Major Projects Underway:
- Looking for sponsors for the Governor Service Awards/Roll of Honor – nominations will open in January.
- Looking for GSA committee to help with selecting winners for this coming year.
- Recruitment for community organizations interested in service learning training, funded by the MOTT Foundation. We have scheduled days for January.
- Finished training on Service Enterprise train the trainer. Scheduling out dates for a spring cohort – gave the orientation this month and training will begin end of January.
- VGF report due at the end of the month
- Fall CMV course started November 1. Will run through December 16.
- Attended the FEMA: State Volunteer and Donations Management course in Vermont.
Upcoming Project Focus:
- Certification in Volunteer Administration has a testing window in April. Kelsey will be leading a study group to start in February.
- Need to get training for CERT programs, and recruiting youth organizations for CERT.
- Volunteer Generation Fund’s ARP funding has not been announced yet – however we are beginning to strategize how we would apply these funds and which organizations to partner with.
Ongoing:
- E&E Task Force
- Maine Volunteer Mangers Network: First meeting of the Maine Volunteer Managers Network: discussed results of the survey and resources that would be helpful moving forward. A lot of good sharing or experiences and resources happening. Next meeting will cover background checks.