Parks & Recreation - Volunteer Services Office

VOLUNTEER SERVICES OFFICE
Highlights and Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2005
Submitted by Marybeth Dugan, Volunteer Coordinator

Purpose
The Volunteer Services Office and the Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for assisting staff in the marketing, recruitment, training, placement and recognition of volunteers for the Department of Parks and Recreation. The Office houses one full-time career professional who is responsible for developing the overall volunteer management program settings standards, policies and procedures for staff and volunteers to follow. The Office receives phone and e-mail inquiries daily. Since January 2005, this office has sent out nearly 700 volunteer applications to potential volunteers.

Highlights/Accomplishments

The Department recruited, placed and trained over 19,000 volunteers including teens, adults and groups. Over 198,000 hours of service was donated. The value of these volunteer contributions is over 3 million dollars (see table below)
Over 1400 teens received their required service learning hours which is a criteria needed to graduate from a Maryland public high school (see table below)
Five adult volunteers, 1 teen volunteer and one volunteer group were honored as 2005 Prince George's County "Volunteer of the Year" recipients
2005 Volunteer Appreciation Night was planned and implemented by the Volunteer Committee. Over five hundred adult volunteers and their guests attended the event held at the Prince George's Stadium, home of the Bowie Baysox to celebrate National Volunteer Week
The Volunteer Committee also planned and implemented the 2004 "Make a Difference Day", a national day of "doing good". The Points of Light and USA Weekend Magazine sponsored this program. Program was held on October 23, 2004. Over 1000 volunteers and staff participated in this event. The Department received an honorable mention for outstanding service and was featured in Weekend Magazine April 15-17, 2005 edition
Twenty staff have been working diligently to develop the new Partners 'n Parks park adoption program which will be implemented in the of Fall 2005
In addition to year round volunteer opportunities, the VSO assisted staff in the recruitment and placement of over 1700 volunteers at special events throughout the county including the Annual Summer Playground Carnival, Hispanic Festival, Kinderfest, Festival of Lights, Waterfront cleanups, community festivals and fairs, sporting events and more.
AARP National Service Day was held on May 12, 2005. Over 130 volunteers donated 780 hours of service to our park system
The University of Maryland, College Park Scholars Program Service Day was held on August 28, 2004.Over 400 volunteers donated 2430 hours of service To our park system

Volunteer Management Report - Fiscal Year 2004


Division	Adults	Adult Hours	Teens	Teen Hours	Groups	Group Hours	Total Volunteers	Total Hours
ARTS/CULTURALHERITAGE	128	1,275.5	4	189	1-80 vols	198	212	1662.5
AREA OPERATIONS	3278	16,266.5	1243	19,557.5	87-2791 vols	4816.5	7312	40,640.5
NATURAL HISTORICAL & RESOURCES	336	7,371.75	166	3,447.25	39-947 vols	11,518.5	1449	22,283.5
SPECIAL PROGRAMS	55	660	5	224	3-547 vol	3210	607	4094
SPORTS & PERMITS	10,128	128,085.5	11	1318			10,139	129,403.5
TOTALS	13,925	153,659.25	1429	24,735.75	130-4365 VOL	19,743	19,719	198,084

Department Total ADULT Volunteers: 13,925
Department Total ADULT Hours: 153,659.25
Department Total TEEN Volunteers: 1429
Department Total TEEN Hours: 24,735
Department Total Group Volunteers: 130 groups/4365 volunteers
Department Total Group Hours: 19,743

Grand Total Volunteers: 19,719
Grand Total Hours: 198,084
Volunteer Value: $3,476,374.2

2003 Total Volunteers: 15, 165
2004 Total Volunteers: 19, 719
Increase of: 4,554 Volunteers