The MSFA Recruitment and Retention Committee is excited to announce this year’s Statewide Recruitment Weekend for April 23rd-24th, which coincides with National Volunteer Week wrapping up! If your department plans on holding a recruitment Open House, please send your information to MSFA Executive Director Kate Loveless to be announced on MSFA’s social media platforms and the marylandvolunteer.org website. We also love to highlight your open houses and events in our publication, the “Volunteer Trumpet,” please send any photos and write-up to Editor Jonathan Dayton at jonathan.m.dayton@gmail.com

MSFA hopes to have many participating departments this year, as the need for fire service volunteers is at an all-time high. Your department can take advantage of all of the MSFA recruitment tools found in the Recruitment and Retention Toolbox, located on the home page of the msfa.org website. This toolbox includes customizable marketing pieces, tips for a successful open house, how-to videos for recruitment interviews, and more. Department recruiters can also take advantage of the resources at https://www.marylandvolunteer.org/recruiter/

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