National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week (NVW) 2017 will be held from 18 to 24 June.
NVW is a great opportunity for your organisation to highlight what volunteers do to help you. It is also a great opportunity to highlight the opportunities you have for volunteers to get involved!
This year’s theme is ...
“Live, laugh, share -- Volunteer” or “Kia ringa hora: Me mahi tūao.”
This positive message is about celebrating what volunteers bring to their communities. It is important to recognise volunteering and the place it has in keeping our communities strong and healthy.
As poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, “It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.”
The positive message for the Week celebrates the joy that volunteers bring to their communities. It also reminds us that volunteers reap the reward of a happier, more engaged life because they feel connected to their community.
How can you get involved?
Register your event with Volunteering NZ - see the link below - Make the most of National Volunteering Week by posting a volunteering event with VNZ . They will put them all on an interactive NZ-wide map.
Publicise NVW2017 - Use the Toolkit resources at the link below to publicise the Week. With thanks to IHC in the development of these resources.
Help us highlight the value of volunteering - Highlight how your volunteers are making a difference!
Post a message of appreciation on your organisation’s website - Tell us how many volunteers you have on Twitter or post on Facebook (tag @VolunteeringAKL)
Share photos from a volunteering project on our Facebook page /VolunteeringAKL
For more information and NVW2017 resources you can use in your organisation see the NVW website
