32 Volunteers and staff from the 11-state Midwest Region met at Techny Towers retreat Center (northwest of Chicago) this past weekend to discuss new ways of organizing and supporting our Midwest volunteer network. The idea of creating volunteer "communities" of volunteers led by Area Volunteer coordinators received strong support from the group and many new and innovative ideas on how to recruit, train, motivate, and support volunteers were generated. Rex Enoch and Jan West Schrock from Heifer's education department assisted Midwest staff members, Dave Boothby, Jason Bergmann, Alyson Sowers and Rosemary Larson during the weekend. Kelly Doppelhammer from the Africa program team did a presentation on Heifer's HPI/Aids initiative. Everyone went away from the weekend with new enthousiasm for Heifer and the Midwest Volunteer program.
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