International Volunteer Day 2009 
Saturday 5th December

International Volunteer Day (IVD) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. IVD is now celebrated worldwide with thousands of volunteers involved in a range of IVD initiatives including clean-up campaigns, conferences, exhibitions, morning teas and many other activities all aimed to highlight the role of volunteers in their communities.

Volunteering Australia supports IVD and encourages all volunteer based organisations to be involved and celebrate volunteering.

Tell us your volunteering stories to add to the IVD web page. Tell us what you do, why you do it, why you like it and what you see as the benefits of your volunteering. Share your experiences with other volunteers and use them to encourage new volunteers to step forward.

We have listed below some ways to celebrate IVD to get you started. If you have any ideas you would like to share drop us an email with your suggestions.

You can also check out the United Nations website for more information on the history of IVD, download the IVD logo and IVD poster.