Student volunteers each visited a mental hospital patient one hour a week, for an average of 18 weeks. Students' ratings of certain aspects of patients' appearance and behavior correlated with psychiatric aides' ratings of patients' contact." Students' discouragement in relating to chronic patients might be lessened if experienced students were…

By analyzing its own development (financial canvassing) efforts, a young church in the Midwest found guidelines for using group meetings to improve program planning. (LY)

Discusses the importance of volunteerism and describes the school volunteer program managed through the Florida Department of Education. (JOW)

The article looks at the roles volunteers serve in providing services for the severely disabled. Examples of specific cases illustrate the points made by the author. (SB)

Criteria for implementation of school volunteer programs include (1) effective incentives, (2) resources, and (3) political and administrative feasibility. Alternatives for state action include (1) maintaining current state policy, (2) providing leadership by endorsement and mandate, and (3) enacting legislation to provide incentives for…

Describes apprentice/mentor relationship as a way of meeting the needs of abusive parents and the needs of understaffed agencies with large caseloads. Mentoring is discussed in terms of the life span developmental need for acquiring a sense of generativity and basic factors in the evolution of a mentoring relationship. (Author/RH)

The Combined Modified Design is presented to overcome problems of internal and external validity in the conduct of true experiments in longitudinal studies. It combines a modified version of the Randomized Invitation Design with the lottery longitudinal experimental field trial situation. (SLD)

Interviews with 20 AIDS volunteers suggested six themes for volunteer caregiving: caring, supporting, touching, balancing, benefiting, and reflecting. The volunteers remained enthusiastic and positive and had effective coping strategies. Ways to train and support them were suggested. (SK)

Religious organizations bring seven assets to community partnerships for social services: a service mission, volunteer pool, usable space, fund raising/grant making, political strength, moral authority, and creativity and experimentation. (SK)

Describes discussion groups, newsgroups, Web sites, and electronic publications on the topics of volunteering and volunteer management. (SK)

Proposes restructuring volunteer roles in order to expand the productive contributions of older volunteers. Recommends the following: examining federal programs such as Retired and Senior Volunteer Program; conducting demonstration programs to test the feasibility of high-intensity, high-responsibility volunteering; and including data on unpaid…

Random samples of Ohio 4-H community club members ages 10-14 (n=504, 25% response) and ages 15-19 (n=504, 27% response) were surveyed. Nearly 100% in both groups are involved in community service. Respondents spent equal amounts of time volunteering through school, out of school, on their own, or through 4-H youth development experiences. (SK)

Describes how the author applies the four Rs of volunteerism: research, recruit, retain, and recognize. Outlines the basics of each and how they can be incorporated in a school program. (SG)