VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT FOR ANIMAL CARE ORGANIZATIONS

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The first volume in Humane Society Press' new Shelter Management Series, Volunteer Management for Animal Care Organizations, by HSUS Director of Communications Betsy McFarland, offers step-by-step advice on how to recruit, manage, motivate, and reward volunteers in the animal care field. It will inspire the managers of shelters or animal control agencies to explore the potential benefits of volunteer programs for their organizations.

Betsy McFarland has superbly articulated a step-by-step process of establishing a vital volunteer program and has shared practical solutions to handle obstacles and challenges inherent in the work. I can't wait to give this book to my local humane society.
—Betty B. Stallings, author and trainer, specializing in volunteer management and fund development

If you are just starting a volunteer program, this book can help you plan, write a training manual, and create job descriptions. If you already have a volunteer program, McFarland can help you improve it....If you need volunteers (and what shelter doesn't?), you need this book!
—Julie Morris, National Shelter Outreach, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Volunteer Management for Animal Care Organizations is ... a must for both those who are just starting to work with volunteers and for more experienced workers who would like to polish their program.
—Michelle Virdee, AHT, Animal Welfare Certificate Program, The University College of the Cariboo, Canada

I found this manual invaluable. Judging by the number of post-it tabs and dog-eared corners it has—and the fact that it's still on top of my desk—I'd say that it's a good one.
—Diana Clement, volunteer coordinator, Frederick County (Maryland) Animal Control

HSP Shelter Management Series
130 pages
8 1/2" x 11", softcover
$15.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling
ISBN 0-9748400-1-7
Publication date: February 28, 2005

The PDF version of this book is available for download here at: http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/hsp/volunteer.pdf, free of charge. To save it to your desktop, right-click on the highlighted word and then select "Save Target As" from the drop-down menu that will appear.

For ordering information, e-mail [e-mail]. For wholesale and retail orders, contact

Deborah Salem
Humane Society Press
700 Professional Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Information found at: http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/humane_bookshelf/volunteer_management_for_animal_care_organizations.html
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