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The following are professional associations coordinating the work of volunteers and/or volunteer program managers in specific settings or types of services. For volunteerism associations with a generic, non-site-specific focus, see Professional Associations
Accountants
Accountants for the Public Interest (API) http://www.geocities.com/api_woods/api/apihome.html
The Arts
Administrators of Volunteer Programs in the Performing Arts (AVPPA)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AVPPA/
American Association for Museum Volunteers (AAMV)
http://www.aamv.org/
1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Opera Volunteers International
www.operavol.org
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 810
Washington, DC 20005-1704
(202) 293-3797
(202) 293-5958
Boards
BoardSource (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards)
http://www.boardsource.org
1828 L Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-452-6262 or 877-892-6273
Fax: 202-452-6299
College Students
Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org
National coalition of over 860 colleges and universities committed
to developing student civic values, service-learning, and school/community
partnerships. List of state affiliates at http://www.compact.org/state/
Idealist on Campus
http://www.idealistoncampus.org/
(Formerly
COOL Campus Outreach Opportunity League)
Offers resources, events,
educational tools, networking opportunities, and other programs that
support students and campuses in strengthening communities through
service, activism, and civic engagement.
Community Leadership
The Community Leadership Association (formerly NACLO - National Association
of Community Leadership Organizations)
http://www.communityleadership.org/
University of Georgia, Fanning Institute
1240 S. Lumpkin St.
Athens, GA 30602
Tel: 706-542-0301
Fax: 706-542-7007
Email: info@communityleadership.org
National Society for
Experiential Education (NSEE)
http://www.nsee.org/
NSEE
c/o TALLEY MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
19 Mantua Road
Mt. Royal, NJ 08061
Tel: 856-423-3427
Fax: 856-423-3420
Email: nsee@talley.com
Government Settings
Federal Interagency
Team on Volunteerism (FITV) http://www.volunteer.gov/fitv/index.html
For federally administered
volunteer programs focused on preserving natural and cultural resources.
National Association
of Volunteer Programs in Local Government (NAVPLG)
http://www.navplg.org/
See website for current contact information (through association officers)
Healthcare
Association of Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP)
(formerly ASDVS -American Society for Directors of Volunteer Services)
http://www.ahvrp.org
For practitioners in hospitals
and nursing homes. An affiliate group of the American Hospital
Association.
National Association
of Voluntary Service Managers (NAVSM) - UK
http://www.navsm.org.uk
NAVSM is a professional association that exists to promote good practice for volunteering in both health and social care.
East Kent NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1AZ
Tel: 01227 812020
Contact: Janet Lloyd, Patient Public and Community Involvement Manager (PPCI) Manager (Mental Health)
Email: Janet.Lloyd@ekentmht.nhs.uk
Justice
Volunteers in Police
Service (VIPS)
http://www.policevolunteers.org/
National site of the US Dept.
of Justice connecting local volunteer programs assisting the police.
Volunteers in Police Service Program/International Association of Chiefs of Police
Volunteers in Prevention,
Probation and Prisons, Inc.
http://vipmentoring.org/
Grand Park Centre
28 W. Adams, Suite 1310
Detroit, MI 48226
Tel: 313-964-1110
Fax: 313-964-1145
Lawyers
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono Public
Services
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/volunteer.html
Includes links to other pro bono legal sites around the country: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory/programlinks.html
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm
List of organizations in US cities maintained by the National Endowment
for the Arts
Libraries
Friends of Libraries USA
http://www.folusa.com/
1420 Walnut Street Suite #450
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: 215-790-1674 or 1-800-9FOLUSA
Email: friends@folusa.org
Mentoring
International Mentoring Association
http://www.mentoring-association.org/
Lifelong Learning & Education
1275 Ellsworth Hall
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5280
Tel:
269-387-4174
Fax:
269-387-4189
National Mentoring
Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org/
Site of a national network
of mentoring organizations.
1600 Duke Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703-224-2200
Recreation
World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA)'s Volunteer Commission http://www.worldleisure.org/about/interest_groups/volunteerism.php
Dr. Robert A. Stebbins
Department of Sociology, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Office phone: (403) 220-5827
Fax: (403) 282-9298
7/24/09
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