Don't reinvent the wheel — copy, customize, and use. A set of ready-made templates for bringing volunteers in: a role-description template, a volunteer application, interview questions, a code of conduct, a welcome & orientation checklist, and a volunteer agreement. Adapt each to your organization and hand them straight to your team.

Recruit & Onboard Toolkit (Ready-to-Use Templates)

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. Copy, fill the brackets, and post for any opening. Coordinators can distribute or adapt freely. Pairs with the 'Write a Volunteer Role People Actually Want' learning module.

A fill-in-the-blanks template for writing a volunteer role description that attracts the right people — with a worked example. Copy it, swap in your details, and post.

Template: Volunteer Role Description

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. A sample volunteer application form to copy into your intake (paper, Google Form, or sign-up platform). Keep it short; only collect what you'll use. Right-size to the role's risk tier.

A clean, ready-to-use volunteer application form you can drop into a Google Form, paper packet, or your sign-up platform. Short by design — collect only what you'll actually use.

Template: Volunteer Application Form

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. A bank of warm, behavioral screening-conversation questions plus a simple fit-and-safety checklist. Pick the handful that fit the role. Pairs with the 'Screen Without Scaring People Off' module.

A ready-to-use set of warm, revealing interview questions for volunteer screening conversations — organized by what you're trying to learn — plus a quick fit-and-safety checklist. Pick the few that fit the role.

Template: Volunteer Interview & Screening Questions

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. A plain-language sample code of conduct written as shared promises (not legalese), ready to adapt and have volunteers sign. Not legal advice — have counsel review before adoting for higher-risk settings.

A plain-language volunteer code of conduct written as shared promises people can actually remember and keep — ready to adapt, discuss at orientation, and have volunteers sign.

Template: Volunteer Code of Conduct

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. A before/during/after onboarding checklist so every new volunteer gets the same warm, complete welcome regardless of who runs it. Pairs with the First Hour collection.

A copy-and-use checklist that makes sure every new volunteer gets a warm, complete welcome — before their first day, during orientation, and in the crucial first week — no matter who's running it.

Template: New Volunteer Welcome & Orientation Checklist

READY-TO-USE TEMPLATE. A simple two-way volunteer agreement that sets mutual expectations (what the volunteer commits to, and what the organization commits back). Adapt and have both parties sign. Not legal advice.

A simple, two-way volunteer agreement that sets clear mutual expectations — what the volunteer commits to, and what your organization commits to them. Adapt it, and have both sides sign.