Our Future’s in FC Volunteers’ Hearts and Hands
11/9/2016
Charlotte Boney
A brief history and/or current state
2014 Statistics:
• Number- 8,989
• Hours- 108,995
• Value- $2,514,514.65*
• FTE Equivalent- 54.5
• Impact- Area for growth- recording metrics around actual
impact i.e.
• Citizens Served
• Trees Planted
• Intangibles
*Based on independentsector.org figure for hour of volunteer time
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Current Programs
• Adaptive Recreation
Opportunities
• Adopt-a-Street
• Boards and Commissions
• Bicycle Ambassador Program
• FC Bikes Events
• Fleet Services
• Gardens on Spring Creek
• Graffiti Abatement
• Healthy Homes
• Lincoln Center
• Museum of Discovery
• Natural Areas
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Nature in the City
Neighborhood Services
Northside Aztlan Youth Programs
Parks
Police Services
Recreation Events
Restorative Justice
Safe Routes to School
Senior Center
Sports
Streets
The Farm
Utilities
*Interns across the organization
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Strategic Planning
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Needs Assessment
Public Meeting
Collaboration
Integrates with City’s Strategic Plan:
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7.4 Strengthen methods of public
engagement and reach all segments of the
community.
7.5 Optimize the use of technology to drive
efficiency and productivity, and to improve
services.
7.9 Improve productivity, efficiency,
effectiveness, customer service and citizen
satisfaction in all areas of municipal
organization.
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Volunteer Management Application
Policies and Procedures
Recognition
Onboarding
Branding and Recruitment Campaigns
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Vision and Mission
Vision
Creatively engaging volunteers in
their unique talents
Mission
Promote volunteer involvement to
improve services and create
community
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Youth
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Low rates
Opportunity Youth
Family Volunteer Days
AmeriCorps
CSU
Internships
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Episodic Volunteering
• Less time
• “Do the right thing”
• Intro to Volunteerism
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Impact Volunteering
• Real and lasting impact
• Cities Of Service
• Silos
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Corporate Social Responsibility
• Self Regulation
• Partnerships
• City challenges
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Technology
• Inspiration from Silicon Valley
• Innovative ways to engage
volunteers
• Hackathons
• Virtual
• Micro
• Location-based
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Impacts on triple bottom line
Economic
• Impact- Enhance Services
• Equivalent FTEs
• More “boots on the ground”
Environmental
• Impact- number of trees
planted, pounds of waste
averted from landfill, miles
of trail, healthy homes, etc.
Social
• Partnerships
• Ambassadors, stories
• Impact- education, literacy,
health, seniors, ARO
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Next steps under staff consideration
• 2016 Q1 Deployment
• Cities of Service
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=te379fdDXCE
• Employee Volunteer Program
• AmeriCorps
• Nontraditional Volunteers: Pro
Bono, Retirees, Virtual
Volunteers, Voluntourists,
Entrepreneurial Volunteers
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Questions
Thank you!
Any questions?
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