Volunteer Recruitment Archive

A strong volunteer base makes for a healthy long-term parent group. You'll find ideas in the articles below to help you get greater parent and community involvement in your PTO. Get more ideas and information on the PTO Volunteer Recruitment & Recognition page. (For articles about getting more moms and dads engaged at school, go to the Parent Involvement archive.)

16 Volunteer Recruitment Strategies for PTOs and PTAs
Get and keep more volunteers for your parent group with these approaches.
9 Ways To Make Volunteering Easier
Simple but effective ways to help more parents get involved with your group.
Why Parents Don’t Volunteer (and What You Can Do About It)
No-nonsense advice on why people stay away from your parent group—and how you can get them to be part of it.
Rethink Your School Volunteer Recruitment
When your appeals for help aren’t getting results, it’s time to try something—or someone—new.
33 Easy Jobs for School Volunteers
Offering volunteers a range of tasks that can be done fairly simply (and many at their convenience) increases your chances of getting them on board.
8 Hilarious Reactions When You Ask Parents To Volunteer
18 Ways To Get More Parent Volunteers
Looking for more parent volunteers? Try these commonsense suggestions from our community to give your volunteer recruitment efforts a boost.
Grandparents Are Great!
Take advantage of a valuable resource by including elders in your events.
Volunteer Recruitment Ideas To Kick Off the School Year
Tips from leaders on how to start your recruitment efforts right.
Why Don't People Volunteer?
Why Parents Volunteer
Want New Recruits For Your PTO or PTA Board? Open Up.
Things Volunteers Hate
Go Easy on Volunteer Recruitment in Summer Months
Top 7 White Lies You Have Told To Recruit Volunteers
Looking for some new recruits? Maybe you just need a new line.
How To Respond to Common Excuses
Try our No-Excuses Response Guide when "I'd love to, but..." is the answer you get from potential volunteers.
How To Fix Volunteer Recruitment Roadblocks
The most common challenges to engaging new parents are actually fairly easy to fix.
9 Steps for Better School Volunteer Recruitment
Building your volunteer base starts with creating relationships. Follow these steps to success.
Developing New PTO and PTA Leaders
It takes ongoing effort to cultivate the parents who will run the group after you retire.
Proposal would mandate parent volunteering
In a Charleston, S.C. community, a proposal is before the school board that would require parents to put in eight hours of volunteering each school year.

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Volunteer Recruitment Archive

16 Volunteer Recruitment Strategies for PTOs and PTAs

9 Ways To Make Volunteering Easier

Why Parents Don’t Volunteer (and What You Can Do About It)

Rethink Your School Volunteer Recruitment

33 Easy Jobs for School Volunteers

8 Hilarious Reactions When You Ask Parents To Volunteer

18 Ways To Get More Parent Volunteers

Grandparents Are Great!

Volunteer Recruitment Ideas To Kick Off the School Year

Why Don't People Volunteer?

Why Parents Volunteer

Want New Recruits For Your PTO or PTA Board? Open Up.

Things Volunteers Hate

Go Easy on Volunteer Recruitment in Summer Months

Top 7 White Lies You Have Told To Recruit Volunteers

How To Respond to Common Excuses

How To Fix Volunteer Recruitment Roadblocks

9 Steps for Better School Volunteer Recruitment

Developing New PTO and PTA Leaders

Proposal would mandate parent volunteering

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