbers
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VolunteerMark joining forces with YMCA, Central States Beverage Company, Wayside Waifs and others to improve community. Not often does a single person or organization achieve significant change by themselves. It usually takes a group of like-minded people coming together for the greater good. To that extent, VolunteerMark is reaching out to other forces in the […]
College basketball, savings and VolunteerMark’s March Madness
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We are mere weeks away from one of the country’s most entertaining sporting events of the year — the NCAA Men’s Division I College Basketball Tournament. And with the excitement creeping ever so close to its usual heart pounding fun, VolunteerMark wants to get into the action. More like get into the madness. With that […]
Haiti or else — Service Spotlight withTate Williams
Tate Williams, field director for the Global Orphan Project, chuckles just enough to create tiny ripples in his cup of coffee. The laughs come from an attempt to articulate his experience of receiving a “clear, direct and urgent call from the Lord” to go to Haiti. It happened in January 2010, right after an earthquake […]
Welcome to the family — Mother’s Refuge
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Welcome to the family — Mother’s Refuge: We want to take just a minute to introduce the newest organization to the VolunteerMark family — Mother’s Refuge. The Independence, Mo., based nonprofit gives teenagers an opportunity to deliver their babies in a safe, loving home and prepare them for a life of independence and success. As […]
Five ways to embrace volunteer orientation
There is no way around volunteer orientation. Whether it’s a quick tour of the facility or signing a stack of liability papers, every nonprofit organization has a mandatory process for new volunteers. However, as many helpers and even organizations will bemoan, these orientations can be boring, tedious and waste valuable work time. It’s an needed […]
Nonprofit Neighbors presents Hashtag Hangout
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For the first time ever, we will be hosting a Hashtag Hangout on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The Twitter chat will last from 12-1 p.m. and will be focused on working with volunteer groups. Whatever tips, questions or comments you can bring to the discussion will be greatly appreciated. If you’ve never participated in a Hashtag […]
Nonprofit Neighbors Rewind: Working with Volunteer Groups
Nonprofit Neighbors Rewind: Working with Volunteer Groups. We had a great group come together earlier this month, including several volunteer managers, coordinators and recruitment officers. Our regulars were present, which is always wonderful, plus it was nice to see some new faces from Ronald McDonald House of Kansas City, Serve KC and the Johnson County […]
MLK Day 2014: Photo Gallery
There was just five of us, but that didn’t matter. The beauty of community service is that every little bit helps. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2014 was no different. Over a hour’s time on Jan. 20, three of our Park Hill South high school volunteers and two others were able to collect eight bags […]
