287: (news) Nonprofits Prepare for Ukraine Evac & Volunteer Shortage

Weekly news for the nonprofit sector.     Nonprofits & NGOs Prepare As The Russia Ukraine Standoff Becomes Dire As the situation in Ukraine deteriorates, the nonprofit organization Project Dynamo has announced it is preparing for the potential emergency evacuation of Americans from Ukraine. The organization, initially formed to aid in the evacuation from Afghanistan, is just one of many civil society and NGO organization focused on preparing for the fallout of a potential war. The Russian military has approximately 140,000 troops surrounding Ukraine on all but its western border. On Friday, the U.S. government advised all American citizens to leave the country within 48 hours. While official intelligence publicly referenced by the U.S. notes that an invasion is not certain, that intelligence has assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has assembled the necessary military force to launch an attack should he chose to do so. Read more ➝   The Great U.S. Volunteer Shortage & CEO Transition at VolunteerMatch Greg Baldwin, CEO and President of VolunteerMatch, says that the number of open nonprofit volunteer opening positions needed has increased to approximately 10.5 million at the beginning of 2022. This represents a jump of nearly 2 million open positions since before the pandemic, which saw a need for 8.5 million volunteers. Macro trends related to the shifting impact of the pandemic have resulted in a shortage of volunteers felt by nonprofits large and small across the country. Baldwin joins Whole Whale (the publisher of this newsletter) CEO George Weiner to discuss this volunteer shortage as well as VolunteerMatch’s process for finding a replacement CEO after his scheduled departure. Read more ➝     Summary:  Eminem takes a knee during the Super Bowl halftime show  | wbur.org How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center of Online Lies |  nytimes.com For the first time in its history, Facebook is in decline. Has the tech giant begun to crumble? | the Guardian Salary competition adds to staffing challenges for nonprofits | MiBiz: West Michigan Business News -------- NonprofitNewsfeed.com Summary of hundreds of news sources.The post 287: (news) Nonprofits Prepare for Ukraine Evac & Volunteer Shortage first appeared on Nonprofit News Feed.