United Way of Martin County's Martin Volunteers program is on the forefront of international volunteerism projects.

Martin Volunteers Director Carol Hodnett has been selected by United Way of America to serve as a member of the Global Research and Product Development Team to provide expert input to the creation of a Volunteer Center Development Manual. The manual will provide step-by-step guidance to people who want to create, manage and nurture volunteer centers in their communities throughout the world.

The sixteen member team consists of representatives from the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Nigeria, India, Canada and United Arab Emirates. These volunteer leaders from around the world met recently in Alexandria, VA to create a first draft of the manual, which will be presented to the United Nations at the Volunteer Headquarters in Germany.

Martin Volunteers is a United Way of Martin County program and its Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is funded in part by a grant from the Corporation for National Service.