As a small, community-based organization supported by a part-time volunteer Field Coordinator, our current situation presents many challenges to perspective volunteers. While it is our goal to offer as much as possible with the limited resources at our disposal, The successful volunteer with our organization will be able to function with minimal support while still be able to carry out all of his or her responsibilities as a member of our team. One of the advantages of our relatively bare-bones structure in terms of the volunteer experience is that it affords volunteers opportunities to take a greater role in helping shape the growth and direction of the organization. In any case, if you are the sort of volunteer who requires a high degree of orientation and infrastructure, we suggest that you collaborate with another organization with more resources, such as those that charge volunteers program fees, housing costs, etc.