Online Recruitment Postings – The Helpline Center Volunteer Connections program has a robust online volunteer database, volunteer.helplinecenter.org, that promotes volunteer opportunities to the Sioux Empire and Black Hills. 

Register your agency now.

Tips and Tricks - The Volunteer Connections Staff have created several helpful documents that can assist you in navigating and create a listing in the Volunteer Connections database.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Listing an Opportunity
• Volunteer Interest Emails

Volunteer Manager Email Notifications– Stay in the know by signing up for the Helpline Center’s email alert system. Emails are sent periodically to announce special events, new research, donations and more.

Click Here to get added to this email list.

Weekly Volunteer Promotion- Each week, featured volunteer opportunities are emailed and texted out to individuals, groups, companies, churches and schools promoting upcoming volunteer needs.

To get your listing promoted, contact the Volunteer Connection Staff.

Lab Hours– The Volunteer Connections team is here to support your volunteer program from recruiting and maintaining your volunteers, providing capacity building strategies and tools, understanding utilizing the Volunteer Connections Database and more.

Lab Hours is held by appointment and is an opportunity where you can bring questions to the Volunteer Connections team to support your organization's volunteer program.

To schedule a Lab Hour, contact a Volunteer Connections Staff.

Brown Bag Series - The Helpline Center’s Volunteer Manager Brown Bag Series are virtual educational sessions open to individuals who manage, coordinate, over-see, or work with volunteers. These sessions are free and include great discussion about topics that affect volunteer managers.

Brown Bag Series are held the 3^rd Thursday in February, April, June, August, October, and December
at 11:00 am MST / 12:00 pm CST.

No RSVP’s needed, simply log in through Zoom here.

• February 15, 2024

Get the most out of the Volunteer Connections database! Join us for a demonstration and Q&A session to explain the nuts and bolts of the Hands On Connect user interface.

• April 18, 2024

What makes a great volunteer opportunity description? How to promote your volunteer opportunities.

• June 20, 2024

"Why Won't Anyone Help? Tips & Techniques for Finding Volunteers" with Coleen Liebsch, CEO of Books 4 Kids

• August 15, 2024

Posting on Social Media Making the post of your post

• October 17, 2024

Risk Management for Volunteer Managers with speaker Melissa Tordoff from Alternative HR

• December 12, 2024

Practicing What We Preach: Volunteers Helping Us, Too  How and when to delegate.

Volunteer Engagement Training Program - If you’re new to managing volunteers or if you’re organization is looking to build a more effective program, the Helpline Center’s Volunteer Engagement Training Program is for you!

Registration Fee: $35 (covers cost of the program & materials)

The curriculum includes the following six modules:

Module 1: Establishing the Framework for Your Volunteer Program

Module 2: Planning for Volunteer Engagement

Module 3: Opportunities & Outreach to Potential Volunteers

Module 4: Intake & Onboarding of Volunteers

Module 5: Supervision & Support of Volunteers

Module 6: Evaluating Your Volunteer Program

For more information contact contact the Volunteer Connections Staff in either the Sioux Empire or the Black Hills.