Volunteer Development Resources

Staff Toolkit (Policies, Forms, and More)

• Policy Manual for UMaine Extension Staff Who Work With Volunteers
• Risk Management Checklist for Program, Activity or Event Planning (Word)
• Food Safety Fact Sheet: Bulletin #4214, General Food Safety Tips for Preparing Food:
  ( order printed copies | download it for free )
• Volunteer Standards of Behavior Form: ( Word | PDF )
• Volunteers and Insurance brochure (PDF)

Additional Resources by Topic

• Episodic Volunteers
• Volunteer Planning Committees: How to recruit, organize and establish for success (Word). A self-instruction guide
• Volunteer Research Knowledge and Competency Taxonomy Lesson Plans: The VRKC Taxonomy is based on the identified skills and competencies that volunteers will need in order to effectively deliver 4-H Youth Development programs and activities in the next decade. This series of lesson plans were originally designed for training 4-H volunteers, but some of them may work well with other program area volunteers. Access the complete set of lesson plans.
• Volunteerism for the Next Generation Fact Sheet Series is adapted from the TAXI curriculum that was produced by National 4-H Council in the mid-’90s. TAXI was one of the primary volunteerism resources identified by internal and external experts when the National 4-H Learning Priority Team on Volunteerism began their work in 2007. The National 4-H Learning Priority Team on Volunteerism received permission from National 4-H Council to retrieve specific sections from TAXI and create new Volunteerism for the Next Generation (VNG) Fact Sheets. Access the fact sheets.