Volunteer Central of Tulsa

Community Volunteer Council monthly breakfast meeting for local volunteers, volunteer administrators from nonprofit, service, and civic organizations and community relations or human resources representatives for businesses. Second Thursday, 7:30-9 am, North Hall Room 140, OSU-Tulsa, 700 North Greenwood Avenue.

Are Your Volunteers an Asset? Developing Volunteer Relationships as Strategic Assets

$15 includes breakfast buffet and program/materials payable by cash, check, credit card. Please help us cover meal and program costs by making reservations on time, and if necessary, canceling at least 48 hours in advance. No shows and late cancellations will be billed at $20.

Learn leading practices and latest in volunteer resource management. For volunteer administrators in nonprofit or corporate setting. Six three-hour courses provide foundation for success as a volunteer administrator and a certificate of completion. Click for details and registration brochure. Take advantage of QuikTrip subsidy to benefit from Associates reduced rates. Partial scholarships available through a generous grant from Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation. Click for guidelines and form.

Volunteer Central of Greater Tulsa recognizes ordinary people who do extraordinary things--every day! Honor a special volunteer with a tribute gift to celebrate National Volunteer week! Your charitable gift of $20 or more will honor a hard-working, dedicated volunteer while ensuring that Volunteer Central continues to fulfill its mission! Call 918.447.1888 for credit card gift or mail check to PO Box 9861, Tulsa OK 74157. Watch for President's Volunteer Service Awards presentations throughout the greater Tulsa region.

As a partner in Tulsa County Emergency Operations Plan, Volunteer Central of Greater Tulsa is charged with activating the Emergency Operations Call Center to triage needs of responding organizations and to take calls from spontaneous, unaffiliated volunteers who are interested and able to assist in the event of an emergency or disaster—similar to the December 2007 ice storm.

Tulsa Community College is the host for Volunteer Central’s Emergency Operations Call Center. Volunteers interested in staffing the Call Center are invited to express interest in “Emergency Call Center” volunteer opportunity through your personal account on www.1-800-volunteer.org. or call 918.447.1888 to reserve your seat and materials for the next training.

2009 Seasons of Service, National Campaigns, Signature Events Volunteer Central promotes Points of Light/HandsOn Network Seasons of Service, National Campaigns, and Signature Events. Plan now for your participation! Call 918.447.1888 for more information. Support your community by searching for and expressing interest in volunteer opportunities associated with these events through http://www.1-800-volunteer.org.

Seasons of Service and National Campaigns, sponsored and promoted by the Points of Light/Hands On Network, is a portfolio of national opportunities for people to volunteer for service projects and activities throughout the year. More than 20 million people volunteer each year to be part of the Seasons of Service-a year-round action plan to illustrate how a single day of service can grow into an ongoing habit of helping communities. Each day of service is sponsored by a national organization and focuses on a theme that targets a specific group. Promotes volunteerism in our community and provide opportunities for project-oriented problem solving, planning, teaching, researching, networking, and increasing community awareness PLUS tapping into national media focus generated by the Foundation. The idea is to turn people on to service so they will become life-long volunteers. Learn more at http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/. Click to learn more about each event and how to link volunteer opportunities to each.

Promoting Safety and Security Volunteer Central and AmericanChecked are partners in making our community a safe place to live, work, play, and volunteer. This partnership offers Volunteer Central's not-for-profit, service, and civic organizations pre-employment program consultation and substantial savings in background checks for prospective or current volunteers and employees. Click VolunteerCheck icon (in the lefthand navigation bar) to begin the screening process, protecting your volunteers, employees, and the populations you serve.