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Guest Post by Carla Ganiel

I can’t let National Volunteer Week end without thanking the volunteers who make this blog possible!

Thank you to our Featured Bloggers, who have been writing diligently since January, sharing their insights, humor, and expertise with all of us:
Jodi Freedman
Penny Kern
Christy Monroe
Bob Moore
Margaret Puckett
Anne Schink
Larry Ullian
Chris Wolff
Bessie Wright

Thanks, also, to the members of our Editorial Board, who have been instrumental in shaping the structure of the blog, nominating Featured Bloggers, reviewing posts, finding Guest Bloggers, and so much more:
Jodi Freedman
Jo Hersom
Christy Monroe
Anne Schink

It’s hard work managing volunteers, and it’s not always easy for managers to take time out of their busy days to be volunteers, too. Thank you so much for taking the time to be part of this.

Carla Ganiel is a nonprofit management consultant from Tremont, Maine.

The 20th Annual Governor’s Service Awards were presented today in Augusta. Click here to see a full list of award winners.

Anne Schink, Program Officer at the Maine Commission for Community Service is The Resource Center’s featured expert for February 2008. The profile highlights Anne’s efforts to develop a community of practice to pursue the Certificate in Volunteer Administration through the Association for Volunteer Administration (currently sponsored by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Management or CCVA) and her work developing the commission’s volunteer management competencies.

An initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service, The Resource Center is an online repository of tools and training materials for volunteer and service programs.