One of the most proven ways to recruit new volunteers is to have your current volunteers ask friends and co-workers to volunteer with them.  We've created a template letter that you can use. Just personalize it with your own information and experiences.  If  you'd like to have more male volunteers, ask your volunteers to just send this to five men they know who might volunteer. If you're looking for technology help, send it to technology people.

Visit the Discussion Forum to share your own recruitment strategies or to join with the Tutor/Mentor Connection in a citywide volunteer mobilization effort.

Visit the home page of the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference web site and you'll find a link to a new conference video that was posted on YouTube this week.  The confernece will be held in Chicago on May 17 and 18. Registration is now open.  Visit http://www.tutormentorconference.org for details.  

The goal of the conference is to bring stakeholders together to network and share ideas that can be used to build more and better volunteer based tutor/mentor programs.  Visit this link to see our concept of leadership that any of our site visitors could apply in their own actions.

If you are planning to attend, please introduce yourself in the conference discussion forum and tell us who you are, what you do and what type of people you want to meet and network with. If you have questions about the conference or about doing a workshop, you can also call 312-492-9614 or email tutormentor2@earthlink.net.