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Welcome to the first issue of VolunteerCONNECTION, an email designed specially for our volunteer community.

This month's issue includes:

Volunteer Month is Coming!

We are just weeks away from Volunteer Month! We have an exciting month planned that will celebrate and recognize your efforts as dedicated volunteers, raise funds and gather applications for the SMART Recovery Training Fund, as well as showcase the many ways we are working to better support you in growing SMART's presence in your local community. Read about some of our planned activities below.

SAVE THE DATE:

Volunteer Month Kickoff Town Hall Event

This year, we will kick off Volunteer Month with a volunteer-only Town Hall event. Mark your calendars for:

Wednesday, March 31 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Employees Melina Gilbert and Molly Princic will lead the discussion, sharing information on SMART Recovery's:

Appreciation for all that you do!
Volunteer Month 2021 plans and events
2021 Training Scholarship - fundraising and scholarship application process
Strategic Plan release and upcoming presentation
VolunteerHQ Phase 2 launch - Volunteer Resources
Opportunities to get more involved as a volunteer

The Zoom event is free with registration. Additional details will be released later this month.

Volunteer Month - Special Events calendar

Please help us to celebrate Volunteer Month by participating in the following activities and events:

Volunteer Month Kickoff Town Hall: Wednesday, March 31
Fundraising to support the scholarship fund: April 1–15
Launch of VolunteerHQ Phase 2 (Volunteer Resources): Wednesday, April 7
Strategic Plan Presentation: Monday, April 12
Scholarship applications accepted: April 16–30
Webinar: Becoming a Volunteer: Wednesday, April 21
SMART Meeting Management (SMM) calls throughout the month

Download April Event Calendar

REMINDER: Submit Holiday Meeting Changes

Spring holidays are approaching fast. If your meeting will be affected by an upcoming holiday, please submit a meeting change request form through VolunteerHQ by 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, April 1, 2021.

Submit Meeting Change Request

Closed Captioning Now Available on Zoom Meetings

Closed Captioning is now enabled on our Zoom accounts. When you use this feature, you can choose to transcribe, assign a meeting participant to transcribe, or have Zoom transcribe. Here is a link to more information: Closed captioning and live transcription – Zoom Help Center.

Take 5 Spotlight:

Get to Know the People Behind SMART Recovery

We’re always looking for ways to build and improve our relationship with you, our treasured volunteers. We’ve done a few things along those lines over the years that have helped, but this time we’ve decided to make it simple and quick by having team members answer a few questions (5, to be exact) about what they do. Maybe more importantly, why they do it. Read more about the Take 5 initiative.

Meet Melina Gilbert

Melina Gilbert is SMART’s Volunteer Support Manager in the Volunteer & Meeting Resource Management Department. She says that means exactly what it says. “The job title speaks for itself. My job is to make sure our volunteers have the supports they need to start and maintain their SMART Recovery meetings.” This includes offering support and resources to increase volunteer satisfaction and develop additional skills.

Meet Molly Princic

Molly Princic is the SMART Recovery Online (SROL) Support Manager. As Molly puts it, that means the online community is her area. “I help with all things SROL—working with a small group of volunteers, known as the Leadership Team, who represent one of the three online communities—Meetings, Message Board, and Chat.” She works with this Leadership Team to improve their platforms and offers technical support to participants.

Share Your SMART Recovery Volunteer Story

Help us grow our volunteer community by sharing your story.

What does SMART Recovery mean to you?

Why do you volunteer with SMART Recovery?

Send us a brief testimonial. We'll select and use some of these testimonials in our social media posts throughout the month of April and the rest of the year.

Thanks for all you do!

Share Your Story

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SMART Recovery is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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