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Web Sites: Organization Sites

Energize, Inc.
Created by an international training, consulting, and publishing firm, the site offers a wide range of volunteer resources. Users can exchange views on critical issues in the field, link to free electronic books on volunteerism, such as The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook and Valuing the Rural Volunteer Toolkit, find out about websites offering materials and statistics on volunteers, and join electronic discussion groups or mailing lists.

Points of Light Institute and Volunteer Center National Network (VCNN)
Provides materials and resources to assist members: businesses, nonprofits, government, and faith-based organizations, with their volunteer programs. Offers subscriptions to a volunteer leadership magazine and newsletter, training opportunities and technical assistance, access to the National Volunteer Week Media Kit, a tips-and-tools online database based on peer input, and links to volunteer centers and programs.

ProLiteracy Worldwide
Serves adult volunteer literacy organizations and adult learners throughout the world. Sponsors a broad range of programs and services for adult learners and their families. Also produces and distributes educational books and materials to literacy organizations and other adult education providers across the country.

ServiceLeader.org
Information for volunteers and volunteer managers on all aspects of volunteerism, including advice on volunteer screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, volunteer/staff relations, and volunteer management software. Volunteer handbooks and reports also available through the site's online library.

Verizon Thinkfinity
National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) and ProLiteracy Worldwide
With funding from Verizon Communications, this site supports literacy programs with recruiting and training volunteers through its professional development opportunities, resource library, bulletin board, online bookstore, and discussion forum. Also includes a search engine to help volunteers find nearby literacy programs.