About Us

Our Mission

The Georgia Association for Volunteer Administration, Inc. (GAVA), formed in 1986, is a membership organization that promotes, develops and strengthens professionalism in volunteer leadership throughout the state of Georgia.

Our Purpose

The Georgia Association for Volunteer Administration, Inc. (GAVA), is a statewide organization of volunteer administrators (both paid and unpaid) and volunteers/community leaders. It's purpose is to develop leadership and sound management practices for volunteer administration and to promote volunteer administration as a profession. GAVA is organized as a Georgia nonprofit corporation for the following purposes:

• Initiate and participate in the sharing and exchange of knowledge/experience in the creative use and management of volunteer services; develop and provide technical assistance; facilitate broad community development objectives; and market sound volunteer management practices.
• Encourage and cooperate with other agencies, individuals, and organizations in developing professional education, and training skills for coordinators and others involved with volunteers; encompass a membership as broad and widely representative of the entire volunteer community throughout the state of Georgia as possible.
• Hold regular meetings, workshops, conferences and institutes.
• Encourage the recognition and proper utilization of volunteer management skills and services and enhance the role and dignity of volunteer skills and voluntary service, both within and outside its membership.