Personnel

Both paid and volunteer leaders are needed. Professional
“leaders may be found in city recreation departments, in
social agencies and in colleges. These people, however,
have many calls upon their.time, and the search cannot end
there:

A week before a city-wide summer program in Akron,
Ohio, was scheduled to begin, only 15 of 100 leaders had
been found. The mayor sent telegrams to teachers who
had worked on playgrounds in previous years. ‘Help
Wanted”’ ads went to the newspapers. The superin-
tendent of schools appealed to teachers to take summer
jobs. The program opened with a full staff.

Denver, Colorado, employs high school seniors to
supplement its regular trained staff. College students
majoring in physical education are employed for more
responsible jobs. Both these inexperienced groups are
directed and trained by professional recreation workers.

Volunteer workers come from all parts of the community
usually through the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office as
the central source. If there are not enough qualified
volunteers enrolled in its files, the Volunteer Office will
turn to sources such as musicians and artists, women’s
clubs, service clubs, churches, labor unions and business
groups. It can reach the public through press and radio
and can arrange for house to house canvassing if this seems
desirable.

Agencies can often get more volunteers by asking those
serving to bring their friends. However, it is desirable
that any large-scale recruiting be done through the defense
council or its volunteer office. *

*For further information on volunteer training write for Volunteers for Youth Recreation
Programs, available without charge from Office of Civilian Defense, Washington 25,
DG,

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