The Chronicle of Philanthropy posted an article earlier this week about one nonprofit that got the privilege to work with a team of business professional pro bono volunteers.
The nonprofit, Kids' Food Basket, saw a need for higher efficiency, but rather than getting dismayed by their finances or flustered by their ever-increasing problem, they turned to a business to seek highly-skilled volunteers that could help them solve their problems.
What a wonderful idea! The organization got its biggest problems solved, and the volunteers got to use their most honed skills to serve a great cause - what
Don't get stuck in the idea that you can only find volunteers to do simple, straight-forward tasks or projects. The potential for volunteers to help an organization is endless - including restructuring and reorganizing the entire organization to serve even better!
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