A new guidebook to help aboriginal organizations attract, engage and retain non-aboriginal volunteers from the business sector is the first of its kind in Canada. Developed and created by five Action Canada Fellows, Ginger Gosnell, Jason Hein, Roxanne Joyal, Anil Patel and Ben Peterson, the guide is targeted to Canada’s 3,700 Aboriginal non-profit organizations. It addresses a pressing need, since close to 50 percent of these organizations report that their activities and aspirations are hampered by their problems in managing and training volunteers. The guidebook, Building Partnerships for Change, explains, step-by-step, how Aboriginal organizations can build partnerships with medium and large businesses in their own communities in order to recruit, manage and retain employee volunteers from the business sector who have the professional skills they need. It also seeks to foster cross-cultural exchange and understanding. To ensure that the project moves forward, the group will work on a pilot project with the PWC Foundation. In the longer term, the Framework Foundation will take over the project and continue to link Aboriginal groups with volunteers from the business sector. The group has also established a website to assist with distributing the guidebook and to promote further information about volunteerism.