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- Virginia Advisory Board on National and Community Service
- - Governor appointed body that oversees the Unified State Plan for Community Service and Volunteerism. The Advisory Board administers the funding of sub-grants to AmeriCorps programs in Virginia and promotes all types of volunteer service throughout the Commonwealth.
- Virginia Youth Service Council (VYSC)
- - a statewide group of young persons who promoted youth volunteerism and community service in Virginia. VYSC was co-sponsored by VA COOL, Virginia Office of Volunteerism and the Virginia Department of Education. The VYSC ended in 2002.
- Voluntarism
- - refers to anything voluntary, such as philanthropy and voluntary associations.
- Volunteer
- - a person who volunteers; to volunteer is to choose to act in recognition of a need, with an attitude of social responsibility without concern for monetary profit, going beyond what is necessary to one’s physical well-being. (Susan J. Ellis and Katherin H. Noyes, in By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers, Philadelphia, 1978)
- Volunteer Administration
- - the profession of managers of volunteer programs and leaders of volunteer efforts. Members of the profession have titles such as volunteer coordinators, volunteer directors, volunteer service managers, managers of volunteer resources, volunteer program directors and the like. Persons in fields such as social work, library science, education, the ministry, health care and others, often manage volunteer resources as part of their work, and may also identify with the field of volunteer administration.
- Volunteer Center or Voluntary Action Center (VAC)
- - a local clearinghouse for volunteers and volunteer opportunities. Most are private nonprofits or a service of United Way; several centers in Virginia are part of local government. Most volunteer centers embrace some variation of this mission statement: To meet community needs through volunteer resources.
- Volunteerism
- - anything having to do with volunteering or volunteers.
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