Our fall volunteer initiative got under way this week with a big showing at the North Texas Food Bank and another at the Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity.
Those are a couple of the nonprofits where we are dispatching our Do Good volunteers to help us live our cause in our communities.
We’ve set a goal of using at least 700 of our paid time off volunteer hours over the next month.
We’ve got a new “Volunteer Time Tracker” on National Life Today that’s both keeping a count on how we’re doing toward that goal and giving us a simpler way to record our hours.
The time tracker is intended to help us account for how well we are achieving our mission to serve the community. It is not designed to replace the UltiPro time management application for hourly employees. That’s part of payroll and you still need to track hours there.
But the time tracker is a fun new way for us to focus attention on our volunteer initiatives.
The National Life Foundation is keeping an eye on the time tracker and will choose from among those of us who use all of our 40 hours of volunteer time this year. Donations will be made to the charities of the winners.
Are you looking for ways that you can volunteer this fall? Here are some opportunities. (Feel free to reach out to the Volunteer Committee with questions.)
VNA Meals on Wheels-Texas: Help needed to pack meals on Oct. 12. Sign up at https://doodle.com/poll/czwdvffqa3ns4w6s or contact Amy Chennault.
Operation Kindness: Help needed to interact with animals and help with general facility improvement on Oct. 3. https://doodle.com/poll/qina8zsb6hd7n6mc or contact Tracee Williams.
Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice: Patient survey volunteers needed on a regular, once-a-month schedule. Training is provided. Contact the Volunteer Committee.
Boys and Girls Club of Burlington: Small cleaning and organizing projects, help needed before the end of September. Contact Vanessa Fortune at vfortune@bandgclub.org or the Volunteer Committee.
Habitat for Humanity: A project is under way in Randolph. Available dates are Sept. 24 and 26; Oct. 1 and 3. Work days generally run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but you need to be there at least 15 minutes early for safety training. Sign up here: https://www.centralvermonthabitat.org/volunteer.html or contact the Volunteer Committee.
Monteverdi Music School: The Monteverdi Music School in downtown Montpelier is seeking volunteers to assist with various building enhancement projects. Volunteer hours are flexible on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during regular business hours. To sign up, contact Executive Director Cameron Steinmetz via email.
National Life volunteers at the Central Vermont Habit for Humanity project. In photo at top, National Life employees volunteer at the North Texas Food Bank.