Our Mission:     Connecting people with opportunities to serve

 We accomplisth our mission by:

• Assessing organization and volunteer needs
• Recruiting volunteers
• Maintaining a comprehensive matching database
• Offering 24-hour Web-based access
• Up to Date Community Calendar of Events
• Offering monthly training on volunteer management for organizations, recruitment, retention & recognition

Goals:  

1. To promote and facilitate volunteerism.
2. To strengthen communities by enhancing the ability of the voluntary sector and other organizations to engage volunteers.

 Objectives:

1. To encourage people to participate in voluntary organizations;
2. Improve the capacity of organizations to benefit from the contributions of volunteers; and
3. Enhance the experience of volunteering.

 WHO WE ARE 

The Dan River Center for Voluntarism is a United Way program.  Our cooperative partners are the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and the Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce.

Staff: 

Our Volunteer Coordinator is Vicki Robertson and our Director is Joy Stone.