CASA/GAL Volunteer Recognition Ideas
Some formal methods:
- Written recognition in newsletter
- Volunteer recognition event
- Volunteer tokens of appreciation
- Birthday cards
- Date of service cards
- Holiday cards
- Electronic cards
- “Adopt an advocate” program
- Letters to families and employers
- Letters from mayor, chief judge, etc.
- Events hosted by board members
- Invite them to help interview new volunteers
- Secure a donated newspaper ad – list their names there during April
- Host a reception – invite their familles when the volunteers graduate from training
- Take a picture of each volunteer with the judge at the swearing in – give in a frame
- Flower pot – “Thanks for helping us grow.”
- Clock – “Thanks for your time.”
- Cards and bookmarks made by children
- Thanksgiving card to the volunteer and his/her family
- Yard sign – "A great CASA/GAL volunteer lives here."
- “Volunteer of the Month” – cake and photos to volunteer’s work or home
- Underwrite the cost of the volunteer attending state or national conference or other relevant training
- “Lunch on us” – ask local restaurants to donate gift certificates for lunch for volunteers
Some informal methods:
- Words of thanks – staff and others (judges, attorneys, board members, social workers, etc.)
- Notes of thanks – staff and others (judges, attorneys, board members, social workers, etc.)
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