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March 12, 1999.
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March 12, 1999
- Harambee Christian Family Center
- Organization Name
- Harambee Christian Family Center
- Organization City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Country
- USA
- Organization's Geographic Service Area
- Northwest Pasadena, CA
- Number of full-time and part-time employees (paid staff)
- 2 full, 17 part
- Respondent's Name
- Rodolpho Carrasco
- Respondent's Position
- Associate Director
- Organization's Web Site Address
- www.harambee.org
- Respondent's Role in Working with Volunteers at Organization
- Volunteers have helped us maintain four web sites:
harambee.org
ccda.org
urbangeneration.org
nwpasadena.com
- How did you hear about this Project?
- Heard from Robert Marston of Community Wire Service in Glendale, CA.
- What other staff have involved volunteers virtually at
your organization?
- Dan Sharp, Program Associate
Dan Sharp, Program Associate
Kelvin Francis, Program Associate
- Approximately how many of your online volunteers provide
technical assistance to your staff or to other volunteers?
- 2
- Please describe the kinds of activities these technical
assistance volunteers provide to your organization:
- Help setting up web sites, registering domains, setting up email addresses, typing names into databases.
- Approximately how many of your volunteers provide direct
support to clients / recipients of service via the Internet?
- 0
- Please describe the kinds of volunteer activities these
direct contact volunteers provide to your organization:
- We haven't tried this stuff yet.
- How did you recruit the volunteers you involve(d) via
the Internet?
- Yes. We have an email list of 500 people to complement our print mailing list of 2,600.
- How did you screen/orient the volunteers you involve(d)
via the Internet?
- Most of these volunteers live locally. We just have them come to our office, fill out an application, then have an interview.
- How do you supervise and recognize/reward online
volunteers for their contributions?
- Uh, uh, uh, meet with them in person and explain to them the importance of their work.
- Have you ever surveyed these online volunteers about
their experiences with your organization?
- No
- What factors in your organization have promoted the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- The net is cool. Every person on the net is enhancing their relationships and meeting new people with similar interests. That seems to be enough for most of our volunteers.
- What factors in your organization have impeded the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- Lack of computers connected to the internet, to unleash our staff people to relate to the net volunteers.
- Please add any other comments you would like to send to
us:
- This month we were named "one of the best small charities in the United States" by American Compass magazine
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