This audio is stripped from a video, which was originally broadcast live on Facebook.com, showcases virtual volunteering opportunities through AARP's Create the Good with Office of Volunteer Engagement Advisor Carole Ricks.

Interview with volunteer Deborah Turner of Kentucky about the 360 Volunteer Engagement Idea Exchange

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver chats with the Jeff Abramo about the new opportunity for virtual volunteering: Digital Fraud Fighters.

In this special edition, Tara talks with Jenn Baier about our role in the 2020 Census. We discuss what's new with the census, why the census is so important, and how we can help ensure everyone has the opportunity to be counted. 

Whether you are a staffer or a volunteer, you can help raise awareness in your community.  

Find more resources at aarp.org/census  

Every household will have the option of responding online, by mail, or by phone.  

Nearly every household will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census from either a postal worker or a census worker.  

Beware of Census Scams: Don’t trust caller ID — scammers can use “spoofing” tools to make it appear they are calling from a real Census Bureau number. Call the National Processing Center at 800-523-3205, 800-642-0469 or 800-877-8339 (TDD/TTY) to verify that a phone survey is legitimate.

In this episode, Tara chats with Robin in NE and Mark in NC about a unique opportunity they had to connect and share (with their volunteer partners) during a visit to Greensboro, NC.

This is the recording from the Dec 19, 2019 information session for our 2020 Teams Intensive. This course is by invitation only and is primarily targeted to folks who completed The AARP Way in 2019 (Letting Go and Inviting Volunteers into Leadership). You must have a volunteer partner to participate. The deadline to express interest is January 15, 2020.

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver chats with Hawai'i's Jackie Boland about a fresh approach to starting or relaunching a community-based volunteer team. Jackie and OCE's Beau Ballinger were awarded the GOLD in the Q3 Promising Practices Recognition Program in 2019.

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver talks with Nancy Andersen (MT) about her efforts to cultivate “community ambassadors.” These folks are volunteers in rural areas who represent AARP in their communities.  Participating volunteers draw on resources that meet the interests and opportunities in their communities. At this point, they are mostly ‘one man bands’ but the hope is that, over time, they will evolve into rural volunteer teams.

OVE Advisor, Tara Shaver, interviews Maine’s Jay Els about his experiences engaging volunteers in advocacy and in their Age-Friendly work throughout the state.

OVE Advisor, Tara Shaver, chats with Seth Boffeli of the Fraud team about some of the tools and resources available internally to help identify and engage prospective volunteers in rural areas and more. This edition was inspired by Seth’s AARP Talk at the AARP All-Staff 2019.