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Brochure: Benefits of 1-800-Volunteer.org for Nonprofit Organizations

FAQ: 1-800-Volunteer.org for Nonprofit Organizations

What is 1-800-Volunteer.org?
Together with Local Volunteer Centers, 1-800-Volunteer.org has created a powerful new service to help expand your recruiting efforts and enable you to easily manage your volunteers. The 1-800-Volunteer.org website automatically connects you with volunteers in your community and across the nation. Now your organization can list volunteer opportunities on the most comprehensive public Internet volunteer service available for recruiting and engaging volunteers, communicating with the public, and meeting the complex needs of your stakeholders.

How 1-800-Volunteer.org Can Help You - Key Features

• Recruitment - Leveraging the national reach of 1-800-Volunteer.org and your Volunteer Center's 1-800-Volunteer.org portal provides you with a powerful way to recruit volunteers for your opportunities, events and emergency response needs.
  
• Referrals - Manage volunteer schedules and automatically communicate with your volunteers through custom emails and reminders, helping you convert interested volunteers into active, contributing volunteers.
  
• Record of Service Hours & Recognition - Verify volunteer service hours so you can recognize volunteers who made significant contributions to helping you achieve your mission.
  
• Skills-Based Volunteering - Search for volunteers by skills and match them to opportunities.
  
• Reporting - Be able to show the true effect your organization has had on addressing and solving the needs of your local community and how volunteers have contributed to those results.
  
• Disaster Response - After disaster strikes, use 1-800-Volunteer.org to register and assign volunteers based on their skills and availability.
  
• ¿Habla Español? - Post opportunities in Spanish to recruit Spanish speaking volunteers.
  
• Technical Assistance - Your local Volunteer Center can help you get started and provide ongoing technical assistance as you use the system.

Getting Started is Easy!
Click the "Get Started" link below and follow the Quick and Easy Steps:

• Locate and select your local Volunteer Center.
• Enter some basic information about your Organization.
• Submit your account request to your local Volunteer Center.

After you submit your account request, your local Volunteer Center will notify you once they have reviewed your account information. They will then help you get started posting opportunities and managing volunteers!

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