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Volume I, Issue 3, April 2001

The Good, the Bad, and the Totally Inexplicable


Along the Web
By Steve McCurley

Our previous issues have dealt with serious topics related to volunteerism, demonstrating the capacity of the Web to produce amazing amounts of useful material to assist managers of volunteer programs.

Of course, that's only one side of the Web. The other, more entertaining, side is discovered when you recognize that no matter how strange something is, you can find it somewhere on the Web. No matter how small, or how odd, or how unique, it's out there.

So here are some of our subjective favorites -- both the weird and the wonderful.

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Comments

Barbara Banks, YWCA of Minneapolis, Community Resource Specialist, Minneapolis, MN, USA

April 18th, 2001, 3:31pm

These are great; they definitely brought a smile to my face and a quick chuckle! I actually would LOVE to get some of those "Mandated Volunteers...Isn't that Slavery?" t-shirts to give out to our volunteers for prizes, etc. I think they would get a kick out of it.

J Cravens, United Nations Volunteers Online, Volunteering Specialist, Bonn Germany

April 30th, 2001, 3:31pm

So, which smell should be wafting through our offices in order to increase our volunteers' commitment? Vanilla? Lavender? Potpourri? Should I send little scratch-and-sniff packets to online volunteers? Anyway -- very funny article. Thanks, Steve!

Tina Branco, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Director, Volunteer Support, Arlington, VA, USA

May 2nd, 2001, 3:30pm

Steve - you made my day....I am especially interested in the final article about smells associated with Volunteering. We always knew that the offices that pop corn every afternoon have more volunteers than those who don't. Just think, I could have done a research study and gotten published!