Some volunteers may have little experience in the professional world and giving them basic standards to follow increases the likelihood of successful volunteer service at their site. This effective practice offers guidelines that were developed by the City of Service Consortium Higher Education Service-Learning project and were shared on the service-learning listserv hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder, in October 2002, by Jeff Woods, JUMP Coordinator, Sonoma State University.

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The Resource Center is your one-stop shop for online tools and training resources to strengthen your volunteer or service program. Sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service and administered by ETR Associates, The Resource Center is the central point for:

• Sharing training and technical assistance information among the Corporation's National Service programs
• Sharing information with potential grantees to help them apply for Corporation resources
• Providing technical assistance to any organization using volunteers to strengthen local communities