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BPV: Tip 8 Keep Track of Time

BPV: Tip 7 Stay Current

Keep it current!

BPV: Tip 6 Cater to Volunteers

This does not mean that you have to wait on each volunteer hand and foot, but it is a challenge to ask yourself the following questions: What Experience Do I want Volunteers to Leave With? How Can I Make Sure Volunteers Want to Come Back?

BPV: Tip 5 Be Prepared

1..2...3 Volunteer

BPV: Tip 4 Create Connections

People are the most important thing. Great things will follow if you have the right people.

BPV: Tip 3 Share Your Story

Imagine that your agency page was a person. Who would they be?

BPV: Tip 2 Be Engaging

it is important to think about what is going to make your agency page stand out. Many of the users on our website are college students that are loaded down daily with information about campus, class, and overall college survival. How are you going to highlight your agency page and needs and be engaging?

BPV: Tip 1 Be Specific

Fun Fact: With Generation Z, you have 8 seconds.

BPV: Tell Me...What Exactly Does an Agency Page Do?

See, your agency page is the go-to guide for the University of Cincinnati's students, faculty and staff to learn ALL the important information about your organization as a whole. It includes, "Who Are We" and What We Do", pictures, videos, your location, and more! See below for more information... and stay tuned for Tip 1: Be Specific

Best Practices for Volunteer.uc.edu

Issue 1: Welcome

Cincinnati Enhanced by University Students

The 2018 Spring Cincinnati Enhancement program had its kick-off celebration on the 14th of April, partnering with the University and our own Center for Community Engagement. The event is designed to focus on neighborhoods of the city with expressed needs, and a combined effort brings public services and volunteers to those communities to reduce crime, make the city more beautiful, and improve the environment for our citizens. Students woke up early to go out by 8:30am on the weekend preceding the last week of classes for students. Eager to help and more awake than I could ever dream of being at that time in the morning, students gathered to go across the city in McMicken Circle.

Cincy Cleaned by Hundreds of UC Volunteers Despite Cold and Snow

Cleanup Cincy is an event hosted by the the University of Cincinnati student led-group, Clean Up Cincy. The group, started in 2015 by UC students committed to beautification for Cincinnati, had just 350 members that first semester they went out. Not only was the event a great way to earn community service hours for various scholarship and extracurricular programs, but this event since its founding has been a way to clean up the city and rid twelve distinct areas of Cincinnati and surrounding municipalities of litter.