December 2025

Volunteer Services Coordinator

Major Projects:

Refined and deployed a plan and scope for 2026 Service Enterprise Training with the first cohort beginning in February 2026.

Attended Tolemi software demo with the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank and MOCA.

Participated in second-round interviews with candidates for the Management Analyst position.

Met with MSF Devendra Thapaliya as well as Sunrise County Economic Council staff to discuss the early termination of D. Thapaliya’s MSF service on December 31^st for compelling personal reasons.

Attended the Maine Association of Non-Profits’ Together for Good conference.

Participated in a collaborative meeting with the State Resilience Office to identify areas for collaboration and mutual support.

Attended the Resilient Maine Monthly Steering Committee .

Drafted final report for the National Governor’s Association Service-To-Careers Pathways Policy Academy.

Attended the Maine Climate Corps Network 4^th Quarter in-person meeting.

Attended the State Strategy Task Force December meeting.

Presented about Volunteer Maine to the Municipal Planning Assistance Program’s Regional Council meeting for Washington County Regional Council staff.

Drafted Annual Report content for the Commission annual report for Maine Service Fellows and the NGA Service-to-Careers Pathways Policy Academy.

Engaged a site selection review committee for Maine Service Fellows Site Selection. With the support of Pamela Proulx-Curry, William Guindon, Jr, and Lucy Martin the committee reviewed four applications for site hosts and, employing a rubric approved by the Commission, selected Hancock County Planning Commission to act as a site host for the Maine Service Fellows for twenty months (two terms of service).

With Lucy Martin, collaboratively managed the social media scheduling and content for Volunteer Maine. Developed, designed, created, scheduled, and deployed social media posts and updated Volunteer Maine website as appropriate.

With Lucy Martin, worked with Resilient Roots, LLC to develop a series of micro-credentials to support development in communication, collaboration, leadership and other key workforce skills.  We are working to identify a credentialing process for these courses and plan to deploy them in early 2026.

Participated in the Service Programs Task Force meeting.

With Lucy Martin, continued updating the Volunteer Management Certificate Course offered through Volunteer Maine. The course will be ready for deployment in February of 2026.

Attended MCCS and MOCA staff meetings and attended monthly Commission Business meeting.

Met with Maine Service Fellows site host cohort and monthly Fellow cohort meeting.

Issues to be aware of:

Recruitment will begin for new Maine Service Fellows in February 2026 for slots opening in May 2026.

Major focus of effort in new month/Ongoing:

Submitting a final report for the NGA Service-to-Career Pathways Policy Academy with an updated submission date in February 2026.

Develop social media materials and schedules for all aspects of Volunteer Maine to increase public awareness of the Commission and what it provides to the public. Continue to update the Volunteer Maine website to reflect current offerings and increase visual impact through updated photos and graphics.

Update the Volunteer Management Course and prepare to deploy it in early 2026 as the course proctor.

Support the roll-out of ServeMaine.Org through planning, social media, and site support.

Host introduction sessions for Service Enterprise Training in January.

Begin recruitment of new Maine Service Fellows for 2026-2027.