In time of disaster the volunteers will come, but as we move forward in planning it seems to me that we need to engage the none profit community. And then I saw this - SRC United Way Has New Role in Emergency Response.
And I thought yes that is the plan. So what are the benefits?
- In a disaster the government will be busy and with falling budgets may have to divert human capital to run volunteer centers
- As a non profit, they could do volunteer management for many organizations
- As a central point for the community move volunteer to where they are most needed
- A central point to collect ALL volunteer hours helps the municipality meet its share of the Disaster recovery cost
- Other non profits may be more comfortable working with other non profits
- And finally As the United Way is community focused they make a great partner for preparedness before the disaster
So who is running volunteer management in your community?
Disaster Dave
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And there's one other benefit: community members ache to provide some kind of service in the face of any disaster. Allowing them to participate via an org like United Way will provide a much-needed outlet for their energies,
Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Miss Midwesterly, you are so right. Not only do they want to help they NEED to help, and if we don't have a way for them to help they will find their own way- which could become a problem.
So lets plan for it
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