Alan Kagan, the longtime URVC office manager and projects director, has announced that he will step down at the end of September. For the past 20 years Alan has served indefatigably and selflessly, connecting volunteers with projects. Under his leadership, the number and variety of the projects supported and the number of service hours contributed by volunteers increased significantly; from just eight years ago, the number of volunteers hours doubled from about 5,000 to 10,000 hours.

The URVC board was sorry to learn that Alan has decided to relinquish his involvement because of an urgent need to complete a book for publication. But we recognize his leadership and devotion to volunteerism, and we extend sincere thanks for all he has done.

Alan’s success in growing URVC means that just one person can no longer do it all, and that several people will each need to take on a portion of the load.

One option for involvement would be as the Office Manager. Duties include producing reports for the URVC Board, assuming responsibility for URVC operations and outreach, training and supervising office staff, and participating in promotional activities.

The Project Director selects projects that can benefit from volunteer help. Once volunteers are identified, the project director informs the project coordinators.

A third option would be to serve as a member of the Office Staff, working for one shift of 3–4 hours per week. Office staff recruit volunteers, maintain records of volunteer effort, and will enter data in the new volunteer software management program to be launched in the near future.

Free parking on campus is provided for all these positions.

If any of these opportunities is something you are ready and willing to do, contact URVC at [email protected] or call 612-625-8016. Or, if you know someone who might be interested, please submit a nomination to me at
[email protected] or call 651-489-4330.

—John Anderson, chair, URVC board