When she first heard about the need for volunteers on the news about a decade ago, she knew it was her duty to help out. From working in the warehouse on the conveyor belt to sorting frozen meat in the temperature-controlled cold room, Roberta has taken on just about every volunteer project available and she is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Despite working a job at night, she spends two days each week at the food bank volunteering in both our kitchen and warehouse. Centreville resident Maggie Kovack first learned about the Maryland Food Bank after answering a call for volunteers in her church bulletin two years ago.
Rich was so enthusiastic, he went beyond gleaning fresh produce in the fields to become a regular volunteer for a local community partner picking up food from a retail donor once a month. In addition to helping their community, the volunteer shifts also serve as relationship and team-building activities for the company, said Jeanne D.
More than five years ago, Janice Cronice joined the volunteer force at the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore after seeing an article in the newspaper. She first began sorting cans as a volunteer in the warehouse but has since moved on to working in the office for several departments twice a week. We have seen people work together on legislative changes related to impaired driving, same sex marriage, and assisted dying.
The theme is a nod to our past, a reflection of our present, and a wink to our future. Since , National Volunteer Week has not only been a celebration of the dedication of so many volunteers, but also a nationwide effort to encourage people to volunteer in their own communities.
This year, National Volunteer Week is April , and during this time we ask you to join us in celebrating the hard work and dedication of our volunteers here at Marine Parents. We also learned a lot about ourselves and our teammates during these sessions, and this really brought our team together. I am so proud to have been a part of this experience. I think I have learned more about myself this past year than I have in my entire lifetime.
And unlike in other places, in our volunteers, we are not looking for the ones with the most customer service experience but for the ones who come to the interviews as their great selves. I like that there is no one box people have to fit into. I have learned it is OK to be imperfect — it is better to show your weaknesses as then you are more genuine. I have learned it is very important to know the personalities of the team, respect different kind of people and ways of doing things, lead by an example and talk with people regularly about where we are at and where we are heading to.
Giving feedback is also very important and you can motivate your team the best way if you name several positive things versus one constructive feedback. It was so rewarding to see how our training had a huge impact on how we managed to train, motivate, and lead our volunteers. Noora Nikkanen, Seminar Hall Services: As a volunteer, we started training and working about three weeks before the event.
As a team leader, we started working over nine months before the event! This felt like a huge responsibility because NBF is known for its world-class customer service, so we decided that we just have to make it so much fun that they get inspired to do their very best at the event.
To me, working at NBF has been the best experience in my life. I feel that I have grown so much professionally but also mentally. I never knew that working can be so much fun!
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