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Non-profits Recruit Volunteers with Job Fair & Food Trucks

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Your Local Good News, sponsored by Four Seasons.

A group of non-profits thinking outside the box to bring in more volunteers.

And tonight, Your Local Good News have these charitable organizations put a

spin on a job fair.

From fresh pizza pies to smoked barbecue, several non-profits hoping the

smell of hot food attracted basic volunteers.

Trish Speight: “People have a limited amount of time at lunch, so this is the

way they can get a quick lunch, but also find out about how they can help

their community.”

Fourteen non-profits at the Midland Shared Spaces came up with the idea to

hold a job fair for volunteers outside their building by ClayDesta.

Trish Speight: “Whatever somebody wants to do, I think they can find a

good place where they can be helpful.”

Just like any job fair, each charity set up a booth, handed out fliers, and

were ready to sign up anyone willing to join their organization.

Trish Speight: “We all use volunteers; we all want more volunteers. I’ve

never heard anyone say ‘We have too many.’"

A wide range of non-profits office out of the same building (Booth worker,

Heather Faris: “We also offer parent support groups and assembly support

groups”) including “Sharing Hands: A Respite Experience,” or “Share.”

Heather Faris: “We need volunteers from the community to come out and

help take care of these kiddos so their parents can have a little bit of a

break.”

The Midland Opera Theater operates from the same building.

Sharon Humpreys: “Our organization is an entire volunteer organization.

There is no paid staff.”

Each hoping to recruit that same kind of volunteer.

Trish Speight: “Somebody who is passionate about what the mission of the

organization is, and they feel like, that they can make a difference.”

If you missed the volunteer job fair and the food trucks at the Midland

Shared Spaces, we have information on how to become a volunteer on our

website, yourbasin.com.