❖ Heads up! This article is intended for employee volunteers using Volunteer Link.
By the end of this article, you will be able to:
Identify opportunities that allow team sign-ups
Create and submit a team response
Add team members and select shifts
Respond as a Team
Some volunteer opportunities allow you to sign up with a team.
You can filter the Opportunities by clicking More filters and choosing Allow Teams. This will show all Opportunities where you can volunteer as a Team.
Click Respond. This will take you to the nonprofit's site, where you can view more information about that Opportunity.
Click Continue with [your email]. If you don't have an account on that site yet, you'll be asked to create one.
Fill in any information the nonprofit asks for.
Build Your Team
Give your team a title and add yourself by clicking Add Me.
You can also see important information about the Need/Opportunity on this screen to help you build and schedule your team.
Now, you're ready to start adding volunteers to your team! Click Add Volunteer to start adding your coworkers, family, or friends!
You'll need to enter the volunteer's contact information and click Add Team Member to save your changes.
Some nonprofits require an email address for every team member.
Once you've added all of the volunteers to your team that you need, be sure to check the box under Leader to assign someone as your team leader.
Team leaders can manage all aspects of the team, including editing team and team member information, viewing submitted hours, adding or removing team members, and more.
When you finish building your team, click Continue to select when you want to volunteer!
On this screen, you'll select the shifts that you want to volunteer for as a team.
Be sure to click Finish to save your changes.