"Volunteerism is like a living organism. It grows, declines and changes in response to the stimuli surrounding it." Mary Merrill’s quote reminds us that the volunteer of yesterday is different than the one of today who will be different in the future.

Even back before her death in 2006, Mary talked about episodic volunteer. It's caught on. Whether you call it ad-hoc, flexible or micro-volunteering, volunteering has changed and will continue to change. Associations unfortunately have been wearing blinders. Associations need to act now and here are four ways ...