We do a chili cook-off for our volunteers in the winter. It's inexpensive and fun. Each board member Cooks a Crock-Pot, volunteers bring own bowls. We get beer donated. We also offer discounts on QBP orders, t-shirt, discount on used parts and a free as is bike depending on hours volunteered. I'm at the Fort Collins Bike Co-op.

Sarah

On Jul 12, 2017 12:09 PM, "Edward Kirkwood" <kirkwoodea@yahoo.com> wrote:

Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop is looking to implement a more formal volunteer appreciation process in an effort to retain and acknowledge volunteers better. Looking for input on how the rest of the community bike shop world handles this. Do you acknowledge individuals for length of service by hours volunteered or simply an anniversary of their first date of volunteer service? What tiers of acknowledgement do you implement such as 1 month, 2 months, up to 6 months and then perhaps each year after that, 1 year, 2 years ...........and so on?

Volunteers are our most valuable resource and as we try to expand our hours of operation we need more folks since we are a 100% volunteer organization.

Allen Kirkwood
Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop
Lexington, KY

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