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How to track volunteer hours

Rochelle Gunn Dec 20, 2022 12:08:52 PM
How to track volunteer hours

Whether you’re a volunteer manager, a non-profit organisation, or an individual volunteer, the ability to track volunteer hours is essential. This process helps you understand the impact of volunteer work and track the time and effort put into it. However, tracking volunteer hours can be a challenging task. That’s why we’ve put together this guide on how to track volunteer hours. Here, we’ll cover why it is so important for individuals and organisations to keep track of volunteer hours and suggest some methods to log volunteer hours.

Why is volunteering important?

Rochelle Gunn Nov 22, 2022 9:54:45 AM
Why is volunteering important?

According to the most recent Americorps report on civic engagement and volunteering, Americans volunteered for an estimated 5.8 billion hours in the 12-month reporting period. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that volunteers contributed an estimated 596.2 million hours to the community in one year. In the United Kingdom, the Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport reports that 30 percent of respondents in the last Community Life Survey participated in formal volunteering within the previous 12 months. 

How to recruit volunteers for a nonprofit

Alice Turnbull Nov 10, 2022 12:36:03 PM
How to recruit volunteers for a nonprofit

Every organization needs a way to move business goals forward. Donors help bring funds in, board members create key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of each event, cause or volunteer opportunity, and recruits keep the company gears moving. The people who maintain the day-to-day operations are vital to meeting the initiatives set forth by management. 

99 Community Service Project Ideas

Rochelle Gunn Oct 17, 2022 3:01:49 PM
99 Community Service Project Ideas

Participating in community service is an effective way of contributing to your local area and helping the residents of your community. There are numerous ways to get involved with community service but a good place to start is to think about what you are passionate about and what interests you. This could be things like animal welfare, helping sick kids, encouraging reading and writing, providing assistance at a homeless shelter, cooking or social media.