Advisory Council Recruitment

NextGen FIRST is looking for parents to join the NextGen FIRST Advisory Council! There are many ways the NextGen FIRST Team can better support your agency's work when it comes to employment and child support. They are committed to creating job training programs that work for you. You can help shape future efforts by joining the Advisory Council. Find out more!

2026 Points of Light Conference Tools & Resources

Points of Light held their annual conference in Washington, D.C. in June. At this event, purpose-driven companies and nonprofit leaders come together to advance social impact, employee engagement and volunteer leadership. The following are a few tools and resources from the event.

Volunteering & Service

• Ethical Volunteerism in the Digital Age: Boundaries, Reflection and Shared Responsibility (Powerpoint)
• The Missing Link to Volunteer Impact: Skilled Leadership; Shared Ownership (Powerpoint)
• Venture into Volunteering: One solution to recruitment, collaboration and engagement for all ages! (Powerpoint)
• Volunteer Engagement Professional Support Assessment (Tool)
• Al!VE Resources (Resource List)
• AL!VE VS Volunteer Cost Calculation Worksheet (Tool)

Partnerships

• Strengthening Corporate Community Impact with Responsive Strategies (Powerpoint)
• Inside Prudential’s Purpose Partners Program (Powerpoint)

Personal/Professional Development

• Turn Your Passion for Service into a Career: Building a Career in Volunteerism and National Service (Powerpoint)

Board Development

• Democratizing Service: Building Inclusive & Effective Nonprofit Boards through Purpose Driven Leadership (Powerpoint)

New Virginia Volunteer Hub

Serve Virginia, the state’s lead agency for volunteerism, has launched the Serve Virginia Volunteer Hub (SVVH) - a free, statewide platform that helps organizations connect with volunteers across the Commonwealth. SVVH lets you post volunteer opportunities, track and verify hours, share your agency profile through a custom link, and automatically extend your reach to recruit new volunteers.

With new SNAP and Medicaid eligibility requirements under HR1, accessible volunteer opportunities are more important than ever. SVVH can help the individuals you serve find meaningful ways to meet community engagement requirements. Register your agency.

Serve Virginia is also offering a free summer webinar (August 18 at 10am) covering agency registration, posting opportunities, hour tracking, and how SVVH supports individuals navigating updated SNAP and Medicaid work-requirement rules. Register for the webinar.