Great question Betsy. Volunteer Victoria’s Mission is to “Inspire everyone to volunteer” Our official purpose is:
“a) To solicit and encourage voluntary citizen participation within the charitable and government administered/assisted social welfare community.
b) To provide a central resource for the registration of volunteers, and the recruitment by charitable and government administered/assisted social welfare community groups of these volunteers.”
As you can see our mission statement is very short and hopefully memorable. But, our official purpose is so much bigger than simply providing inspiration. When establishing the functions of the society, our board, like all others has to return to our purpose.
Are there any other examples of mission and purpose alignment or dis-alignment?