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Why it Matters
Volunteers are critical to many nonprofits. Volunteers for Salesforce gives you a way to manage your relationships with them.
"I never want the day to end."
That's Sarah, a volunteer at a local community kitchen in Seattle, Washington. Sarah has two great passions in life—cooking and other people. The food she prepares goes out to cancer patients and their families who no longer have the time or the ability to cook.
Sarah's connections at the kitchen remind her of what's really important to her. Volunteering connects her directly with her community, takes her outside of herself, and helps her appreciate the responsibility we all have towards each other. When volunteering and connection inspire such big feelings, who would ever want the day to end?
Sarah is one of hundreds of volunteers that the community kitchen tracks with Volunteers for Salesforce (V4S)—an application for volunteer management that has transformed nonprofit organizations and their efforts worldwide. Volunteers are the lifeblood of so many nonprofit organizations like yours, and V4S provides a way to effectively manage volunteer relationships. In a world of so much distraction and competing priorities, tools like V4S are crucial for helping organizations connect with—and inspire—their Sarah's.
- Manage the volunteer jobs an organization needs filled
- Track the hours and shifts a volunteer works
- Track the skills volunteers have and match volunteers by skills and availability
- Display a calendar of jobs and shifts on an organization's website and allow volunteers to sign up directly from the calendar
- Send reminder and thank you emails
Salesforce.org offers Volunteers for Salesforce along with the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP). Both are free for any qualifying 501(c)(3) organization. The Volunteers for Salesforce articles show you how to use V4S, and demonstrates how you too can help create days you and your volunteers never want to end.
