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Do you recruit, manage, or train volunteers? Wanting to target volunteers where they are needed most? Seeking ways to better connect people through service activities which strengthen your community? Love to volunteer?

If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, then attending SIVC at the Holiday Inn-Mt. Vernon conference center on September 23, 2010 could be of great benefit to you. The conference runs from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM and includes light morning refreshments, a networking lunch and exhibit hall. Individuals who have attended this conference in the past included:

Nonprofit directors
Staff and board members
Business and community leaders
Volunteers in public, private and nonprofit organizations
National Service program participants
Students interested in the nonprofit/voluntary sector

The Southern Illinois Volunteerism Conference (SIVC) has existed for over 12 years in various forms to provide capacity-building training opportunities to enhance the skills of volunteer leaders and managers in the public, private, and particularly nonprofit, sectors and to provide professional development workshops for volunteers themselves. We are very pleased with the caliber of our workshops and speakers at SIVC, and hope you will consider joining us for a day of learning and collaboration for the mutual benefit of all our agencies.

Registration information, the schedule of events, as well as the program and exhibits information for 2009 can be found on this website. Please also check out the list of partner agencies who have sent representatives to the SIVC Steering Committee for the planning and continued development of the conference.

We look forward to seeing you at SIVC 2010!

– The SIVC Steering Committee