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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the charity board member PP who staffs some front facing positions with court ordered volunteers.

You have no idea how tough it is to find volunteers, period.

We are inundated with offers to help but very, very few actually step up and provide meaningful service.

No, this isn’t something you can do as a family.

[b]No, I can’t use you just once a week for two hours or only after school or only on weekends[/b]. Not worth my time as there is training (orientation includes a tour, safety, procedural, rules and  mission guidelines, etc). The staffers you see “collecting” your donations also have responsibilities inside, too. We are always short staffed so I may be outside unloading and greeting donors, then I’ll dash back to return calls from a social worker with a request.

And, sorry but yes we work for a charity but we aren’t saints. This is hard work and the general public can be downright rude with unreasonable and unrealistic expectations.

Maybe I should do an AMA but I got a call at sunrise on a Sat morning from a concerned business neighbor who quite literally couldn’t park in our shared lot because some member of the public decided to host a drive for us and literally dumped boxes of goods at our gate overnight and drove off.

I learned who it was because the donor left a message on our answering machine asking for a tax receipt. Had to arrange for extra trash collection (most all were on huge moving boxes -
more than our contract and dumpster would allow) and call in a crack team of you guessed it, my court ordered volunteers.

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Huh? The rest I get, but this?[/quote]

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