Volunteer Toolkit

Volunteer Toolkit

Find Your Volunteer Opportunity

• Visit Phoenix Serve, our community engagement platform, where you can search for volunteer opportunities on-campus and in our local community.
• Visit our Elon Volunteers! social issue cluster page to learn more about ways to get involved
• Stop by the Kernodle Center in Moseley 232 to speak with a student leader or staff member to talk about opportunities for involvement
• Email ambassadors@elon.edu to learn more about opportunities or to make an appointment to meet with a student leader or service ambassador
• Sign-up for our weekly e-newsletter which provides information about weekly service options
• Elon staff members have the opportunity to utilize 16 hours of leave each year to volunteer with an approved local organization. Visit the Staff Advisory Council page for more information.
• Review the What Counts As Service document to learn more about what types of activities the Kernodle Center will validate for service hours.

Learn More About Our Community and Social Issues

• Visit our Elon Volunteers! social issue cluster page to learn more about issues that are important to our campus and local community
• Learn more about Alamance County

Preparing to Engage in the Community

• Read Why We Do Community-Engaged Learning (Donahue and Plaxton-Moore, 2018)
• Read What We Gain from Community-Engaged Learning (Donahue and Plaxton-Moore, 2018)
• Review community partner organization websites and missions
• Review the Kernodle Center Volunteer Expectations Agreement
• If you are engaging with youth under the age of 18, take the child protection moodle course
• Determine that there is a match between your goal(s) for what you’d like to get and give during this experience and the needs of the organization
• Think about your skill sets and consider how they can be utilized to serve your organization

Deepening Your Engagement

• Read Service-Learning Essentials – Chapter 1 (Jacoby, 2014)
• Read Fostering Critical Reflection: Moving from a Service to Social Justice Paradigm (Owen, 2016)
• Read Education Students for Personal and Social Responsibility: The Civic Learning Spiral (McTighe Musil, 2009)
• Read Analyzing Morton’s Typology of Service Paradigms and Integrity (Bringle, Hatcher, and McIntosh, 2006)
• Read Asset-Based Community Development (Kretzmann and McKnight, 1995)
• Read Stanford’s Principles of Ethical and Effective Service (2014)
• Review the PARE Model of reflection
• Review the facilitating integration and reflection of the Elon experiences toolkit

Next Steps

• Email us to setup a time to chat to learn about how to get involved
• Sign-up for a one-time or ongoing volunteer opportunity
• Take a community-based learning or community-engaged course
• Pursue the service ELR
• Apply for a leadership position with Elon Volunteers!