"This eminently practical and highly comprehensive guide to training volunteers is an effective, thorough, and important program that enables committed volunteers to serve those in need with distinction. Each of the training exercises is carefully selected to teach skills, build community, and offer deeply rewarding life experiences to volunteers." (Craig Franz, president, St. Mary's College of California)

"Any person involved in the training of volunteers will read, reread, and constantly refer to this text. Shanti has produced what will surely become the standard by which all subsequent books are measured. Well done!" (;Larry Drury, executive director, National Federation of Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers)

"Training Volunteers for Community Service: The Step-by-Step Guide of the Shanti National Training Institute makes available an extraordinary resource for training volunteers to provide quality, compassionate care. Its publication clearly positions the Shanti National Training Institute on the cutting edge in the field of professional volunteer management. There are opportunities here, too, to learn invaluable lessons about commitment to a mission, self-motivation, intrinsic rewards, self-management, and a higher standard of leadership that can be put to use in the corporate workplace." (Tim Hanlon, president, Wells Fargo Foundation)