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THE GOOD NEIGHBOR TOOL KIT: MORE RESOURCES

 

Why Volunteer?

Getting Started

Improving Your Community

Improving Yourself as a Volunteer

Fundraising

Working with Volunteers

More Resources

Directory: Links to Charitable Organizations
  For more resources on fundraising and volunteering, explore our collection of books and websites.

Books and Web Sites on Fund-raising and Volunteering

The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back, Bill Shore, William H. Shore, Random House, 1999

Fundraising for Dummies,John Mutz and Katherine Murray, Hungry Minds, Inc., 2000

The Grass Roots Fundraising Book,Joan Flanagan, Contemporary Books, 1982

The (Help!) I Don’t Have Enough Time Guide to Volunteer Management,Katherine Noyes Campbell and Susan J. Ellis, Energize Inc. 1995

How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events, Betty Stallings and Donna McMillion, Building Better Skills, 1999

Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, Paul Rogat Loeb. St. Martins Press, 1999

Web Resources for Volunteers

Charity.com acts a portal for locating national charities and volunteer resources.

Energizeinc.com/welcome.html published a wide variety of books for the professional and the amateur volunteer organizer.

REALTOR.org's Field Guide to Establishing a Charitable Foundation offers articles and Web resources on establishing a charitable foundation, carrying out successful fundraising activities, and more.

Hud.gov/volunteering/index.cfm provides information about volunteering opportunities with low-income housing residents through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as links to a variety of other federal government volunteer options.

Idealist.org offers both volunteer and paid options to those interested in serving others.

Servenet.org offers matching services for a wide range of programs for children, sponsored by the Youth Services of America.

Voa.org offers access to programs for a wide variety of needs sponsored by Volunteers of America.

Volunteerconnections.org/VCP_volunteercentermap.cfm, sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation, helps you locate charitable organizations by state.

Volunteermatch.org lets you search for one-time or long-term volunteering opportunities by zip code and driving distance.

Council on Foundations Council on Foundations offers tax and legal information to help groups understand which type of foundation will help achieve philanthropic goals.