Jayne Cravens

Some other places to recruit volunteers for this initiative:

VolunteerMatch
http://www.volunteermatch.org

The UN's Online Volunteering Service
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org

AllforGood
http://www.allforgood.org

And, of course, your own web site and all your various social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

My first question: what will your $500 budget pay for?

Second round of questions: how will you screen volunteers to make sure they have the skills and temperament necessary to work with children? How will you make sure they do not have a criminal record or arrest record that would make them inappropriate to work with children? How will you supervise volunteers to ensure the safety of both children and of volunteers themselves?

I think you might find this web page helpful:

Hosting International Volunteers:
A Where-To-Start Guide For Local Organizations
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/hosting.html

I think it's great you are going to explore social media as a tool to recruit volunteers. It sounds like you are on the right track. What will the project budget of $500 pay for?

I'd be curious to know how well the web site details all information any potential volunteer needs to know. I regularly research challenges to organizations in recruiting and keeping volunteers (and regularly train on how to address those challenges). I find that most organizations that are facing challenges don't have really detailed information on their web site about what exactly volunteers do, what a day-in-the-life of a volunteer is really like, what the time commitment really looks like, etc. I find that these organizations also rarely link to such detailed information on the home page and on any page of the web site dealing with "support us" - they provide lots of links to "donate to us", however! I also find that these organizations haven't trained all staff in how to talk about the volunteering program - because everyone at the organization, employee and volunteer alike, is a volunteer recruiter, whether they know it or not.

I have a very detailed web page, called:
Required Volunteer Information on Your Web Site
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/volunteers_on_web.shtml
I think you will find it helpful.