Whether you work with volunteers of all ages, some of whom are older adults, or if your organization’s strategy is built on only engaging older adults, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss strategies, brainstorm solutions, and find support and guidance to reshape your older adult volunteer engagement strategy to meet the needs of your organization and the needs of today’s older adult volunteers.

Be a part of a Learning Community designed specifically for leaders of volunteers engaging older adults in student success. Through a series of formal and informal learning events you'll explore how to Inform, Design, Support, and Lead to help you reshape, rethink, and redefine volunteering. Sign up for our mailing list below and be the first to hear about these exciting events.

Upcoming Events

August 2025

Rethinking Appreciation & Recognition Kick Off

Tuesday, August 19th | 11:00am Pacific Time/2pm Eastern Time

How well are your current appreciation and recognition strategies aligned with your organization’s values? Are all your volunteers being recognized in a way that is meaningful to them, or are some volunteers being left out? Join us as we kick off the Appreciation and Recognition series. Over the next few months we’ll explore different types of appreciation styles and how we can incorporate a variety of activities into our strategies. In this session we’ll take a look at different types of appreciation styles and how we can incorporate different types of activities into our strategies. Join the Coffee Chat hosted by the Partnership for Student Success to brainstorm new ideas and hear what others are doing to recognize their older adult volunteers.

Coffee Chat hosted by PSS: Discuss and Brainstorm Appreciation and Recognition Ideas

Thursday, August 28th | 12:00pm Pacific Time/3pm Eastern Time 

September 2025

Designing & Implementing New Recognition & Appreciation Strategies

Tuesday, September 16th | 11:00am Pacific Time/2pm Eastern Time

How can you start to incorporate new recognition and appreciation strategies? In this session we’ll explore who else in your organization should be participating in these activities. We’ll discuss what to do if your long-term volunteers are invested in anniversary or milestone awards. And, we’ll consider recognition opportunities outside of your organization. Please plan on attending or watching the recording before joining the Coffee Chat hosted by the Partnership for Student Success where we’ll discuss tactics for building buy-in for new strategies and implementing those changes.

Coffee Chat hosted by PSS: Introducing and Implementing New Recognition & Appreciation Strategies

Thursday, September 25th | 12:00pm Pacific Time/3pm Eastern Time

Past Events

July 2025

Volunteering Redefined: Rethinking Older Adult Volunteer Engagement

Slides | Recording