Guest Post: Lisa Boylan, Associations Now
Volunteers dedicate themselves to associations, but are associations keeping them in mind when times are hard? A mental health expert offers her insights on including volunteers in mental health outreach—and openly recognizing their struggles.
Volunteers are the life force that power associations. They contribute their time, brainpower, and hard work to help make associations more effective and successful. They come through in the clutch, but are associations doing enough for them when the chips are down?
It’s been a rough 18 months—and it’s not getting much better, either. One year into the pandemic, nearly one-third of participants in a recent study by The Lancet Regional Health-Americas expressed having symptoms of depression. And one of the central drivers of that depression was the many stressors caused by the crisis.
