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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tara,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I really like the energy you have and encourage you to try all sort of things. With that said I have some wisdom to share from experience and I do not want to make you think this idea is bad or to discourage you. Just so you know I was employed by a company that had multi thousand employees that had a similar program. For about 6 years I sat on the board of a chapter for a volunteer organization of said company. The chapter I was apart of had anywhere from 700 to 1000 registered members. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organizing and running a reward program is a lot of work. Entering all ghe info into a spreadsheet is a lot of work to make sure you do not have duplicate people that are the same. A web site form is what my company did, and the employees had logins so they were able to liminate the duplication. This approach maybe over board for our group, but something to think about. Not all people want to get recognized and just volunteer. It needs to be clear on how and where to submit the service hours and told on a regular basis. You will want to streamline as much as you can, because most people will not want to put a lot of effort into submitting hours. My company volunteer group would have people that would lead volunteer activities and provided a form for them to fill out to tell us about the event and a summary after the event to help collect service hours and it was rarely submitted. Lastly keep in mind there are all sort of volunteer activities and many will have different definitions. The same for the term of community service. Rhwew ew doeml oefnizations like Habitat for Humanity, Americorp, etx. Colunteering at church, county event like soup kitches. Volunteering at my son’s T-ball games, or my daughter girl scouts, etc. community service that my company may do, or being volved in a formal HOA to help the community look good and stay safe. Depending od definitions some could say volunteering on NFB chapter and division boards is volunteerism. Oh, would this reward program be for registered division members or open to the public or the the NFB as a whole?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some food for thought. Good luck and welcome to the community service board.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graham Mehl<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:blind@trailstone.com"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blind@trailstone.com</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB Central Maryland Chapter, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LCB graduate, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.freedomscientific.com/Certification"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=82 height=82 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1E32B.799371E0" alt="JAWS Certified, 2016"></span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>