Scaling Impact: How End Overdose Increased its Volunteer Base by 150% and Cut Admin Time in Half
End Overdose successfully streamlined its rapidly expanding, multi-location volunteer program by implementing Rosterfy. Leveraging our advanced automation and features, the End Overdose now provides a seamless, modern volunteering experience tailored for their predominantly Gen-Z demographic, resulting in a 50% reduction in administrative workload.
Proven results for End Overdose
Managing large numbers of volunteers across multiple chapters and locations creates a huge amount of admin - Rosterfy's automation and workflows has cut this in half.
The increase in their volunteer base has expanded the reach of their message allowing for 155,973 to be people trained, 211,439 doses of naloxone distributed, and 843 events hosted.
A vibrant volunteer community committed to ending drug-related deaths
End Overdose is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to ending drug-related overdose deaths through education, medical intervention, and public awareness. They focus on equipping communities with training, naloxone, and test strips to prevent and respond to an overdose crisis.
- Mission: To increase accessibility of naloxone and overdose education nationwide, reducing preventable deaths.
- Volunteer Program: Is fueled by volunteers with strong emotional ties to the cause, many having personally lost loved ones or been saved by naloxone. This strong personal investment reinforces program momentum.
- Operational Model: They scale their impact through a Chapter leadership model, enabling local education, outreach, and fundraising on campuses and in local communities. The volunteers are primarily Gen Z, who are tech-savvy and driven to prevent tragedies in their own communities.
Rapid growth with a highly distributed volunteer base
Scaling & Efficiency
The previous system required staff to use multiple platforms for recruitment, onboarding, and communications, leading to substantial manual workload.
Recruitment Funnel
The previous system was slow and complicated, creating friction in the recruitment and onboarding process, which hindered their ability to scale.
Volunteer Experience
A non-volunteer-specific platform provided a poor user experience, which risked low engagement from their young, mobile-first volunteer base.
Operational Clarity
They needed a centralized way to manage volunteers across multiple chapters and locations to maintain compliance and strategic alignment.
"Our previous platform also had less functionality which required us to use additional platforms, and the transfer of information between platforms contributed a great deal to the amount of time spent recruiting, onboarding, and maintaining volunteers."
End Overdose
Why End Overdose picked Rosterfy
End Overdose chose Rosterfy because it was a dedicated, volunteer-focused platform that could handle enterprise-level scale and provide the automation needed to free up staff time for strategic growth.
- Volunteer-Specific Design: Rosterfy was designed specifically for volunteers, unlike generic HR/employee onboarding systems, making it a "perfect fit" for their needs.
- Streamlined User Experience: Rosterfy allowed End Overdose to give their platform a look, branding, and user experience were appealing and easy to navigate, immediately boosting volunteer attraction and engagement.
- Automation Power: Rosterfy’s automations drastically reduced manual workload, handling communications and streamlining event staffing and compliance.
- Mobile Functionality: The mobile app matched the preferences of their Gen Z demographic, who prefer quick access and management on their phones.
- Customization for Structure: Customizable volunteer portals allowed End Overdose to tailor access based on a volunteer's role (event staff vs. chapter leader), clarifying advancement paths and managing a dispersed network effectively.
End Overdose have grown their volunteer base to over 2000 volunteers while cutting their admin in half. They have managed this despite having to manage chapters of their volunteer program across each corner of the United States.
"Rosterfy was the only platform for us because it is designed specifically for volunteers, unlike employee onboarding systems, making it a perfect fit."
Maddie Ward, COO
Benefits of a modern Volunteer Management Solution
Choosing a world class provider of volunteer management software means you can meet legal and regulatory compliance requirements, reduce overheads and future proof your program.
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