Volunteering
You can support causes that are important to you by volunteering.
Volunteer opportunities are as unique as their volunteers. Some volunteer opportunities may be in-person, while others may be virtual. You can choose to volunteer for one-time events, shifts, or flexible opportunities. For example, a volunteer opportunity may run for a weekend and offer the ability to sign up for different time slots on different days.
In some cases, you can donate and volunteer as part of the same campaign. For these joint giving and volunteering campaigns, the campaign name and information is displayed on both the campaign page and on the volunteer opportunity page for easy reference.
You may also be able to see which of your coworkers have already signed up for a particular volunteer opportunity. When social visibility is enabled by your organization, you can view and search the list of volunteers.
You can customize your profile to personalize your Philanthropy Cloud experience. Personalized recommendations display on your Featured page based on the skills and causes you select in your Profile, as well as based on your location and engagement history. If Sync to Calendar is enabled, shifts are added or removed from your calendar when you sign up or cancel shifts.
Sign up as a volunteer to support your causes and help them reach their goals. You can add your volunteer events to your calendar, as well as make any changes to your sign ups as required.
Note: Because campaigns and volunteer opportunities are fully customizable, their individual look and feel may vary.
Discover Volunteer Opportunities
You can discover volunteer opportunities that interest you in a variety of ways:
Tap a volunteer opportunity displayed on the Featured page to view some information about it at a glance, such as its location, a summary excerpt, and any relevant or requested skills that are applicable to the opportunity.
Search for campaigns, volunteer opportunities, and organizations that interest you in the Explore screen. Volunteer opportunities can be accessed directly, as well as via campaigns and nonprofits.
View your upcoming volunteer opportunities and past volunteer opportunities in the My Volunteering section of your profile. You can edit your upcoming volunteer opportunities, as well as details of your volunteering history.
Sign Up for a Volunteer Opportunity
Once you find a volunteer opportunity that interests you, you can sign up for it and then add it to your calendar so you can be reminded to attend. You can view your upcoming volunteer opportunities in the My Volunteering section of your profile, as well as revisit your past volunteer history. You can make changes to your upcoming volunteer opportunities at any time.
You can toggle to Sync to Calendar from the Calendar Settings section of your profile to add volunteer events directly to your calendar.
Note: Because volunteer opportunities and campaigns are fully customizable, their individual look and feel may vary.
To sign up for a volunteer opportunity:
Tap a volunteer opportunity to see its full details. Details include attendance type, schedule information, dates, times, location, and any relevant or requested skills that are applicable to the opportunity. Matched skills from your Profile are indicated, if applicable. Associated campaign, school, or nonprofit information is also displayed.
You may also be able to see which of your coworkers have already signed up for a particular volunteer opportunity. When social visibility is enabled by your organization, you can view and search the list of volunteers.
See all of the associated volunteer opportunities. Volunteer opportunity search results can be further filtered by Location, Date, and attendance type, such as In-Person or Virtual volunteering.
Tap Sign Up to volunteer for an opportunity.
For one-time opportunities, review the summary and sign up.
For shift-based opportunities, tap one or more time slots before selecting a shift.
Flexible opportunities enable you to volunteer according to your schedule. You can coordinate with the organizer to arrange your volunteer time. Be sure to log your time once you have volunteered.
Once you sign up, confirmation details display for your review, and an email is sent to your email address. You can make changes to your sign up or cancel it on the volunteer opportunity page or in the My Volunteering section of your profile.
Note: Be sure to confirm the time zone information to ensure that you are signing up for a volunteer opportunity that is appropriate for you.
To make changes to a volunteer opportunity, navigate to My Volunteering to locate the appropriate volunteer opportunity and modify your upcoming volunteer opportunities and past volunteer opportunities.
To cancel an upcoming volunteer opportunity, navigate to the My Volunteering section of your profile, locate the appropriate volunteer opportunity, and tap Cancel Shifts, Cancel Sign Up or Delete Volunteer Time accordingly. You can alternately navigate to the appropriate volunteer opportunity directly and select Cancel Shifts or Delete Volunteer Time as required.
To volunteer again for flexible opportunities, navigate to the My Volunteering section of your profile where you can view your volunteer history. Locate the appropriate volunteer opportunity and select Volunteer Again. You can alternately navigate to the appropriate volunteer opportunity directly and sign up.