❖ Heads up! This article is intended for Volunteers. Are you a volunteer looking for support with your volunteer account, or have questions about a specific site? See the How to Get Help with Your Volunteer Account section of the How to Find Your Organization's Site article for more information!
By the end of this article, you will be able to:
Sign up for a volunteer Need or Opportunity with shifts
Sign up for a volunteer Need or Opportunity without shifts
See who else signed up for the Need or Opportunity
Overview
Overview
Once you find a volunteer opportunity that matches your interests or skills, you can respond to it to let the organization know you want to participate.
Some sites use Needs, while others use Opportunities. These terms are interchangeable and depend on how the site is configured.
Certain opportunities may also include requirements that must be completed before you can participate. These are called Prerequisites or Qualifications, depending on the site.
Video Resources
Video Resources
Responding to Needs or Opportunities with Shifts
If an opportunity has multiple shifts you can sign up for, you can choose one or more shifts to volunteer.
Go to the Needs or Opportunities page.
Click View Details on the one that you want to sign up for.
Click Respond.
Review the available shifts. You can filter this list or put it in calendar view. You may also have the ability to see who else signed up for each shift.
Select the desired shifts and click Sign up for [#] shift(s). Fill out any additional information and click Sign Up again.
You are now signed up for your shifts. You can view your schedule, add the shifts to a calendar, or share your response on social media.
Responding to Needs or Opportunities without Shifts
A volunteer opportunity may not have shifts. This happens for opportunities that happen on one day, happen over a period of multiple days, or have a flexible schedule.
Go to the Needs or Opportunities page.
Click View Details on the one that you want to sign up for.
You may also have the ability to see who else signed up for the Opportunity in the Sign Up List.
Click Respond and fill out the information in the overlay. Click Sign Up to save your spot.
You are now signed up. You can view your schedule and share your response on social media.
You may not be able to see a list of other volunteers who have signed up. This is a setting that the owners of the site may have turned off.