1. Trends & Tips for Engaging Today’s Volunteer

2. Today’s Volunteer What does Today’s Volunteer look like? Illustrate or use words and phrases to describe Today’s volunteer.

3. ACS Mission Statement The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

4. Top Trends for Engaging Today’s Volunteer #5 Reinventing Volunteerism: “Better Together” VOLUNTEERS

5. 2007 Volunteer Shout 3,050,179 Division Volunteers 11% increase Estimated $ value (not including event participants) $827,295,794.00

6. 2007 Volunteer Data in Seibel Society Volunteer Demographics 65% Female, 22% Male, and 13% Unknown 47.9% Caucasian, 2.1% African American, 6.5% Other, and 43.5% Unknown 10% live in a metropolitan city, 8% live in a suburban community, and 19% live in a rural community 15% of ACS Volunteers are Cancer Survivors Average volunteer age is 47 years

7. Top Trends for Engaging Today’s Volunteer #4Plugging the Leaky Bucket

8. 8 Asking Volunteers to use their skills can help plug the leak… Participation in skilled volunteer activities leads to higher volunteer retention. 73.5% of volunteers in professional or management positions continue volunteering.

9. Top Trends for Engaging Today’s Volunteer #3 Engaging Volunteers Across the Generations

10. GIs/Vets Born Between 1922-1943 Born Between 1979-2000 Gen Y Born Between 1960-1979 Gen XBoomers Born Between 1943-1960 Relating Across Generations of Relay For Life Talent

11. Top Trends for Engaging Today’s Volunteer #2 Providing Short Term & Long Term Opportunities

12. Short term volunteerism is growing rapidly while other types of volunteerism are on the decline. 67.9% of teenage volunteers participate in episodic volunteering 57.7% of adults ages 45 to 64 serve 99 or fewer hours per year. The more hours a volunteer serves per year, the more likely they are to continue volunteering the next year. Specifically, – 1-15 hours: 50.6% retention – 500+: 82.9% retention

13. What is Minute Volunteerism? A little time. A lot of Good. Giving unpaid minutes of your time on-line or off-line to do good that can save lives from cancer, prevent cancer, and improve quality of life of cancer patients and their family.

14. Why Minute Volunteerism? A little time. A lot of Good. List volunteer opportunities – 15 minutes – 30 minutes – 60 minutes

15. Top Trends for Engaging Today’s Volunteer #1 Revisiting Community

16. Call To Action: Creating a Relay Nation Action in Traction – 1 Take Home Relay Today – 1 Added Trend

17. Thank you. www.cancer.org/volunteer www.relayforlife.org