Welcome to the ASHP Research and Education Foundation's Web page for volunteers, and a big thank you to pharmacy leaders who have volunteered to communicate with colleagues about the work of the Foundation! We encourage you to visit this REF Volunteers Web page weekly during your service as an ASHP Foundation volunteer. We also urge you to explore the entire ASHP Foundation Web site.


Contact Information
We are here to assist you, so beyond the resource materials below, please know that Steve Allen and Myrna Petersen are available to take calls if we can help make your conversations about the Foundation meaningful and productive.

• Stephen J. Allen, Exec VP and CEO:  sallen@ashp.org or (301) 664-8818
• Myrna J. Petersen, Director of Development:  mpetersen@ashp.org or (301) 664-8871


Resource Materials
In response to requests we heard from you during the training sessions, below are links to documents for you to view or print as needed. Our hope is that the sample text and forms are self-explanatory and that they will 1) facilitate your communications with colleagues, 2) help you answer questions that arise in your conversations and 3) offer procedural guidance.

• Volunteer Webinar Training Presentation slides
• Making Initial Contact With Colleagues
• Discussion Documents for Use Once an Appointment Is Set
• Summaries of the Foundation’s Work
• Responses to Questions or Hesitations About the Foundation and Its Support
• Honor Your Preceptor appeal

Follow-Up and Stewardship

• Contribution Form and Sample Follow-Up E-mail Text
• Progress Reports Relating to Volunteer Efforts
• 2008-2009 Donor Recognition List
• 2008-2009 Honorary Donations

Feedback
This is a work in process, and continuous feedback from you is important to the success of our campaign to reach out to colleagues on behalf of the ASHP Foundation. We plan to update this volunteer site weekly, and ask that you provide Myrna Petersen with suggestions for improvements you’d like to see in the existing resource materials as well as additional information that would be helpful to you.


THANKS!
We can’t be grateful enough for the time and thought you have contributed already to the ASHP Foundation. For that and for your generous financial support, our Board and Staff members are indebted to you. You and your pharmacist colleagues will benefit from the important work you are doing, as it is in the best interests of the health of our patients and the future of our profession.