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Confluence: October 2002, Vol. 4, No. 6
Starting / Maintaining Your Group

Watershed Slideshow
The Center for Watershed Protection has a new watershed slideshow titled “Why Watersheds?” It is designed to bridge the gap for people who may not understand the whys and hows of watershed protection. Topics include: defining a watershed; how development impacts watershed health; why it is important to protect watersheds; steps that planners, watershed groups, and citizens can take to protect water resources. Visit http://www.cwp.org to view the slideshow.

Smart Growth Tool Kit
The National Neighborhood Coalition plans to offer a Neighborhoods, Regions, and Smart Growth Tool Kit on its website, www.neighborhoodcoalition.org The online resource will help community activists get more involved in regional land-use issues. The tool kit will provide fact sheets helping advocates forge alliances with other organizations. It will contain a guide giving advice on coalition building around growth issues and a checklist for getting started.

The Independent Sector’s “Value of Volunteer Time”
The IdependentSector.org has posted encouraging results of research regarding the dollar value of volunteers in the US. Take a look to see how important volunteer recruitment can be to your non-profit. Also check out many other helpful fact sheets and links that can be accessed through this site.
http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/volunteer_time.html

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