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Skills help connect volunteers with Opportunities that match their strengths. When volunteers search your site, they can filter by Cause, location, or Skills, making it easier to find the roles where they can contribute most effectively.
Default Skills: Your site comes with a list of default Skills that you can use.
Custom Skills: You can also create Custom Skills if the default list doesn't have what you're looking for.
If | Then |
If you have volunteer Opportunities for rebuilding homes... | Add custom Skills like Home Repair, Restoration, or Construction |
If you have volunteer Opportunities that involve working with shelter animals... | Add custom Skills like Animal Care, Veterinarian, or Animal Rescue |
If you have volunteer Opportunities to work in a food pantry... | Add custom Skills like Cooking, Food Prep, or Food Handling |
Creating Custom Skills
Go to Settings > Skills.
Click Add a New Skill.
Enter the new Skill name, then select an icon and color for it.
Click Submit Skill to finish.
Editing Skills
Go to Settings > Skills.
Click the pencil icon under the Options column for the one you want to edit.
Click Pick an Icon and select the Icon you want to change to.
Click in the Color field to access the color selector.
If you already know the hex code for the color, just type it into the Color field.
If you don't already know the hex code, click in the field and use the color selector to find the one that's right for you.
When you're ready, click Submit Skill to finish.
