Recruiting Volunteers
15 places to recruit volunteers
Send your volunteer flyers or a press release to the following places....or better yet, make a personal visit to a key volunteer recruitment contact!
1. Corporate newsletters (wish list)
2. Schools and colleges
3. Retiree programs
4. Senior citizen centers
5. Corporate outplacement Programs
6. Corporate volunteer programs
7. Churches, synagogues and other places of worship
8. Internship programs
9. Career counseling centers
10. Civic clubs, fraternal societies, sororities
11. Newspapers, radio, cable television
12. Governmental organizations
13. Court system (sentence to serve)
14. Volunteer recruitment fairs
15. Other nonprofit organizations
Other ways to recruit volunteers
1. Recruit a chairperson…then ask them to recruit their committee members.
2. Ask a company to help you on a probono basis
3. Ask a teacher or professor to involve their classroom
4. Ask a manager to recruit their staff
5. Consider sales staff: car, real estate, mortgage, retail companies.
GAA MENTOR RECRUITMENT IDEAS:
1. Coach of the Month Award
Letter would be put on club Website
2. Recruiting for Nursery
Poster in local shops
3. Mentors for Nursery
Draw up a potential list of mentors consisting of past player/current players, parents and contact each to give up an hour each week of their time.
4. Team-Mate of the Month Award
3 nominees on a weekly basis for the month
Winner gets a plaque for the month and a framed photo on wall of the clubhouse for the month.
Criteria:
- Punctuality and good behaviour
- Attentiveness in training
- Sportsmanship and good team spirit
- The implementation of a skill learned in training at a match
- Work ethic in training and matches
- Personal improvement in skills level and playing performance.

