Annual recognition banquets and award items such as pins and certificates may not be an effective reward for all volunteers. Knowing other ways to reward volunteers is an important part of program management. Understanding the various motivations of volunteers can result in using different and perhaps more appropriate and effective methods of recognition. Compiled from ideas shared on the National Senior Service Corps listserv (NSSCTalk) from February 2000 to April 2002 as well as from the booklet, Beyond Banquets, Plaques and Pins: Creative Ways to Recognize Volunteers, by Sue Vineyard.

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