MANP Connects: Volunteer Programs that Drive Change
Zoom
Event Details
April’s MANP Connects will spotlight organizations with exceptional volunteer programs, delving into the strategies that make these initiatives successful. We’ll explore the history and unique features of their programs, uncover the key factors driving their effectiveness, and hear firsthand recommendations for other nonprofits looking to strengthen their volunteer engagement. Join us for a conversation that will highlight how robust volunteer programs are not only essential for sustaining nonprofit missions but also for empowering communities across Maine.
Cost + Registration
- Free to attend and all are welcome!
- Register to receive access to the live event
- Registrants will receive a confirmation email as well as a reminder email that will be sent one day prior to the event.
- This MANP-hosted webinar will be hosted in Zoom Meeting and we ask participants turn off their cameras and mute themselves when joining.
- Watch previous MANP Connects on our Youtube Channel!
Thank you to our sponsor!
About the Panelists
Joy Fehl's (she/her) mantra is "be where your feet are" and she is fortunate to find hers most days at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick where she has been the Marketing and Development Manager since 2012. She appreciates the important role that "third places" play in our lives and works to ensure that the library continues to be a literary/cultural/community hub and free for all through creative philanthropy and storytelling. She was a founding board member of One Longfellow Square and still volunteers there regularly. Joy has a BS in Business Communications with a concentration in Public Relations from Bentley University. She lives in Bath with a career-change Guiding Eyes for the Blind pup that she and her daughter trained, collects vintage typewriters, and loves rowing on or dipping in the cold waters of Maine.
Laure Johnson is the Community Services Director at SeniorsPlus. She has been with the agency since 2012 and is a licensed social worker. In her position, Laure oversees all program coordination to ensure that services are delivered promptly, meet quality standards, and comply with relevant policies and regulations. She is also responsible for data collection, financial oversight, and preparing all contract and grant reports. Laure grew up in Kingfield, Maine, and attended the University of Maine at Farmington, where she majored in Rehabilitation Services with a minor in Psychology. She currently lives in Farmington with her husband and their two dogs.
Angela Stone is the Founder and Executive Director of Maine Needs, a community fueled donation center based out of Portland and serving all 16 Counties.
Her background and previous career in Chicago was Interior Design. During the Summer of 2018, her family was moving back home to Maine, at that same time, mothers were having their children indefinitely separated from them at the border for seeking legal asylum. This caused an internal pivot from design to pouring energy into supporting other mothers and their children.
Maine Needs started in 2019 as a Facebook group to help local asylum seeking families and quickly grew from there. Maine Needs partners with over 125 Organizations and welcomes in over 2500 volunteers a year to meet the basic material needs of over 36,000 people. This still includes immigrant families, but also local Maine families, unhoused neighbors, people leaving incarceration and domestic violence.
Angela lives with her husband, 3 kids and dog in Cumberland, Maine.