Across the country, youth baseball and softball programs are now registering players, soliciting donations and, of course, recruiting volunteers for the season. 

In 2009, our friends at New York Cares provided great ideas to assist all organizations that rely on volunteers.  Let’s take a few minutes to take a refresher course about volunteer recruiting.

About New York Cares

Each year, New York Cares brings vital volunteer support to over 850 diverse nonprofit agencies, public schools and other deserving organizations throughout New York City. New York Cares works with each organization to identify their most pressing needs, create projects where volunteers can make meaningful contributions, and then recruits and deploys teams of volunteers to help meet their needs. In 2008, 27,000 New Yorkers volunteered with New York Cares.

New York Cares’ tips on volunteer recruiting

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp?content=volunteer_recruiting