VolunteerCONNECTION - April 2021

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This month's issue includes:

Volunteer Month

is Coming to a Close!

We have had a great month celebrating and recognizing your efforts as dedicated volunteers. Thank you to everyone who participated in our many events. Here are a few updates about Volunteer Month:

SMART Recovery Training Scholarship Fund: We are pleased to announce that we raised over $8,500 for the SMART Recovery Training Scholarship Fund! Thank you to everyone who has donated. Donations are still being accepted: Click Here to Donate.
Scholarship Applications: We continue to receive applications for SMART Recovery Training Scholarships. There is still time to apply! If you believe a meeting participant or person in your community who would make a great facilitator, you can refer them to our scholarship application form. Application deadline is 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2021.
You Asked; We Answered: Over the course of Volunteer Month, we received many questions from our volunteers. We are providing this list of Questions & Answers for those who asked and others who might find themselves asking similar questions.

Thank You to Our Volunteers!

On behalf of all the SMART Recovery Board of Directors, staff and stakeholders, THANK YOU to all the committed and talented volunteers who make SMART Recovery the world class organization it is. Watch this heartfelt appreciation video.

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VolunteerHQ Demo Video

This month we relaunched VolunteerHQ, complete with a robust library of resources geared toward helping our volunteers start, run and maintain meetings. You can explore VolunteerHQ at https://volunteerhq.smartrecovery.org/.

Watch this demo video for a guided tour of the new VolunteerHQ site.

Questions? Contact us using VolunteerHQ, or reach out directly to Melina Gilbert (local volunteers) or Molly Princic (online volunteers).

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Announcements & Reminders

Announcing the Launch of 24/7 Chat

We are happy to announce that 24/7 chat has returned to the online community!

This recovery tool is available to fully registered SROL (SMART Recovery Online) participants. Once logged in, you will have access to instructions and guidelines for using RocketChat. If you are interested in becoming a chat volunteer, please see the job description and requirements HERE.

Meeting Management Tips

Join us for SMART Meeting Management (SMM) meetings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Monday: 10 p.m. ET
Wednesday: 8 p.m. ET
Friday: 6 p.m. ET

You can join the Teen and Young Adult Facilitators SMM meeting every 3rd Thursday of the month at 3 p.m. ET.

Links to all SMM meetings can be found here.

(NOTE: Zoom links for these meetings are behind the VHQ login.)

Share Your SMART Recovery Knowledge

We are seeking volunteers who can contribute content in special topic areas in the coming months. Please consider filling out the content surveys or reaching out through VolunteerHQ if you are interested in writing blogs, being interviewed for a podcast, or submitting a video testimonial (Facilitator Spotlight) in one of the following areas:

Share Your Story

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

Jodi Dayton

If you want to talk about longevity at SMART Recovery, the conversation starts and stops with Jodi Dayton. Jodi started working at SMART in 2003 (rumor has it she needed a youth work permit) and is now the Office Resource Coordinator. “[SMART] was looking for a part-time employee and reached out to see if I was interested. I started working 3 hours per day 3 days a week in 2003.” It quickly turned into a full-time position. Clearly the match was made to last.

Meet

Jas Hilbert

Sometimes hearing about a company from someone on the inside makes for a great job connection. That’s what happened for SMART’s Office Assistant Jas Hilbert. A SMART employee suggested she check out SMART, and Jas says she fell in love with the program. Next stop: new hire paperwork.

Meet Leah McSween

If you called Office Assistant Leah McSween’s journey to SMART employment quick, then you might just be understating it. As Leah points out, “I think from application date to hire date was two weeks. Kind of a whirlwind.” While due in part to SMART’s being a smaller agency back in 2019, it also indicated the fit was right, and both sides knew it.

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