President's Message
AL!VE Board President Megan Vixie, MPA, CVA, PHR, SHRM-CP 
Dear AL!VE Members,
Happy Fall (almost)! I know there are still so many challenges not only with COVID but also natural disasters and continuing racial injustices happening across the country. And for many of you, you are also schooling children at home or serving as caregivers, cooks, housekeepers, grocery shoppers, etc. on top of professional duties. So life as we've known it is still a ways away from returning.
With all that in mind, we are still here for you, advocating for you and the profession. We have partnered with VolunteerMatch and others to advocate for changes to include funding for volunteer engagement in the upcoming CORPS Act (S. 3964). We have also sent in public comment for additions to the Corporation for National and Community Service's Volunteering and Civic Life in America Survey to re-include more questions and add new ones on volunteerism so practitioners can hopefully cut the data and use it for their geographic area, industry, etc. We also encouraged you to submit public comment as well and hopefully you ahd a chance to do so!
Also, please consider applying to become one of our board of directors for 2021-2023. We are making greater efforts to diversify our board in many ways so we have more cross-representation that reflect our field. You can always reach out to me or members of our board if you have any questions.
So as we head into this month, please take advantage of our programs and services (e.g., our networking social, mentor program, communities of practice, the Hybrid Conference in October) where you can connect with one another for support and understanding!
As always, continue to be safe and healthy!
Welcome to our new members!
Jared Strawderman
Join Date: 08/05/2020
Susan Schroeder
Join Date: 08/06/2020
Dominic Leyden
Join Date: 08/06/2020
Cindy Meyers
Join Date: 08/11/2020
Mandy Stegint
Join Date: 08/12/2020
Coleen LaCost
Join Date: 08/13/2020
Camille Nelsen
Join Date: 08/13/2020
Marcia Hale
Join Date: 08/13/2020
Timothy Suda
Join Date: 08/14/2020
Michelle Shiver
Join Date: 08/17/2020
Jenny Sanford
Join Date: 08/19/2020
Marie Howell
Join Date: 08/20/2020
Lisa Marie Porter
Join Date: 08/24/2020
Trish Zenczak
Join Date: 08/24/2020
Fiona Wade
Join Date: 08/24/2020
Christie Geltz
Join Date: 08/24/2020
Karen Connetta
Join Date: 08/25/2020
Kat Milligan
Join Date: 08/25/2020
Courtney Moore
Join Date: 08/25/2020
Olivia Ganley
Join Date: 08/31/2020
Amy Oliver
Join Date: 09/01/2020
Marie Saunders
Join Date: 09/01/2020
Karen Goates
Join Date: 09/01/2020
Merry Sam
Join Date: 09/02/2020
Thank you to our renewing members!
Shirley Conger
Member Since: 06/07/2009
Karen McDonald
Member Since: 06/09/2009
Katherine Campbell, CVA
Member Since: 07/23/2009
Krista Gilmore
Member Since: 08/01/2009
Tony Goodrow
Member Since: 08/06/2009
Meghan Kaskoun, CVA
Member Since: 07/20/2010
Barbara Sheffer
Member Since: 06/19/2011
Donna Martin MAET, CVA
Member Since: 06/27/2011
Amy Pinger Harvesters
Member Since: 12/02/2012
Betsy Mudd
Member Since: 05/21/2013
Jan Hathaway
Member Since: 08/30/2013
Lori A. Morris
Member Since: 09/12/2013
Jenn Forristal
Member Since: 06/30/2015
Alana Knoppow
Member Since: 07/14/2016
Megan Vixie, CVA
Member Since: 07/14/2016
Angie Drier
Member Since: 07/25/2016
Holly Payne
Member Since: 08/08/2016
MAVA Network
Member Since: 08/24/2016
Barbara Hickert
Member Since: 07/19/2017
Sue Carter Kahl
Member Since: 08/01/2017
Amanda Caruso-Yahne
Member Since: 08/03/2017
Liza Dyer, CVA
Member Since: 08/04/2017
Sioux Empire DOVIA
Member Since: 08/09/2017
Lisa Greenberg
Member Since: 08/10/2017
Marcia Haglund
Member Since: 08/11/2017
Patricia Wright
Member Since: 08/17/2017
Susan Nusall
Member Since: 08/22/2017
Garrett Zaffke
Member Since: 08/24/2017
Karen Pattison
Member Since: 10/24/2017
Ramona Gaukel
Member Since: 04/25/2018
Joanna White
Member Since: 07/04/2018
Jessica Ames
Member Since: 07/09/2018
Cairn Reisch, CVA
Member Since: 09/04/2018
Paul Falkowski
Member Since: 09/26/2018
Christi Brown MHA, CVA, CAVS
Member Since: 10/29/2018
Taunja Weber
Member Since: 06/06/2019
Annette Sutfin
Member Since: 06/13/2019
Heather Lother
Member Since: 06/18/2019
Larkin O'Toole
Member Since: 06/21/2019
Joan Cardellino
Member Since: 07/10/2019
Adrienne Polumbo
Member Since: 07/16/2019
Megan Taylor
Member Since: 07/31/2019
Alma Pohler
Member Since: 08/25/2019
Brittany Biggers
Member Since: 08/28/2019
Heather Crandall, CVA, CIT
Member Since: 09/05/2019
Patricia Parker
Member Since: 09/05/2019
Hannah Weier
Member Since: 09/16/2019
Steven Whitley
Member Since: 09/18/2019
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Applications/Nominations for 2021 ALIVE Board of Directors now open!
Michelle Raymer, CVA AL!VE President Elect Answer the Call to Serve.
2021 AL!VE Board of Directors
Click here to nominate a candidate or apply.
ALIVE Board service is a chance to grow personally and professionally, to develop skills, gain unique experience, and make lasting connections with a team of other passionate and motivated professionals throughout the country. Becoming a Board member is an opportunity to share your professional knowledge, expertise, and passion to help AL!VE craft and forge the future of the profession.
It is our hope that our Board will be as diverse as the communities our members serve, with the perspective, skills, and experience needed to enact our strategic plan and advance our mission. While we welcome all who are passionate about supporting our mission to apply, after identifying gaps in perspectives and skill sets on our current Board, we are actively seeking candidates of diverse experiences, skills, and backgrounds, which can be found here.
This is an exciting time to join the leadership of ALIVE...
Registration Closes Soon For Individual and Host sites
October 20 & 21, 2020!
"Managing Risk- Balancing Aversion & Innovation"
You can attend this conference three ways:
Attend one of our virtual host sites
Attend as an individual ($65 for AL!VE Members)
Host a local event in your area & invite others
Learn more at the conference website.
Virtual Hosting sites in:
Phoenix, AZ (AVACA)
Tulsa, OK (TulsAL!VE)
Sacramento, CA (Sacramento DOVIA)
Tuscon, AZ (SAVMA)
Los Angeles, CA (DOVIA-LA)
Fargo, ND (DVS Fargo-Moorhead)
Cedar Rapids, IA (United Way East Central Iowa)
Huntington, WV (United Way of the River Cities, Inc)
Newark, DE (DAVA)
Sioux Falls, SD (Dovia of the Sioux Empire)
Urbandale, IA (Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa)
York, PA (Wellspan Health Members Only)
September AL!VE Academy: Project Management & Skills Based Volunteers
September 25, 1 PM Eastern
Presented via Zoom - Free for AL!VE Members
Skills-based volunteering (SBV) is the practice of lending one’s professional skills to community organizations in a way that helps them affect social change. Companies across the world are embracing SBV as a way to increase employee engagement, improve talent development, and drive increased impact in their communities. Increasingly nonprofits are seeking ways to incorporate this interest in SBV into their volunteer engagement and overall strategic planning.
The session will provide an overview of SBV, including the key steps in a successful engagement, examples of impactful project types, and resources to support execution of skills-based volunteering projects. Attendees will learn...
NEW! Community of Practice for Healthcare September 16
Check our calendar and the next newsletter for additional COP's, meeting now or soon:
- Transportation
- Rural Volunteer Programs
- Job Transition/Search
- Performing/Arts Theater.
Health Care
Community of Practice (COP)
Begins September 16!
This Community of Practice is open to all volunteer engagement professionals in the health care field - hospitals, blood banks, health care facilities, long-term health centers, etc). Health care can have some unique situations, requirements, and environments for volunteers! Join your colleagues in discussion about your questions, situations, needs, and share your experiences with others as well. Let’s support each other! This will involve the following...
2020 Impact Award Nominations Close September 14
Jennifer Thompson, CVA, Impact Awards Chair  Volunteer Engagement Professionals:
Nominations for the 2020 Impact awards are now open until September 14.
Every volunteer professional is an amazing persona and each of us need to be recognized for all our hard work and dedication to their volunteers and their programs. Here is that opportunity to be recognized by your peers and win a monetary award for your continuing professional development...
Local Association Member Spotlight: CIAVA, Indianapolis, IN
Interview of Chris Morehead, CIAVA President Local Association Member Spotlight:
Central Indiana Association of Volunteer Administration
There are approximately 100 Local Associations of Volunteer Engagement Professionals. AL!VE has a list of them on our website. Don't see yours listed? Visit this page and view the list, and make sure your local association is represented! In each newsletter we will share about one of them.
Tell us a little bit about CIAVA?
Founded in 1987, we are Central Indiana's connection for volunteer managers. Our main goals are to:
To promote the exchange of information
To encourage growth and development of members
To explore new issues and...
Save the Date! Local Associations Summit
Announcing the first summit for
Local Associations of Volunteer Engagement Professionals
(DOVIA's, AVA's etc).
Join us for networking, discussion roundtables, and more!
 When: Thursday November 5, 2020 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern
Who: Leadership of all US Local Associations (see list here)*
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Each association can invite up to 4 members to attend
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Any local association is welcome to attend, whether AL!VE member or not
Agenda:
Register to attend via Zoom.
*Not on the list? Please add your local association here.
CCVA Names Faiza Venzant, CVA, CVRM as Executive Director
Join AL!VE and the CCVA Board of Directors in welcoming Faiza Venzant as the new CCVA Executive Director!
Faiza Venzant. CVA, CVRM has been appointed as Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA). Faiza is also an active AL!VE member that serves on the Board Development Committee. The CCVA board worked hard over the fall (2019) and spring (2020) to consider..
ATTEND: AL!VE Annual Meeting on November 18
AL!VE will hold its annual meeting on
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
11am PST/ 2 pm EST
Each year, AL!VE's board of directors convenes its membership to provide an update of the past year's accomplishments and where AL!VE will be headed in the next coming year and beyond. We encourage all members to attend this very important meeting so you can help us continue to set the direction of AL!VE's future, learn how to get involved, and access all our awesome programs and resources.
Agenda:
Results of Board Elections
Introductions of 2021 Officers
President's Report
Treasurer's Report
VP of Marketing Report
VP of Membership Report
VP of Programs & Advocacy Report
Association Manager Report
President Elect - 2020 Goals and Objectives
New Business
Announcements
Adjourn
The Annual meeting is open to AL!VE members with a full membership. Register here.
Upcoming Days of Service
Need to plan a service project? See upcoming days of service to help you market your need:
9/11 Day of Service (September 11th)
https://www.nationalservice.gov/serve/september-11th-national-day-service-and-remembrance
In the U.S., September 11th has now been officially designated as the National Day of Service and Remembrance under the 2009 Serve America Act and the Corporation for National and Community Service coordinates it.
Visit the website to register your service project or find ideas and resources to create a service project.
National Family Volunteer Day (November 22nd)
http://fvd.generationon.org/
A day of service that demonstrates and celebrates the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the world." Created by Points of Light in 1991, Family Volunteer Day is held annually the Saturday before Thanksgiving to 'kick off' the holiday season with giving and service, and to signal the start of National Family Week."
Networking Social September 29
Join us for a networking social for an hour to connect with your colleagues. This free event is open to all! We will have a variety of topics discuss but do bring your own!
September 29, 6:00-7:30 PM Eastern via Zoom 
Click below to register. You will receive a confirmation with the log in. We'll send you a reminder too!
Keep Up With The News For Our Profession
Has Your Membership Information Changed?
Cairn Reisch, VP of Membership We're updating our member database to enhance our member networking benefit.
When you register or access the members only system, you will be prompted to fill out the member skills database. As this database grows you can search our membership to connect with a colleague regarding a specific skill - such as board development, social media, or fundraising. Please take five minutes and update your skills on our database. You can also go in an edit at any time.
Thank you!
PS: check to make sure messages from AL!VE aren't going in the spam folder.
AL!VE Member Welcome Webinars
 New to AL!VE or just want to check in?
Next Member Welcome Webinar:
September 16, 1 PM E / 10 AM P
Find out what's happening or get a quick fix of networking with your peers! New members will get a brief overview of our mission, benefits, activities and committees...
Questions? Contact Us!
We are here for you! Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@volunteeralive.org or visit  our website at www.volunteeralive.org. While you are there, you can also:
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Read the latest news about the profession
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Submit a calendar or news item
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Check out the resources page
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Find volunteer opportunities
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...and more!
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