The Burbank Community Tea was a success.
We had 20 individuals participate. They were representatives of Community Churches, Columbia High ASB, Parents, Community Members, Junior Miss, Teachers, School District Employees, Students, Grand Parents, Librarians, and Library Friends.
The attendees currently volunteer by making goodies, helping with landscaping, decorating, leading youth, recruiting, doing all the little extra jobs that come up, serve seniors, cooking, working with ESL students and wildlife, through 4-H, school, sitting on boards, and volunteering with parents and students.
How can we instill the value of Volunteerism in Burbank and sustain it?
Have your organization or group clearly state your goals and mission.
Have a mission.
Have a float in the parade in October.
Have events.
Network with others.
Make and post signs or utilize the reader boards in the community.
Have group shirts.
Create a community newsletter for getting the information out.
Use email or create a Myspace site or blog.
Get the children involved so they can see us modeling volunteerism.
Start new events in Burbank and collaborate with others to make it happen.
What are ways that we can collaborate to share resources?
Exchange information.
Promote the Volunteer Center.
Ask what you can do or what is going on.
Create a directory of groups and organizations in Burbank.
A theme that ran through the afternoon was that people must ask what is going on around the community since there is not a central way of disseminating information. One example was of a parent who is under the impression that nothing is happening at the school because her child says there is nothing going on. Parents must ask for themselves to find out where they are needed at the school.
When there are community events there is usually poor attendance so people must not assume that others are attending. Sometimes a person does not need to show up early to help out or stay late to clean up. They just need to attend the event, pay a couple of dollars for the hot dog and stay positive.
2 comments:
Thank you to the Friends for all of the hard work. Jennie and Debbie: the tables looked great. Betty and Maria: thanks for the goodies.
I have been talking to people all last week about how fired up we are about volunteering. I am making a pledge to go to the home football games. I am going to pay my entrance that will benefit the ASB, buy a snack to benefit the students further and cheer for the team which hopefully will help them win. See you at the game.
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