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April 18, 2023

Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers

By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA
Associated Press

CASA of Lexington has tried just about everything to find volunteers to serve as advocates for abused and neglected children with the Kentucky nonprofit.

Since 2020, it has hired someone to focus on recruiting volunteers, added in-person and virtual outreach events and options to complete the required 30-hour training, and printed information on fans to hand out in churches, Melynda Milburn Jamison, its executive director, said. She even visited a men's-only barbecue to make a quick 10-minute pitch.


 
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